I was gonna pay to unlock up to chapter 63, but the pop-up said 1 coin for the next chapter, but 108 coins for the next 39. That didn't add up to me. If it's 1 coin per chapter, that should be 39 coins, not 108.... so I didn't buy it. If it had been 1 coin per chapter, I'd have paid the cost. But not 50 bucks to finish reading what they have.
Pity. I wanted to see what happened with The Kang.
Not sure which site you went to, but pay to read!? I've never encountered a site like that,but I'm pretty sure there should be other sites you could read it from where you don't have to pay. I'm just reading the story from my phone ╮( ̄▽ ̄)╭. If you want to know what happens next here is the raws, enjoy (⌒▽⌒)
http://www.dm5.com/manhua-nanyilijie/
Its not one coin, as you go further its 2 and 3 coins as well - for the above comments. I dont undertsand why your surprised that you have to pay, its a good thing, the money you spend goes to the author and artist of the story. So supprot the artist. I've already read through the english chapters until 62, it's worth it
Worth it is relative. It would be worth it to me to pay the 39 coins (which would cost me with the buy special now maybe 10 bucks). It's not worth it to me to pay $50 to access 108 coins. :(
And I agree. If we can put some money in the creator's pockets, nice. I wonder how much the artists actually get, versus the site owner.
Tenshi, I used to pay to read on NetComics ages ago. I buy manga on Amazon (digital) when it's affordable (ie, under 6 bucks a volume). There are a couple of wonderful Tomoko Yamashita there for 3.99 per, and that's a great price really. I wish more digital were priced like that. More people could pay to read. I've also ordered manga from Japan when scanlating sites drop them (so I find out how they end).
Raws are tough cuz I can't read the languages (Japanese, Chinese, Korean). :( I'll go to see what happens after a cliffhanger sometimes or for stories where they are VERY visual and less dialogue.
I was curious how much the artists got:
"For every 100-won rental by app, 30 won goes to Google or Apple, operators of Google Play and the App Store. Of the remaining 70 won, 40 to 50 won goes to the distribution company that offers the app, while 20 to 30 won goes to the copyright holder (usually the artist). "
Google and the Distributors make more than the artists.
Artists should band together and be their own distributors and take the 70 percent of lower prices (a win/win for them and readers).
I was considering buying the next chapters, but I wanted to know how much went to the artist too :( I get translation and hosting aren't cheap, and are gonna drive the price up, but I'd feel better about paying that much if I knew more was going directly to the artist. I'll probably still buy them since it's a pretty compelling story with really nice art.
Oh, I'm glad this is manga is being translated,but....I'm still angry at the uke when I read the raws, so I'll wait for it to finish cause I want to see a happy ending.