but the forums are still working, Many people were sad because of this I too was. they ALL have message for us if ever you want to know.. these are the following message of OM to us people..:
Thank You!
Ever since we started we've been getting great support from all you guys and you stuck with us though thick and thin, ups and downs, the good and bad. You all have been amazing and gave us the endless motivation to keep on going.
Just reading all the comments you guys have written in the last few days has certainly made the all effort we put into the site well worth it. I'm just glad to have been of such great service to you all thoughout these few short years. It's not going to be easy to follow up what we have done to this point but hopefully we can continue to do what we can for the manga community.
Also I must thank all the awesome scanlator's out there who've allowed us to host and share their work with people all over the world. Thanks to all your hard work and dedication I'm sure countless people have been introduced to many new series and favorites they might not have had the chance to come across (myself included; I now eagerly await new Urasawa Naoki works, new weekly Bakuman and still hope Nana returns hehe). Of course OneManga wouldn't be around if it weren't for all you guys. So I wish you all the best of luck going forward and many thanks again!
And lastly, please do keep supporting the publishers and mangakas when you get the chance. I know it's tough to get manga in some regions but the publishers seem to want to make some new strides so hopefully manga will be more available globally in the future. I'll certainly keep on buying manga when I can, so let's all do our part and support the manga we all love!
Which also bring me to the point, that some people want donate money to us but as we've always been saying, if you have some money to spare please save it and see if you can buy manga with it instead =D
Anyhow, even though things will be different we'll still be around. So this is a new beginning and I hope you will all continue to stay with us as we try out new things.
Thanks again and take care all!!
OM Shutdown Update
posted by zabi - Jul 31 (last edited 2 days ago) The day has finally come! It has been a great run and we thank you all for your kind words and support. We couldn't answer all the email we got (because we got a ton!), but know that all of your messages were read and heartfelt. Some were especially touching, and we can be proud of the fact that OM made a difference in some people's lives. Better than 'peanut butter and jelly' indeed!!Because a lot of you have questions, here are some answers to frequently asked questions we have been receiving:
Why is OM shutting down its manga viewer?
- The publishers recently have strengthened their stance against scanlations, especially online viewers such as OM. Therefore to abide by their requests we have shut down the online viewer.
Is OM shutting down completely?
- No. We are just removing the online reading component of the site.
When is the manga coming down?
- The plan was to remove all the manga on July 31st. But seeing how Aug 1st is a Sunday, we decided to leave the manga up for an extra day for people to finish their weekend reading. The removal time has now been set to Aug 1st, 11:59PM PST.
Why not partner with publishers and change OM to a paid subscription model?
- It certainly makes sense, and we did consider it. But we don't have the resources nor the contacts to reach out to the publishers directly. At least not the people who make these kinds of decisions, most of whom are in Japan. If you are a publisher reading this and are interested in working with OM, feel free to contact us!
Why remove the unlicensed manga too?
- We debated this for a while. It is not clear at this point whether or not publishers have a problem with unlicensed manga scanlations. We have decided to remove the content until we have a better sense of what their stance on this is.
Are you going to leave the manga list and series information up?
- Yes. Now that we don't have to worry about the online reading part, we may even beef up our list which has always been somewhat lacking.
Any future plans for OM?
- We had some features planned for OM even before we decided to shutdown the online reader. Some of them were being rolled out on the beta site. We will finish rolling out these features as some of them are pretty close to done. We are also open to any ideas you might have, so do write to us with your suggestions!
What will happen to the beta?
- We'll try and maintain it for those that want to keep using it. It will require some changes though, so in the interim it may be buggy.
How can you help OM?
- Contact the publishers and tell them you love us! :). Send us feedback and suggestions on what you would like to see on the site. Join our Facebook group (400k+ and counting!). Other than that, your words of support is all that we need. We have made peace with the fact that the site is ending, and are just glad we had a chance to provide a service that brought smiles to many people's faces.
We're Still Alive
posted by hyko - 3 days ago (last edited 2 days ago)Even we haven't had a whole lot for show yet, we are definitely still alive and kicking! (Even though our viewer is gone)
We are looking into a bunch of idea that you all suggested (Thanks!) and also testing out a few things here and there right now.
We did add one thing we had planned for our beta before, which was a sort of recommendation system to introduce users to different mangas. It still requires some tweaks maybe but it is up and running (works a lot better for those signed in on Beta with a reading list). The design also isn't finalized yet so if you have any suggestions please let us know.
Hopefully we'll have some more things done soon but for now we'll do our best just to keep our series and chapter list up to date so at least it will be somewhat useful to you guys out there who want a bit of help tracking releases.
Thank you all your patience and continued support.
We are looking into a bunch of idea that you all suggested (Thanks!) and also testing out a few things here and there right now.
We did add one thing we had planned for our beta before, which was a sort of recommendation system to introduce users to different mangas. It still requires some tweaks maybe but it is up and running (works a lot better for those signed in on Beta with a reading list). The design also isn't finalized yet so if you have any suggestions please let us know.
Hopefully we'll have some more things done soon but for now we'll do our best just to keep our series and chapter list up to date so at least it will be somewhat useful to you guys out there who want a bit of help tracking releases.
Thank you all your patience and continued support.
it was very frustrating to have one of the popular manga websites to shun down.. but other websites like
www.mangafox.com is still on the run and many more others... i hope you all appreciate their efforts for us ^^
"every good thing has an end"
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