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baihe_mediaToday Rosmei 'officially' 'announced' on Twitter that they would be publishing English translations of two baihe novels by Ning Yuan, as detailed in this post. The announcement was accompanied by what I hope are two placeholder graphics for the novels (and not the actual covers). Rosmei provided no further details about the genre or general plot of either novel, and no information about the author herself. I therefore took it upon myself to do it, and graciously refrained from sending Rosmei an invoice for my marketing services, notwithstanding my long-standing principles about not working for corporations for free.
(As an aside: I'm fully aware that I'm being very snarky about Rosmei and this whole situation. I would prefer not to be snarky. I would prefer to be happy and enthusiastic about announcements of this kind. I enjoy feeling positive emotions, which are in short supply at the moment! However, for the reasons detailed here, as well as this latest failure on Rosmei's part to provide basic information about the books it is planning to sell us, and for which more promotional efforts are needed in the absence of a large and established fan base, I have very little confidence in them at the moment.)
The books are due to start releasing in 2025, according to the announcement. Rosmei has not said whether they will be available as ebooks as well as print books. However, in response to a query about whether several danmei titles announced at the same time would be available as ebooks, Rosmei replied that: 'For books licensed from jjwxc, there is no ebooks licensed'. As both of these Ning Yuan titles were initially published on JJWXC, chances of ebook versions being available seem dim. The translator for The Creator's Grace (造物的恩宠, pinyin: zaowu de enchong) has been named as Shigure, whose work I am not familiar with (a very cursory search of her Twitter timeline reveals no previous mentions of 'baihe' or 'GL', though that in itself doesn't necessarily mean anything). The translator for At Her Mercy (我为鱼肉, pinyin: wo wei yurou), which Rosmei have chosen to title At the World's Mercy (so I guess I'll have to start using that now), has not been named at the time of writing, apparently because... they're currently on vacation?
One thing I am curious about is how they will handle the sex scenes in The Creator's Grace. As far as I'm aware, these were never published on JJWXC, being far too explicit for the platform. Instead, the JJWXC version of the novel fades to black and ambiguity at crucial moments. Ning Yuan posted the sex scenes to the smut-focused platform PO18. She appears to have taken them down, but my pack rat instincts mean that I have a copy saved.
Edited to add: Rosmei has now confirmed that these two titles will not be available as ebooks.
Edited again to add: This artist has posted some (mainland) fan-commissioned art pieces for At Her Mercy!
(As an aside: I'm fully aware that I'm being very snarky about Rosmei and this whole situation. I would prefer not to be snarky. I would prefer to be happy and enthusiastic about announcements of this kind. I enjoy feeling positive emotions, which are in short supply at the moment! However, for the reasons detailed here, as well as this latest failure on Rosmei's part to provide basic information about the books it is planning to sell us, and for which more promotional efforts are needed in the absence of a large and established fan base, I have very little confidence in them at the moment.)
The books are due to start releasing in 2025, according to the announcement. Rosmei has not said whether they will be available as ebooks as well as print books. However, in response to a query about whether several danmei titles announced at the same time would be available as ebooks, Rosmei replied that: 'For books licensed from jjwxc, there is no ebooks licensed'. As both of these Ning Yuan titles were initially published on JJWXC, chances of ebook versions being available seem dim. The translator for The Creator's Grace (造物的恩宠, pinyin: zaowu de enchong) has been named as Shigure, whose work I am not familiar with (a very cursory search of her Twitter timeline reveals no previous mentions of 'baihe' or 'GL', though that in itself doesn't necessarily mean anything). The translator for At Her Mercy (我为鱼肉, pinyin: wo wei yurou), which Rosmei have chosen to title At the World's Mercy (so I guess I'll have to start using that now), has not been named at the time of writing, apparently because... they're currently on vacation?
One thing I am curious about is how they will handle the sex scenes in The Creator's Grace. As far as I'm aware, these were never published on JJWXC, being far too explicit for the platform. Instead, the JJWXC version of the novel fades to black and ambiguity at crucial moments. Ning Yuan posted the sex scenes to the smut-focused platform PO18. She appears to have taken them down, but my pack rat instincts mean that I have a copy saved.
Edited to add: Rosmei has now confirmed that these two titles will not be available as ebooks.
Edited again to add: This artist has posted some (mainland) fan-commissioned art pieces for At Her Mercy!
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Date: 2024-02-20 12:56 pm (UTC)Considering the extra effort required by someone outside the region to buy the books (plus the fact that they're print only), they definitely need to put
anymore effort into marketing them.no subject
Date: 2024-02-20 08:32 pm (UTC)