Welcome :D

Let me show you some of my 4koma (about my life with cats).
Nao-p is my nick name my friend Mami Tachibana gave me. And I call her Mami-p. Of course it comes from Wedding Peach "Momo-p". No one calls me by the name except for her, but I love the 4 koma cartoon "Go Go Momo-pi (Gan-bare Momo-p)"(In the paperbacks) so I use it. :)
Oh, I'm a manga artist Nao Yazawa, and author of Wedding Peach, by the way. :)

These "comic strips" come from my 4-koma blog (in Japanese). You can see all of them in original here. If you have a request which 4koma will be next, tell me. :D
http://yazawanao.blog97.fc2.com/
Other Japanese blog

2013/05/30

The second campaign was over

Thank you all for sharing and RT.  I got many helps this time too, as the result, NOZOMI got 221DL. Moon and Blood was downloaded by 30 people. 

My last book, Go Go Nao-P! got 214DL, so they are almost same - NOZOMI is better a little. What does it mean? Readers prefer graphic novel to 4koma? I don't know - I've got no feedback, except for a review on Amazon.com yet. Hope I get more.

BTW, M&B Japanese edition got a 5 stars review on AmazonUK. It was pleasant surprise, I've not expected at all. :)

My next KDP book will be Moon and Blood3 Japanese edition. When the book is published, I offer MB2Japanese Edition for free.
Vol.3 Japanese Edition cover

The Isolated Zone Japanese Edition will be released by KDP, too. I'm planning to draw a short manga for the Japanese Edition - something can be an introduction of the world of the story - maybe the English version too.


P.S.
UK- NOZOMI/19DL, M&B/6DL
Germany - NOZOMI/15DL, M&B/4DL
Others -one or no ^^;;






2013/05/27

For another 36 hours

...till the the end of the free book campaign, NOZOMI (English) and Moon&Blood 1(JP)

NOZOMI has got 165DLs so far. My 4koma book "Go Go Nao-P!" got 214DLs, I wonder if NOZOMI got more DL, in 36 hours. Difficult? Which is popular Shyojyo and 4koma?

Moon and Blood has been downloaded 20 so far, less than I expected. People who payed English Kindle version would DL this one I thought, because of the quality. Some people complained about the poor image quality (Yes, I don't deny it) You don't pay a manga you can't read, but if it was free and you have a translated copy...if it was me, I downloaded. I'm pretty sure.

About other amazon...
I posted on FB, no one in the UK had downloaded JP edition, then answer came. Moon&Blood-4, NOZOMI-16. :)

Germany. It is not English speaking world but German speaking world obviously, still MB-3, NOZOMI-12. It's for a while from Wedding Peach, Shinku Chita, and Nao Yazawa Collection, but it is nice some fans remember me. ^_^

2 NOZOMI on Amazon.it., 1 on Amazon.com.br. You can see how many DLsI got in Germany. XD

One weird thing.
Amazon.ca, I'm totally unpopular in Canada. All my books has hardly moved. Even it was free, only one person downloaded Go Go Nao-p book. Then...someone bought Moon and Blood vol.2(Japanese edition). ??? It's even not been free yet...seems someone did by mistake.

Related posts Kindle free campaign, 23-27 May   Free book progress report









2013/05/25

Free book progress report

Thanks to many RT, the start was nice in this time.

NOZOMI =112DL /Moon & Blood 11DL so far.
(Yes, M&B is Japanese, but I've expected more, because it is free. And you can buy English kindle book if you are interested in the book...)
4th in free manga...


On AmazonJP,  DL of  Moon and Blood is 226 (Nozom'si is 4. only 4 ^^;)
It's almost double, but not bad compared with the last time, Go Go nao-p!

In Japan, the book(Go Go Nao-p!) was much better than Moon and Blood (so far). I thing it makes sense, shows the difference between 4koma and shojyo.

 4koma is for all genders/generations and popular category here, on the other hand syojyo is - even it's read by guys, grown-ups too - the main target is young girls, it's love romance.

I wonder how it goes in US/overseas. My impression says 4koma is not common among overseas fans, unlike in Japan(except for 4koma about a popular manga/anime). Nozomi is a very short one-shot manga,not very unique,  but full color like graphic novel and in western style (left to right, I mean) It might be easy to read.

Which one is better...?

2013/05/23

Kindle free campaign, 23-27 May

As I announced before, NOZOMI kindle edition has been released!
Like last time, I offer the book free by using free promotion system.

I hope many people read and enjoy my books in this chance!

*It's available on Kindle, Kindle for iPhone/iPad and Kindle for Android. 
(not cloud reader and Kindle for PC)
When you can't send the book to your device directly, buy the book then DL 
the file from your cloud.


From 23-27 May. There are 2 free e-books in this time.
The link is to Amazon.com, but they are available on all Amazon. 


The file size is 19606 KB(Omake-manga is included), 
means the image quality is high (English edition:5102 KB)
Even if you don't read Japanese, it's still worth a look....I think




My first manga for US readers, in 2003.
This is manga (the frame work style), but read left to right.

2013/05/21

Come in from where you went out!



*Note*
Kindle free campaign will be from 23 to 27. NOZOMI and Moon and Blood Japanese edition.

2013/05/19

Drinking water is vital

The vomit Ⅱ

Moon and Blood Japanese edition.

The status of this book is published but not online. It means in the preparation... The title can be seen on Amazon.com, but not available for purchase yet. Nozomi and this title are published at the same time, but the status of NOZOMI has been "review" so far. 

I thought I can write about NOZOMI kindle edition here today, but it'll take for a while before the book is released. 

I got e-mails from Amazon, I had to extra process to prove I have the right of those titles. It's not happened before, when I published my 4koma manga Go Go Nao-p!. (It was published so soon)   I guess it's because those books, Nozomi and Moon and Blood were published already, maybe. Complicated, bother... :/



2013/05/18

Activated carbon

This black vomit is a big trouble. Can't be cleaned.

Panel 3 bomit vomit ^^;