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Westbow Signs Real Buzz to Multi-Year Deal At Least 26 Volumes of Christian-Themed Manga
Date: 2/12/2007
Westbow Press, the Christian Fiction Division of Thomas Nelson Incorporated, has inked a deal with Buzz Dixon and Marlon Schulman's Realbuzz Studios to publish no fewer than 26 volumes of Christian-themed OEL (Original English Language) manga. Westbow will publish 10 volumes of Realbuzz-created manga in 2007 including all six volumes of Serenity (originally published by Barbour, see "Serenity Sales Soar") in April, followed by four volumes of a new series, Goofyfoot Girl, in September.



Both series target the female teenage demographic that has made manga so successful in American bookstores. Serenity is a proven title with sales that its publishers say surpass "two-thirds of the titles on the mainstream manga and graphic novel on best-seller lists." Westbow plans on releasing four new volumes of Serenity in 2008.
Source: ICv2