READ MANGA & WEBTOONS LEGALLY!!
MILLIONS of people are literally giving authors depression by reading their manga or webtoon for free. (AKA READING THEIR WORK ILLEGALLY)
Here are some heart breaking tweets from the author of Love for Sale, available on Lezhin: (There are other authors complaining too)
It seems too many people have a tough time understanding there is a real person with a very low salary behind most (if not every) manga and webtoon.
Fun fact, or sad fact... this type of content is SO CHEAP (& that’s one of the reasons why authors get paid so little) yet people still decide not to buy it because there are no consequences for stealing on the internet…. AT ALL, not even moral: I remember once my friends looked at me weird when they found out I’m a legal reader. What is wrong with people!?!?!?
People will spend 20 dollars on clothes they’ll never use or buy cheap & unnecessary snacks every time they go out at the same time that they’ll complain about having to pay a single dollar for an episode of a SERIES THEY LOVE (MAKE IT MAKE SENSE) ????
Imagine going to a bookstore and taking three books under your arm and saying: “I’ll buy it if I can! But for now, I’m just gonna take it with me… forever, okay??” & since there’s no bodyguard at the door or no cameras at all you just walk out of the store receiving no consequences… This is literally what you do when you read manga or webtoons for free.
Also, if you don’t have a credit card or Paypal account because you’re a child, you are still stealing. Again, imagine the situation in real life: If you want something from a store you tell your parents or your guardian to buy it for you, right?…or do you just pick it up and leave without paying...? Also: if a manga/webtoon is “too embarrassing” to ask an adult to buy it for you... that means you’re too young to be reading it to begin with…
Most works are translated to English, but if they aren’t, it’s still not an excuse to read them illegally either, you can still buy the original work, and send the Publisher company an email or a tweet asking them for the official translation.
Every time I see an illegal reader with their stupid excuses my blood boils but after seeing this author and other’s latest tweets I have felt just straight up sadness.
To finish the post I’ll share all the legal websites to consume content from that I use (there are way more though!):
Lezhin, Tappytoon, Ridibooks, Webtoon, BookWalker, EBookRenta, renta.papy.co.jp (Renta!), Pixiv, Amazon, book.dmm.com, Tapas etc…
In these sites you can find titles like Love for Sale, Painter of the Night, Killing Stalking, BJ Alex, Under the Greenlight, On or Off… and more. Basically tons of wonderful series and authors.
Now that I think of it, most if not all the authors who created these series are women. I bet a lot of illegal readers consider themselves feminists because they are girls themselves. Well you are ruining an industry made of women for women by stealing their hard work, just so you know!!!!!!
So remember: STOP READING MANGA ILLEGALLY!!
Buy to consume the content you love.
