Manga for readers 12 and under is still a small category in the U.S., so it’s big news that Scholastic will begin publishing manga under its Graphix imprint.

Manga is so popular in North America that publishers are expanding to comics from across Asia, as Japanese publishers also invest in marketing directly to the West.

The novelist traded a finance career to pursue fiction. It just may have saved his life.

Agents and editors agree that romantasy has innate appeal for a wide audience.