Category: Light Novels

• Light Novel Collection Development

  Light novels or ライトノベル (raito noberu) are a type of young adult novel from Japan that primarily target middle and high school students. In contrast to manga, which are graphic novels, light novels are prose novels that have key scenes illustrated in a manga style. In the past few years, thanks to the efforts of […]

  ashleyreneehawkins

  August 13, 2022

  Collection Development, Light Novels

• Light Novels: An Updated Introduction

  Light Novel Recommendations: Title List Follow me on Twitter for more manga talk: https://twitter.com/manga_librarian Like what I do? Consider supporting my school library by purchasing a student request! https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/YFUM4D17XWD1?ref_=wl_share

  ashleyreneehawkins

  February 6, 2022

  Collection Development, Light Novels, Resource List

• Manga Publishers: Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know (And Probably More Than That)

  Follow me on Twitter for more manga talk: https://twitter.com/manga_librarian Like what I do? Consider supporting my school library by purchasing a student request! https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/YFUM4D17XWD1?ref_=wl_share Resources: VIZ: https://www.viz.com/ https://twitter.com/VIZMedia TOKYOPOP: https://twitter.com/TOKYOPOP Red Bard’s Videos on TOKYOPOP: https://youtu.be/gbKFejwLlUY https://youtu.be/sfvWvKHxUmo Kodansha: https://kodansha.us/ https://twitter.com/KodanshaManga Dark Horse: https://twitter.com/DarkHorseComics Seven Seas Entertainment: https://sevenseasentertainment.com/ https://twitter.com/gomanga Drawn & Quarterly: https://drawnandquarterly.com/ https://twitter.com/DandQ Fantagraphics (previously […]

  ashleyreneehawkins

  October 31, 2021

  Collection Development, Cultural Contexts, Light Novels, manga

  deep dive, manga

• Digital Manga: Purchasing on Overdrive!

  Title List Follow me on Twitter for more manga talk: https://twitter.com/manga_librarian Like what I do? Consider supporting my school library by purchasing a student request! https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/YFUM4D17XWD1?ref_=wl_share

  ashleyreneehawkins

  September 26, 2021

  Collection Development, Light Novels, manga

• Light Novels! Manga Collection Development (even when it’s not manga)

  Follow me on Twitter for more manga talk: https://twitter.com/vaguelylibrary​​ Help support my ability to take time to make these videos: https://ko-fi.com/mangalibrarian​​ My site: https://mangalibrarian.com/

  ashleyreneehawkins

  March 16, 2021

  Collection Development, Light Novels