> 
> There are several reasons that I can think of right off the top of my head
> that I don't like about this.  First is how unreliable HS seemed to be with
> publishing AMG monthly, where you could go several months without getting
> anything.  How long will we be forced to wait on a trade?  Second is the
> fact that AMG was one of the last holdouts for a monthly manga publication.
> As such, it was a sorce of minor pride, with my freinds only ever being able
> to get there mangas in these tiny little books.  The only other I can think
> of off the top of my head is Super Manga Blast, and I'm sure there are
> others.  And while mentioning SMB, why not stick AMG there?  It was there
> before.  As far as flipping and honorifics, It would be just as easly done
> on a monthly publication as it would a trade.  When tokyo pop (I think it
> was them) published Love Hina for a few issues, they were flipped.  And
> last, dropping the monthlys are only serving to limit my choices, all be it
> low to begin with.
> 
> At least thats the way I feel.
> 
> WhyGog
> 

I understand what you are saying and there are others like you in this regard.  However,
the monthly manga market in America sucks.  No one wanted to pay for it as it is just
too expensive.  The monthly tankoubans @ $10 are what most folks want.

Now in Japan, Shounen Sunday comes out weekly, has quite a few titles (including "Inuyasha"),
and each week you get a book that's about as thick as half a large phone book.  At
under ¥400 (I think the old one I bought was ¥280, which is about $2.75,
but I don't have it with me as I write this), they get more bang for their buck. 
However, these publications are printed on cheap paper which saves costs (as do the
ads that are placed therein).  They know that fans of "Inuyasha" (as an example) will

buy the tankoubans for keeping and toss the regular publication when they are done
(well, not all do, but they aren't designed to be kept like tankoubans are).  And
then the tankoubans are under ¥500.  All of my Japanese AMS tankoubans are priced
this
way (volumes 1-10). 

So basically, the Japanese get their manga for much cheaper than do Americans.  As
such, those markets can easily withstand weekly and monthly publications (along with
the cultural aspects, much like American boys growing up with American comic books)

whereas ours cannot based on present conditions.  :-/