Thanks for writing in, and for the most part, I agree. I too, was kind of disappointed by how the whole situation was handled in the end. I wrote them directly and asked whether other retailers were going to be able to offer the covers, hoping that I could help spread information for them, but I never received any response.

I’m writing up my review of the light novel right now. I’m happy that non-Japanese speakers are getting the chance to own the light novels, but they definitely could have been handled better.

You may be right with your “bad girlfriend” analogy, but I’m willing to give them one more chance on volume two. Of course, I’ve always had trouble knowing when to cut my losses, too.

Re-posting how I feel everywhere.

Yen Press are a sadly, laughable group of individuals. They continue to make horrible decisions. Relying on them is like keeping a bad girlfriend. She tells you she is gonna do things, but then doesn’t. She lies about caring about you. She only cares about what she is doing at that moment, and can’t be bothered to actually do what needs to be done.

To be blunt. This website(yenpress.us) got a about a 500% increase in comments, deleted comments, and general traffic during the height of this debacle. And they did nothing. LOL, one online retailer sent out covers, is nothing. They either never cared, or froze up like the guy that dies first on the battlefield. Weeks after the book has been released, and still no word from Hassler about more places to get a cover, even though he said he would update the list(lol, not likely huh?). You have failed to release a download-able/printable version of the cover, even after I, and others have posted links to one, here, in this very comment section. By the way Hassler(I once felt bad for you), saying “we simply aren’t set up with a direct-to-consumer infrastructure.”, only means that Yen Press isn’t going
to do anything. Way to be a company echo.

To sum it all up. I believe Yen Press has failed to bring fans an acceptable product(proven by the sheer amount of people who agree). And have failed to make amends(People are still angry, and still talk about it on internet forums). So I have no sympathy for them. I hope they fail.