Central Park Media Launches CPM Press  posted on 2003-12-03
17:53 EST CPM Press to envelop CPM Manga, CPM Manhwa and CPM
Comics. Change of format.  Celebrating their 100th graphic novel
release, Central Park Media announced today the creation of CPM
Press, an umbrella brand that will envelop it's existing CPM
Manga, CPM Manhwa and CPM Comics. Reacting to the current market
trend, CPM press will be issuing all of its books in a five by
seven-and-three-quarter inch format starting in 2004 (two early
2004 releases will be in a different format), this is
essentially the same size that other companies have switched to.
CPM will also be repricing their paperbacks to be cheaper $9.99
and they will be printing the manga un-flipped whenever possible
(All new manga will be un-flipped, but some older titles or re-
releases may remain flipped). They are also considering re-
releasing older titles in the new, smaller and cheaper format,
but no concrete decisions have been made.  Ironically, their
100th graphic novel, Slaye