Novels with misleading original publisher.

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  1. dustmite

    dustmite On a roll

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    I noticed some novels are listing redistributor sites as the original publisher such as ranwen and piaotian. Most of the novels can probably be found in qidian, zongheng or 17k where the author originally published their works.
    This includes Immortal God Emperor, Trembling World and many other novels here, maybe fix it if you have the time?
     
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    You can always edit it yourself.
     
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    Didn't know about that :eek: okay.
     
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    Parth37955 NU #3, [Dead Inside], Mid-Boss, Dark Dealer Staff Member

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    yo, I fixed the piaotian ones, ranwen was already fixed, did you do it? also are there any other pirated sites?
     
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    That wasn't me! Seems like someone else fixed it. I haven't noticed any other sites. I think that should be the main ones. The main distributor sites are piaotian, ranwen, shumilou, kanunu etc. though I haven't checked if they're listed here yet.
     
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    I got rid of the piaotian ones, ranwen was removed by someone else, shumilou and kanunu doesn't exist (there are no novels with that was an original provider.
    Do tell me if there are more pirated sites or redistributers and I will check for them as well
     
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    Or rather, report it from the NU profile page.
     
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    Any way we can view a list of publishers?

    Forgot which novel, but I found that Novelsjapan was listing themselves (could be someone else who added it) as the English publisher and marking the novel as licensed. Yeah... that's not how it works.
     
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    Nope. I sent @Tony a pm about it. Hopefully he'll be back on later today.
     
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    Tony Moderator Staff Member

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    http://novelupdates.com/list_tags.php
    http://novelupdates.com/list_epublisher.php
    http://novelupdates.com/list_opublisher.php
    http://novelupdates.com/list_author.php
    http://novelupdates.com/list_artist.php
     
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    gill Kairoaddict Disease Acquired

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    there's something weird, did wuxiaworld really become a publisher rather than your usual translation team.
    since in that database seems like wuxiaworld have publishing right for english version of ATG of MGA
     
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    Yukkuri Oniisan 『Procrastinator Archwizard Translator and Writer』

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    I suggest deleting all translation group as "English Publisher" cause, come on people... do you want to get sued if there is really an English publisher out there? If there is no English Publisher, marked it truthfully as none....
     
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    Yup, they really are an official publisher. See MGA on Amazon.
    Oh, and here's KindHeartedBee's video message on the publication:
    http://www.wuxiaworld.com/kindhearted-bee-comments-on-mga-publication/

    Not sure about ATG though. Can anyone verify what's going on there?

    P.S. Being an English publisher means obtaining the legal rights to translate and redistribute. (Just having the author's permission doesn't count.)
     
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    don't think ATG counts. I've removed it for now.
     
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