Sumo World via iTunes

[kawika 123]

What level of interest would there be for a iTunes version of the infamous Sumo World?

[Washuyama 641]

As a long time collector of SW, I would be interested if they were reasonable priced. It's not as much a necessity like it was in the mid 70s when I started collecting them, but I'd still buy/read every issue...

[Masumasumasu 902]

I would buy anything sumo-related on iTunes or anywhere else, for that matter.

[kawika 123]

Price. Good question. The cover price is 650 yen. But for an electronic version, I figure there ought to be a big discount.

What price do you think is fair?

[Swami 245]

I have every issue from January 1980 until around 2002 when SW somehow disappeared.

Swami

[Washuyama 641]

I have no idea what cut Apple gets, but I think somewhere in the $2 - $3 range is fair... Having back issues would be a huge plus also

[kawika 123]

Yes, whatever's Apple's cut will play a factor. It seems their quality review process takes weeks.

[Benevolance 2,501]

Is sumo world a monthly thing? Once per basho? How big are the typical issues? I'm with masumasumasu on this one; I'll buy pretty much anything sumo related.

[Washuyama 641]

It's one issue per basho (well, it's supposed to be anyway) and usually around 28-32 pages.

[Leonishiki 49]

I'll be interested too, and Washuyama's price also seems fair to me

[Mmikasazuma 12]

The same is true here, so count me in.

[kawika 123]

http://flic.kr/p/eNRMv9

[Chiyozakura 148]

What I would be interested in is a republication of Clyde's book on the Makuuchi rikishi of the Showa era or a collection of his biographies on the Yokozuna and other historically significant rikishi. Despite the experience with Sumo World in the last ten years he is still one of the most knowledgebale guys regarding Sumo history.

[tarako 3]

I would love it.

[kawika 123]

well it turns out, that is is 1,000 times easier to put the content on sale via Amazon than iTunes!

Now on sale!

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EFQUSJS

[Jejima 1,385]

I don't have a Kindle :-(

[kawika 123]

not a problem. you can use a free apps or the Kindle Cloud Reader app, you don't have to own a Kindle to read Kindle content.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=sa_menu_karl?ie=UTF8&docId=1000493771

[wiedi 1]

Bought it just now on my iPhone using the kindle app. Fantastic stuff. Thx for making sumo world available online

[Shiro 13]

Will more issues be available soon?

[kawika 123]

the publisher is somewhat difficult to reach. hopefully i will see him at the next basho and let him know that putting out for the Kindle platform is a straight forward effort. he has more issues available, so it is just a matter of me getting ahold of him.

[Mark.Buckton 68]

What I would be interested in is a republication of Clyde's book on the Makuuchi rikishi of the Showa era or a collection of his biographies on the Yokozuna and other historically significant rikishi. Despite the experience with Sumo World in the last ten years he is still one of the most knowledgebale guys regarding Sumo history.

there are a couple of copies of this available in Tokyo. Not cheap but rare, not seen one for about 10-years till this summer.

[Mark.Buckton 68]

and for what it's worth, heard some years back they are basically translated from a Japanese book.

[kawika 123]

a magazine with an interesting past.

Sumo World: January 2020 - revised format by Clyde Newton

Sumo World on Amazon

[kawika 123]

Anyone with any issues of Sumo World will recognize some of these Sumo World Back Covers

[Asojima 2,874]

I had a copy of every Sumo World published before 1980 with the match matrix for each basho carefully filled in.  On a move in the1990's , I decided that my connection with sumo was over, and I almost tearfully trashed the entire set.  About ten years later, I discovered the forum, and I have been kicking myself ever since.