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As the title asks. I desperatly want any story I write to have included with them anime-style illustrations. I have an artist lined up who could draw them for me, and would be providing the illustrations for the publisher rather then making them go out and get an artist on their own. The artist I have is also a legitiment professional artist, who has had their work featured in galaries and the like, and is a friend, so it's not like the person I'd be getting to do the art would be some random no-name college student. They would be a professional.
However, my worry is twofold. The first is that while illustrated books are common for younger audiences/children's lit, once you get to a certain age they become virtually non-exsistant. My stories tend to be aimed at teens and older individuals, so they would certainly not fall in the normal age range for illustrated works. Secondly, due to the fact I'd want the illustrations to be distinctly anime-like, I fear what I want to do may be too close to what is called a 'lite novel" which manga publishers tried and failed at marketing in the US and thus now nobody wants to touch lite novels. While I'd be marketing my story as a standard novel that happens to have illustrations instead of a lite novel or hybrid-type affair and will not be going to manga publishers with my idea, I still fear the similarities to lite novels will be -an issue- in the eyes of publishers.
Anyway, with all this in mind, how would I go about getting a story with a few anime-style illustrations traditionally published(Self-publishing is NOT an option for numerous reasons I won't list here)? If any of you more in the know about the industry could help me out I'd be grateful!
However, my worry is twofold. The first is that while illustrated books are common for younger audiences/children's lit, once you get to a certain age they become virtually non-exsistant. My stories tend to be aimed at teens and older individuals, so they would certainly not fall in the normal age range for illustrated works. Secondly, due to the fact I'd want the illustrations to be distinctly anime-like, I fear what I want to do may be too close to what is called a 'lite novel" which manga publishers tried and failed at marketing in the US and thus now nobody wants to touch lite novels. While I'd be marketing my story as a standard novel that happens to have illustrations instead of a lite novel or hybrid-type affair and will not be going to manga publishers with my idea, I still fear the similarities to lite novels will be -an issue- in the eyes of publishers.
Anyway, with all this in mind, how would I go about getting a story with a few anime-style illustrations traditionally published(Self-publishing is NOT an option for numerous reasons I won't list here)? If any of you more in the know about the industry could help me out I'd be grateful!