Ed Chavez, the new Marketing Director at Vertical Books is hosting an informal meet-up tomorrow evening starting at the Kinokuniya in New York City at 6:30pm, which will move to Bryant Park across the street
after the store closes, weather permitting. Ed is providing free snacks and soft drinks.

Ed plans to talk about seinen and josei manga, the Guin Saga, light novels, and manga magazines. This is a good opportunity to welcome Ed to New York City, as he just moved here from San Francisco last month for his new job. Feel free to ask him any questions you might have about Vertical Books or about manga in general. Jason Thompson, author of Manga: The Complete Guide, has called Ed one of the top five North American manga experts.

Vertical publishes Black Jack, To Terra, several Osamu Tezuka series, sci-fi books, Japanese prose fiction, craft books (including Aranzi Aronzo), horror books (The Ring Trilogy), sudoku collections, nonfiction books, and cookbooks—including Iron Chef Chen’s Knockout Chinese (May 26th).

Ed Chavez has hosted the MangaCast podcast since 2005, creating an impressive 366 episodes. He has also translated manga titles into both English and Japanese and writes for Otaku USA magazine.

Tweeters are encouraged to RSVP via direct message to Vertical_Ed.

You may also contact Ed directly at: mangacast@gmail.com

Kinokuniya
1073 Sixth Ave., between 41st and 40th St.

Near the Times Square subway stop (1,2,3,7,N,R,Q,W) as well as the 42nd St/Bryant Park stop on the (B,D,F,&V). It’s a 10 minute walk to Grand Central as well.