He had to of gotten permission wouldn’t you think?
A lot of people undertake things like this without asking permission, and Nintendo is notorious(although well within their rights) to send C&D orders to operations like this.
I don’t know the proper details obviously but I’d hazard to guess that Nintendo would not approve something like this.
What do you think Nintendo would not approve of? (I don’t know much about intellectual property law.)
Does he have photos/scans of cards in his book? If so that’d be more than enough for Nintendo to cite him profiting off of their intellectual property.
It looked like he was reading a giant script.
That’s funny, after I started watching all I could think was, “Does this guy blink?”.
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Maybe that’s why he always films off camera.
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That was my first thought. But when I watched the video and learned that the book is being published by Krause, a well-known publisher of collectibles-related guides, I figured the artwork is probably licensed. Then again, we won’t know for sure until we see the copyright and/or credits page from the book.
The sample pages posted on the Krause website, though, aren’t very exciting. Very few pictures; mostly text that sounds like a rehash of Bulbapedia entries. I’ll be spending my money elsewhere.
It’s highly unlikely than the Nintendo and/or The Pokemon Company “messed up.” My guess is that it’s an issue of artist rights and royalties, and that publishing a comprehensive book with pictures of most or all of the cards would probably cost far more than it would generate in sales. (As the owner of a Japanese book publishing company, this expensive reality is something I’m painfully aware of. 
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Confirmed that PrimetimePokemon is actually a robot 
Not to be mean or anything though, I’ve been watching his content for years and enjoy it. Will be interesting to see what the book will be like. It’s a nice idea actually. But as he mentions there will be information about card prices and so on, that information won’t be relevant for long especially for older cards.
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Here’s a sample page from the publisher’s website.
And links to four other sample pages:
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And Glenn (japanime) is a publishing guru so his voice should be listened to.
I find the big issue with publishing price guides like this, is that prices are obsolete before you even print it.
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That’s a pretty thick looking book, he’s obviously put a lot of effort into it even if he did take a lot of info from bulbapedia and reword it. Not really something I would buy personally but if it’s informative and not factually incorrect (besides prices) I hope it does well for him. Always sad when you’re proud of something, spend a lot of time on it and it doesn’t work out, I feel for those people so I hope it doesn’t flop.
Overstreet Comics PG usually had a hard cover run then huge soft cover runs. But they updated and released a new edition each year. Plus, the first couple years of them are highly coveted and valuable today. I think #1 was 1971?
I wonder how many copies of his pokemon books were in the first print run?
Hardly a guru! I do know a few things about the biz — but probably a lot less than I should know!
I put you on the same level as Hef and Guccioni.
Looks quite nice and interesting actually, thanks for showing @japanime 
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A yearly release like Stanley Gibbons for Philately would be ideal. But how is 1 guy gonna manage that every year.
Very cool, im sure postage to Australia will cost more than the book itself, so may have to pass, but would love a copy
Not to mention Flynt 
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