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A new book is coming out November 30th telling Fred Ladd's story of his acquiring of the Asrto boy and Kimba series rights for translation, as well as his dealings with Osamu Tezuka. It is written by Fred Ladd himself.
take a look at this page for more info

and here to pre-order the book

and another quick reference page

$35! Are there that many people interested in this book?

It isn't just the money. Think about it for just a second--how many people out there want to read this book. Schodt's book was a bit of a stretch, but Tezuka is coming enough into vogue now that perhaps there are folks who will pick it up. With this new book however, we have to ask how many people are specifically interested in reading a book regarding how things like the US 60's Astro and Kimba came into being.

The $35 reminds me of how academic books were priced high because there wasn't much of an audience, but for the life of me, I can't see how there are as many people interested in a book-long description of this topic than say something like the mating behaviors of the echidna. Not to say it couldn't be a fascinating book, but somehow you have to pay off the cost of publication.

Am I missing a built in audience somewhere?

I just preordered it!