{"rewrite":{"id":"r_54bccd69b9657680e61681b5","clusterId":"c_46e9fae24f39f2ea80ad51e4","slug":"booklive-to-sell-touhou-project-fan-comics-as-commercial-e-books","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"BookLive To Sell Touhou Project Fan Comics As Commercial E-Books","summary":"BookLive announced on October 1 that its Crossfolio Publishing service will distribute Touhou Project derivative fan comics as commercial e-books with the approval of original creator Team Shanghai Alice. Submissions opened the same day and cover book-format works including comics, illustration collections, novels, picture books, and photo books. Creators receive up to a 75 percent royalty rate, raised to 80 percent for the first year on works registered by November 3.","whyItMatters":"Doujin distribution has usually run on event sales and creator-run shops, so an authorized commercial channel with BookLive handling licensing payments to Team Shanghai Alice rewrites who carries the paperwork and the money.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eCrossfolio Publishing handles all rights processing for the accepted works, including payment of licensing fees to Team Shanghai Alice, on a consolidated basis. That covers the part of commercializing derivative work that circles usually have to sort out themselves.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBookLive frames the move as connecting Touhou derivative culture with electronic publishing. Works without digital manuscripts can also be submitted. The company says it will widen the eligible works and participating circles under Team Shanghai Alice\u0026#39;s approval, with the distribution start date and lineup to be announced once decided.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"BookLive pays 80 percent for first-year Touhou registrations, dropping to 75 after. For doujin creators who now get a storefront and ISBN, the schedule is the incentive: list a book early or accept the lower rate later.","twitterPost":"BookLive pays 80 percent for Touhou fan comics registered by November 3, then 75. The first-year rate is a deadline, not a baseline.","threadsPost":"BookLive pays 80 percent royalties for the first year on Touhou fan comics registered by November 3, then 75 percent. For doujin creators who usually print and sell at events, the schedule doubles as a deadline. The window, not the title, sets the terms.","newsletterBlurb":"BookLive opened submissions on October 1 for Touhou Project derivative fan comics to be sold as commercial e-books through its Crossfolio Publishing service, under the approval of original creator Team Shanghai Alice. The company handles all rights processing, including licensing fees to the original creator, and offers up to a 75 percent royalty rate. Works registered by November 3 get up to 80 percent for the first year.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/261001i\",\"title\":\"Touhou Project Fan Comics to Be Distributed as Commercial E-books; Approved by Original Creator Team Shanghai Alice, Submissions Open from October 1\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4574,"outputTokens":587,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791169169,"createdAt":"2026-10-05T02:56:22.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-05T02:58:23.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T02:58:23.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_46e9fae24f39f2ea80ad51e4","canonicalTitle":"『東方Project』二次創作同人誌が商業電子書籍として配信へ。原作者・上海アリス幻樂団公認で、10月1日より配信作品を募集開始","representativeArticleId":"a_444ebc8339319edacc7a6b31","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Touhou Project\"],\"studios\":[\"Team Shanghai Alice\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"business\",\"domain\":\"industry\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-01T00:51:40.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-01T00:51:40.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T02:58:21.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Denfaminicogamer","url":"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/261001i","title":"『東方Project』二次創作同人誌が商業電子書籍として配信へ。原作者・上海アリス幻樂団公認で、10月1日より配信作品を募集開始"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Touhou Project"],"studios":["Team Shanghai Alice"],"people":[],"type":"business","domain":"industry","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}