August 1, 2007
Upfront and Unscripted: Kurt Hassler, Yen Press
Kurt Hassler is the former Graphic Novel Buyer at Borders Group and is currently co-publisher of Yen Press. He was recently named the most powerful person in the American manga publishing industry in a survey by ICv2’s Retailers Guide to Anime/Manga. In this Upfront and Unscripted session, Hassler sits down with Calvin Reid, Sr. News Editor of Publishers Weekly, to talk about the exploding graphic novel market.
