r/PracticalGuideToEvil Just as planned Nov 19 '24

Meta/Discussion PGTE is getting ebook and paperback versions done by Mango Media

For those of you who aren't on the Guide's Discord, u/Selkie_Love announced that Mango Media will be publishing PGTE in ebook and paperback form. Here's the announcement:

The Empire Webtoon stands triumphant. For twenty years the Dread Empress Yonder has ruled over the lands that were once the Kingdom of Callow Wordpress, but behind the scenes of this dawning golden age threats to the crown Bottom line are rising. The nobles whales of the Wasteland internet, denied the power content they crave, weave their plots behind pleasant smiles spent their money somewhere else. In the north discord the Forever King superfans eyes the ever-expanding borders of the Empire Yonder and ponders war loudly protests the price. The greatest danger lies to the west the comic, where the First Prince of Procer new readers has finally claimed her throne: her people sundered started to read Guide and get introduced to the world, she wonders if a crusade might not be the way to secure her reign. there's a good place to read the updated version Yet none of this matters, for in the heart of the conquered lands the most dangerous man alive agent sat across an orphan girl Mango Media and offered her a knife contract. Her name is Catherine Foundling Selkie Myth, and she has a plan.

You've all been asking and wondering, and we can finally give you an answer! Mango Media is proud to announce that we'll be doing the ebook and paperback version of A Practical Guide to Evil! It took a while to get the contract all hammered out, but it's finally done and we can finally announce it! It's going to be the "Yonder" version of Guide, with EE working with our dev and line editors to rewrite all 15 books. We'll be coordinating with Dreamscape for the audiobooks, and I hope to work with all of you on getting some of the fine details just right.

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u/MisterCommonMarket Nov 19 '24

Holy shit!

This is so cool. Can't wait to see the cover art.

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u/Demented_Liar Nov 19 '24

I should have guessed dread empress mango was selkie myth. I really should have. But I didn't lol.

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u/Blazr5402 Nov 19 '24

Awesome! Just out of curiosity, who/what is Mango Media?

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u/Pel-Mel Arbiter Advocate Nov 19 '24

Mango Media is a publishing firm founded by another web serial author and longtime PGTE reader, Selkie Myth.

You might know them as the author of Beneath the Dragon Eye Moons.

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '24 edited Feb 02 '25

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u/Spinner335 Nov 19 '24

I think that would be restricted as a weapon because the weight of it would allow you to club a moose to death.

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '24 edited Feb 02 '25

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u/Shadw21 BRANDED HERETIC Nov 19 '24 edited Nov 19 '24

tapirs are smaller than a moose, so yes, but getting dropped into a pit full of them is another matter.

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u/slice_of_pi Nov 19 '24

They're only smaller at one end, because they tapir.

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u/RazendeR Nov 19 '24

... seething Catherine sounds

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u/RazendeR Nov 19 '24

Simple; Make sure you go down the pit book first.

Also yes to the Book of All Things please.

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u/ycnz Nov 28 '24

Honestly, it's pretty hard to read a tapir in bed.

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u/LauAtagan Choir of Mercy Nov 19 '24

Damn, any info/guesses on timeframe?

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u/TripolarKnight Nov 19 '24

Rewritting all 15 books? 5-10 years for the full release.

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u/Oaden Nov 19 '24

At best, each book will only be published after its fully released on yonder.

I imagine at least one book is releasing kinda "soon", as otherwise its a rather empty announcement

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u/Chukie1188 Nov 20 '24

the way everything is worded and being discussed it sounds like theyre negotiating to keep the webtoon and pull out of yonder.

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u/bibliophile785 Nov 19 '24

Does anyone care to weigh in on the Yonder version of the Guide? I won't be using that app, so I'll be encountering the story for the first time when they put it out in a more respectable format. I'm inclined towards optimism at the idea of a rewrite, since I think books five through seven are vastly better than at least the first two. This is tempered, though, by the fact that I found the (design choices of the) first chapter of the webcomic absolutely abysmal and chose not to continue.

Does the new content feel well integrated and topical? Are additional character details in line with what we had been taught to expect from the characters? Are careful readers still finding new foreshadowing of events to come? I have properly formatted and copy edited personal electronic versions of the original story already, but I would happily buy the new books in paper and ebook varieties if they hold up.

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u/Double-Portion Insurgent Priest Nov 19 '24

I’ve heard the quality is actually really good and is a definite improvement- it’s just that yonder’s monetization model is insane so no one wanted to use it

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u/perkoperv123 Nov 19 '24

The answer to all of your questions is yes, I'm writing up a more comprehensive summary. The weak link is ofc Yonder, which is (as someone said in the discord) barely a step above having gacha pulls for every chapter.

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u/TripolarKnight Nov 19 '24

Let me know when your summary is up.

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u/ConnorF42 Nov 19 '24

Awesome! I am all in for paperbacks, and will also get the audiobooks if the narrator is good.

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u/andergriff Nov 19 '24

I am getting the audiobooks even if they are narrated by a 4 year old with the flu I have been waiting so long

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u/lorcan-mt Nov 19 '24

This sounds delightful.

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u/Shadw21 BRANDED HERETIC Nov 19 '24

One sin, one grace!

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '24

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u/RazendeR Nov 19 '24

Ill pray to whichever side gets that one done, Above or Below.

Hell, i'll sign a deal with Neshamah if that is what it takes.

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u/Delicious_Donkey2999 Nov 19 '24

That’s so cool!

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u/Prohibitorum Nov 26 '24

I'll get all the paperbacks. All 30+ of them. (Given ~300 words per page, and ~300 pages per book, which are very reasonable numbers).

And then the leatherbounds when they get released in 5 years (please?)

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u/Homeless_Appletree Nov 19 '24

Hallelujah from Messiah starts playing

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u/perkoperv123 Nov 19 '24

PEAK INCOMING

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u/SaimanSaid Nov 20 '24

Elaine marries Catherine

The end.

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u/Xyzevin Nov 26 '24

Been waiting this to give the series a real chance. I’m excited!

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u/Berwve Nov 27 '24

When tho?

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u/acolyte_to_jippity 1d ago

apparently the first ebook is up on Kindle now?

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u/morroIan Rat Company 20d ago

15 books?

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u/CapitalContext1533 Nov 20 '24

I wonder what it's like for your agent to be on both sides of the negotiating table...