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Glossary
Glossary of key terms related to piracy, its causes, impacts, and legal aspects. Perfect for those who want to better understand this phenomenon.
📚 Glossary of Books & Manga
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adaptation | In manga, adaptation refers to either the process of turning a manga into an anime or converting another work into manga form. |
| ASIN | Amazon Standard Identification Number (ASIN) is a unique 10-character alphanumeric code assigned by Amazon to identify products, including Kindle ebook editions. |
| Calibre | Calibre is a free, open-source, cross-platform eBook management software often used to organize libraries and remove DRM protection from ebooks. |
| Doujinshi | Doujinshi refers to self-published or indie manga, typically created and distributed by the artist independently, unlike commercially published manga. |
| E-reader | A device or software designed for reading digital books and documents, offering a convenient alternative to physical books. |
| Fanfic / Fanfiction | Stories created by fans based on existing works, often unauthorized but popular within fan communities. |
| File-types | Various digital file formats used for ebooks and comics, such as EPUB, PDF, MOBI, CBR, and CBZ. |
| ISBN | The International Standard Book Number is a unique 13-digit identifier for books and ebooks used worldwide for cataloging and sales tracking. |
| Light Novel | A style of Japanese novel targeting young adults, often illustrated and related to manga/anime franchises. |
| Mangaka | A mangaka is a manga artist who writes and/or draws manga professionally. |
| Manga Reader | Software applications designed to enhance the reading experience of locally stored manga files, supporting formats like CBR/CBZ and displaying images sequentially. |
| Manhua | Manhua refers to Chinese comics, a style and medium of comic art native to China. |
| Manhwa | Manhwa refers to Korean comics, a popular style of comic art from South Korea. |
| OCR | Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is technology used to convert scanned images of text into editable and searchable text, often used in scanlations. |
| Patch | A patch is a file that modifies or updates content, such as fixing errors or translating parts of a manga or ebook. |
| Raw | An untranslated version of a manga, typically in the original language (usually Japanese, Chinese, or Korean), used as source material for scanlations. |
| Scanlation | The unauthorized fan translation of manga, where fans scan, translate, and distribute manga without permission from the original rights holders. |
| Scanlator | A person or group who scans manga pages, translates them, and releases the scanlations online. |
| Torrent | A file-sharing protocol used to distribute large files like manga collections via peer-to-peer networks. |
| Webmanga | Manga that is originally published online on websites or platforms rather than in printed form. |
| Webtoon | A digital comic format, often vertically scrolling, originating from South Korea, designed for easy reading on smartphones and the web. |