JP2004078763A - Internet comic market system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an Internet comic market system which realizes a characteristic of an on-demand production type electronic publishing system utilizing the Internet and establishes transactions of works of comics or the like between individuals on a large scale and with high flexibility. <P>SOLUTION: The e-comic system comprises the first terminal device 13a of a purchaser, the second terminal device 12a of a creator, and a web server 11 for announcement/purchase with a new book announcing page 23 and a purchase page 24. The web server comprises a creator's private page 22 to be presented to the creator, a management/control part 31 to display information on a new book provided through the creator's private page on the above new book announcing page, a purchase unit price computing part 32 to compute a purchase unit price corresponding to the number of shares of purchase for each work, and a judgment part (a judgement step S35) to decide whether a production is to be started or suspended depending on whether a charge to be gained based on the number of shares meets a minimum charge criterion. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an internet comic market system, and more particularly, to an internet comic market system used as an order-made electronic publishing system for comics and the like.
[0002]
[Prior art]
At present, the mainstream publication and sales of comics (manga) are paper books by major publishers. However, on the other hand, doujinshi spots called “comic markets” are regularly held. Today, the comic market is offering not only manga works but also diversified works such as games and literary arts, and venues are spreading throughout the country. Such a comic market has a completely different distribution channel from major publishers, and has a new creator (creator or writer) in direct contact with readers, allowing creators to directly publish and sell their work to fans. Creating a market.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the conventional comic market, which is regularly opened, it is necessary to actually set a specific place as a holding place, and there is a spatial and temporal restriction. Therefore, in order to further develop the comic market, it is desired to eliminate such restrictions. In order to realize such a comic market, use of the Internet is conceivable. However, simply using the Internet, which is well known as a telecommunications line, has little utility. When using the Internet to build a comic market, from the creator's point of view, there is a merit as a place to announce works and earn money, and from the reader's point of view, it is possible to obtain inexpensively the works you want to read sharply. On the other hand, as a system operator, it is required to satisfy merits that can be established as a business with a certain profitability.
[0004]
In addition, the comic market, which has a strong personality as a doujinshi sale event, provides new creators with a place to present their works. In the case where such a place for presenting a work is realized using the Internet, it is desired that the system be appropriately evaluated for the work and be able to expect an income commensurate with the evaluation.
[0005]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-described problems and realize the characteristics of an electronic publishing system of an order-made type, eliminating the spatial and temporal restrictions by using the Internet, and personalizing a work such as a comic. It is an object of the present invention to provide an Internet comic market system capable of establishing a commercial transaction on a large scale with a high degree of freedom.
[0006]
Means and action for solving the problem
The Internet comic market system according to the present invention is configured as follows to achieve the above object.
[0007]
A first Internet comic market system (corresponding to claim 1) comprises a first terminal device for Internet connection prepared for each of a plurality of purchasers and a second terminal device for Internet connection prepared for each of a plurality of creators. And an announcement / purchase web server (announcement / purchase site) including a new publication announcement page and a purchase page distributed to the purchaser accessed via the first terminal device. Further, the web server stores a creator-only page presented via the second terminal device to a creator who plans to announce a new work, and new publication information provided via the creator-specific page to the above-mentioned new publication announcement page. A management unit (management / control unit) to be displayed, a purchase unit price calculation unit that calculates the purchase unit price for each work according to the number of purchase units for each work by the buyer applying via the new publication announcement page and the purchase page, A judgment unit (judgment step S35) is provided for deciding whether to start or stop producing the work based on whether or not the charge obtained based on the charge satisfies the reference minimum charge.
[0008]
According to the Internet comic market system described above, using a terminal device via the Internet, a creator can announce his / her work to be produced and start production upon receiving an order therefor. ) Can make a purchase application with knowing the creator's production schedule in advance. Whether or not a work is actually created on the system is determined based on the minimum charge desired by the creator based on a predetermined rule, and the minimum charge is determined while observing the change in the number of purchase applications (number of units purchased). It is determined based on whether or not the condition is satisfied. Therefore, a popular creator can obtain a sufficient profit, and a new creator can determine whether or not to perform production while observing an order receiving state (degree of popularity). On the other hand, since the system operator can build a comic market as a build-to-order system using the Internet, it can secure the minimum required sales when selling, and secure the profitability as a business and establish the system. It becomes possible to operate. Furthermore, based on the minimum charge specified by the creator, as the number of purchases increases, the unit price of the work purchase decreases, and the system is constructed so as to be easy for the purchaser to use.
[0009]
In the second Internet comic market system (corresponding to claim 2), in the first configuration described above, the purchase unit price calculation unit includes a minimum charge for a work desired by a creator given through a creator dedicated page, and purchase by a purchaser. It is characterized by calculating the purchase unit price according to the number of units purchased based on the number of units. According to this configuration, based on the minimum charge specified by the creator who plans a new work, the required minimum number of purchase units and the initial purchase unit price are determined under the rules determined by the system operator, and the number of purchase units is Make the purchase price fluctuate as it increases.
[0010]
A third Internet comic market system (corresponding to claim 3) is characterized in that, in the second configuration, the purchase unit price is gradually reduced as the number of purchase units increases. According to this configuration, since the purchase unit price gradually decreases as the number of purchase units increases, the work can be obtained at a lower purchase unit price for the customer as the number of purchase units increases.
[0011]
In the fourth Internet comic market system (corresponding to claim 4), in the first configuration described above, the completed work in which the production of the work is started and completed is transmitted to the web page via the creator dedicated page and purchased. It is characterized by being downloaded to the user's first terminal device.
[0012]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0013]
FIG. 1 schematically shows the entire business flow based on the Internet comic market system (hereinafter referred to as "e-comics") according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows a system configuration diagram of e-comics.
[0014]
A feature of the system configuration of e-comics is that it is an order-made (production) comic electronic publishing system and is configured in a form of purchase unit price variability.
[0015]
The above-mentioned “order-to-order type” refers to starting production of a work and completing the work on the assumption that there is a certain number of purchase applications (number of purchase units that satisfy the minimum charge) in response to the announcement of a new comic. It is a production method. The “purchase unit price variability” means that the purchase unit price of a work decreases as the number of purchase applications increases. In practice, the purchase unit price is set, for example, so that the upper limit is about 1200 yen, and as the number of purchase applications increases, the lower limit is about 100 yen.
[0016]
In the above-mentioned e-comics, an announcement / purchase site (announcement / purchase web server) 11 for the comic market is operated on the Internet. In the e-comics business, a plurality of creators 12, a plurality of purchasers (customers) 13, and a system operator (corporation or person in charge) 14 are involved. Each of the creator 12, the purchaser 13, and the system operator 14 includes terminal devices (PCs and the like) 12a, 13a, and 14a.
[0017]
Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the flow of the procedure for announcing and purchasing e-comics will be outlined. According to FIG. 1, in the general flow of business in e-comics, first, a new publication is announced (step S11). In this step S11, each of the plurality of creators 12 accesses the announcement / purchase site 11 through its own terminal device 12a, and inputs a work to be produced and necessary information. Thereafter, the system operator 14 checks a newly published work announced by each creator 12 via the management page 25 (step S12). In this check, if there is no problem with the content of the work, approval is performed.
[0018]
Next, the approved new publication is announced on the homepage (HP) 15 of the announcement / purchase site 11 (step S13). Here, the “new book” refers to a work that is scheduled to be produced within a certain period in the future and that accepts a purchase application from the purchaser 13. The works announced on the homepage 15 are not one, but many works by many creators are announced, and are introduced as a work list on the top page.
[0019]
The purchaser 13 accesses the presentation / purchase site 11 via his / her terminal device 13a via the Internet 16, sees a homepage 15 displaying a list of works (top page) related to the new publication announcement, and furthermore introduces a new publication introduction page. Based on the name of the announced work, the author and the content information, it is determined whether or not to purchase (step S14). Thus, many purchasers 13 participate in the e-comics market. The purchase application by the purchaser 13 is temporary before the deadline and is merely a reservation. The purchase unit price is determined by the final number of purchase applications (number of purchase units) after the deadline. Next, the end of the presentation period and sales promotion processing are performed (step S15). In the sales promotion, when approaching at the end of the announcement period, we will inform the deadline date and number of purchases, and promote further purchases to reduce the unit price of purchase.
[0020]
When the purchase application is completed on the condition that the number of purchases satisfies a predetermined condition (minimum billing), the creator 12 starts production of the work, and after completing the work, performs delivery processing from “manuscript delivery” on the creator dedicated page ( Step S16). The system operator 14 browses and checks the delivered completed work from the management page (step S17). Only when there is no problem, the system operator 14 performs the approval. The completed work that has been approved is subjected to a delivery process (step S18). At this time, a product completion mail 17 is sent to the purchaser 13. After receiving the product completion e-mail, the purchaser 13 takes the ID authentication procedure and downloads the completed work for which the purchase application has been made (step S19).
[0021]
Next, the e-comics will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, FIG. 3, and FIGS. FIG. 3 shows the flow of the main part processing (the relationship between the change in the number of purchase applications (number of units) and the charging) in the purchase unit price calculation unit, the management / control unit, and the like. FIGS. 4 to 8 show the steps S11 to S19. FIG. 9 shows a detailed view of a display screen on various pages in the announcement / purchase site 11, and FIG. 9 shows an example of a change in purchase unit price.
[0022]
Both the creator 12 and the purchaser 13 can access the announcement / purchase site 11 via the Internet 16 by the respective Internet connection terminal devices 12a and 13a. The announcement / purchase site 11 has a registration page 21 and a creator-specific page 22 that are presented in response to access by the creator 12. In addition, a new book introduction page 23 and a purchase page 24 are prepared for the access of the purchaser 13 to purchase the work. The new book introduction page 23 and the like are included in the home page 15 described above. In this e-comics, in order for the purchaser 13 to be able to purchase a work, it is preferable that the user be registered in the system in advance and receive personal authentication (acquisition of an ID number). Become. A well-known system is used for the configuration and method (procedure) for receiving personal authentication.
[0023]
As described above, the web server forming the announcement / purchase site 11 has pages that respond to the creator 12 and the purchaser 13, respectively. The creator 12 and the purchaser 13 respectively call up necessary pages and perform necessary procedures. Further, the announcement / purchase site 11 is provided with a management / control unit 31 which responds to input information or control information given from the creator 12 or the purchaser 13 through each page and performs predetermined management or control described later. I have. Also, at the announcement / purchase site 11, when information on the number of purchases pertaining to the purchase application for each work is given from the purchaser 14, the change in the number of works for each work is managed, the purchase unit price is calculated, and the final purchase date is determined. It has a purchase unit price calculation unit 32 that determines the purchase unit price. Other functional units include an e-mail transmission unit 33 that sends a notification e-mail required to the creator 12 or the purchaser 13 at an appropriate timing, and saves and provides the completed work to each purchaser 13. And a work storing / providing unit 34 for the work.
[0024]
Next, the configuration and processing flow of the system in e-comics will be described, including the mutual exchange relationship between the creator 12, the announcement / purchase site 11, and the purchaser 13, and the display contents of each page presented to the creator 12 and the purchaser 13. This will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.
[0025]
On the registration page 21 accessed and called by the creator 12, the creator 12 registers and authenticates personal data such as a writer's name at the presentation / purchase site 11, and acquires an ID number.
[0026]
In step S11 of the above-mentioned announcement of a new book, each creator 12 accesses the announcement / purchase site 11 and calls the creator-specific page 22 as shown in FIG. The creator dedicated page 22 is prepared for each of the plurality of creators. Using the creator-specific page 22, the creator 12 envisions a comic that he or she wants to create, and creates a page for introduction to a purchaser (customer). In the example shown in FIG. 4, a column of “confirmation of a work in progress” is provided, and items of “work name”, “state”, “production start date”, and “deadline” are provided.
[0027]
Here, the “work name” is the name of the work, the “state” is an attribute indicating the current work state of the work, the “production start date” is the date when the purchaser's application ends, “Deadline” means the deadline for delivery of the completed manuscript.
[0028]
The “state” indicates five states, for example, “before announcement”, “waiting for announcement check”, “recruiting buyers”, “document writing period”, and “waiting for completion check”. "Before announcement" is a state in which preparation for announcement of a new book, that is, creation of a new book introduction page is being performed. In this state, a link button 22a “Modify introduction page” appears, and when this button is clicked, it is possible to add or modify the newly introduced introduction page of this work. “Waiting for announcement check” is a state in which the creation of the new book introduction page has been completed and the system operator 14 is waiting for a check. “Recruiting buyers” is a state in which the new book introduction page 23 is displayed to the purchaser 13 who is a general customer, and buyers are being recruited. In this mode, a link button 22b "Confirm charging status" appears. By clicking this, the current charging status, the purchaser who is charging, and the number of purchased units can be known. The “manuscript writing period” is a state in which, when the recruitment of buyers has been completed, sales sufficient to start manuscript creation have been obtained. In this state, a link button 22c of "delivery of manuscript" appears, and when this button is clicked, a completed manuscript of this work can be delivered. “Waiting for completion check” is a state in which the preparation of the manuscript has been completed and the system operator 14 is waiting for a manuscript check.
[0029]
The creator-specific page 22 is further provided with a link button 22d “Create new publication”. Clicking the button "Create new book" 22d brings up a page for creating a new book in which the linked new book can be announced. FIG. 5 shows an example of a page created by the new publication. On the page 41 for creating a new book, items such as a work name 41a, a work genre 41b, a synopsis 41c, a schedule 41d, and a charge setting 41e are entered. The schedule includes a production start date and a deadline date. In the charge setting, a minimum charge and a unit price are set. The minimum charge is the minimum amount required to start the production of the work, and the unit price is the basic amount to be collected from one purchaser. If the purchaser's charge does not exceed the minimum charge even after the production start date, the work cannot be produced, and a “stop mail for the announced work” will be sent to the creator. All necessary items must be described on page 41 of the new book creation. When all the necessary items are filled in and the button 41f "Submit presentation page" is clicked, the flow shifts from step S11 of the new publication announcement to step S12 of the check of the contents of the new publication. Further, when the “temporary hold” button 41g is clicked, the contents set up to now are saved, and the display returns to the top page of the creator-specific page 22.
[0030]
In step S12 of checking the contents of a new book, a new book introduction page created by each creator 12 on the basis of information on creation of a new book given to the management / control unit 31 through each creator dedicated page 22 is displayed on the terminal device 14a by the management page. 25, the system operator 14 browses. The management page 25 displays the contents of a new book introduction page described later, and is provided with an approval button 25a and a reject button 25b. If there is no problem with this browsing, a new book introduction page 23 is announced to the purchaser 13 by pressing the approval button 25a provided on the management page 25. If there is a problem, the reject button 25b provided on the management page 25 is pressed, and a "new book introduction page: correction request mail" is transmitted. In the correction request mail, the correction request is indicated by a document. When the rejection processing is performed in the above browsing, the attribute of the work returns to the state of “before announcement”.
[0031]
In step S13 of the announcement of a new work on the HP, the new book introduction page 23 shown in FIG. 6 is distributed to the terminal device 13a of the buyer 13 who has accessed, and is disclosed to the purchaser 13. When the purchaser 13 accesses the announcement / purchase site 11, the new publication introduction page 23 can be viewed. The new book introduction page 23 shows, for each creator, a work name 23a, a work genre 23b, a synopsis 23c, a current purchase unit price (fee) 23d, an application deadline date 23e, and a scheduled completion date 23f. Also, a sales promotion illustration display area 23g is provided.
[0032]
The purchaser 13 who has accessed the new book introduction page 23 determines whether or not to purchase by referring to the above display items. When it is determined that the user wants to purchase, the user clicks a "purchase" button 23h. When the button 23h is clicked, the flow shifts to step S14 of the purchaser's participation, and the content of distribution to the terminal device 13a shifts to the purchase page 24 shown in FIG.
[0033]
On the new book introduction page 23, a column 23i of information on the current number of purchasers for the work is displayed. In the information field 23i, a predetermined number of face icons of the purchased customer are displayed. Thereby, it is possible to inform the tendency of the customer who likes the work.
[0034]
Next, step S14 of purchaser participation will be described. On the purchase page 24, a column 24a indicating the title of the work and the name of the creator and indicating the number of remaining voices required to start creation of the work, and a column indicating the current price (purchase unit price) of the work 24b are provided. The purchaser 13 enters the desired number of units in the entry column 24c for the amount to be purchased (number of units). If further need is made, the support comment is entered in the entry field 24d. Then, finally, a button 24e "Purchase" is clicked. Usually, it is sufficient for the customer to purchase only one serving. Although a charge for one unit is sufficient for one purchaser, one person who desires can charge for a plurality of units.
[0035]
The new book introduction page 23 and the purchase page 24 are prepared for each new book. Normally, a list page is prepared for all works to be produced, and the list page displays, for example, the work name and the writer's name. By selecting from the page of the list based on the title of the work or the like, it is configured to shift to the above-mentioned new book introduction page 23.
[0036]
When the purchase process of the corresponding work is performed on the purchase page 24, the data of the number of purchases for each work is sent to the purchase unit price calculation unit 32. FIG. 3 shows a detailed processing process executed by the purchase unit price calculation unit 32. The purchase unit price calculation unit 32 receives the number of purchased units as a reservation (step S21), and calculates the total number of purchased units by adding it to the total number of purchased units (step S22). Further, the purchase unit price is calculated using the total number of purchased units (step S23). The data of the purchase unit price is used as display data on the purchase unit price on the new book introduction page 23 (step S24).
[0037]
According to the overall processing flow shown in FIG. 1, after step S14, step S15 of "end of presentation period and sales promotion processing" is executed. In step S15, as shown in the processing process of FIG. 3, for example, 24 hours before the deadline date via the determination step S31 for the deadline date and the determination step S32 for whether or not 24 hours before the deadline date. It is determined whether or not all charges based on the total number of purchased units satisfy the minimum charge desired by the creator (step S33). If NO in determination step S33, an e-mail for additional purchase is automatically transmitted to purchaser 13 (step S34).
[0038]
The above-mentioned additional purchase e-mail notifies the user of the shortage of the number of billing units and the fact that the production will be stopped if the minimum billing is not exceeded.
[0039]
If the determination in step S33 is YES, the purchase application deadline date is waited for (step S31), and it is determined again whether or not all charges based on the total number of purchased units satisfy the minimum charge desired by the creator (step S31). Step S35). If the determination in step S35 is NO, a stop mail of the announced work is automatically transmitted (step S36), and the creation suspension processing is performed (step S37). The e-mail to stop the presentation of the work informs that the number of purchased units is less than the minimum charge and that the presentation of the work will be stopped. In the creation suspension process, data is deleted from the new book introduction page 23.
[0040]
If YES in determination step S35, the final purchase unit price is calculated (step S38), a production start notification mail is sent to purchaser 13 (step S39), and a production start request mail is sent to creator 12. It is transmitted (step S40).
[0041]
Regarding the calculation of the purchase unit price or the final purchase unit price in steps S23 and S38, FIG. 9 shows the relationship between the number of sales units, that is, the number of purchase units (horizontal axis) and the unit purchase price (vertical axis). FIG. 9 shows a typical example of the transition of the purchase unit price. As apparent from FIG. 9, the purchase unit price is set to about 1500 yen at the initial stage. As the number of sales units (number of purchase units) increases, the purchase unit price decreases according to the characteristic graph 42. The purchase unit price calculation unit 32 calculates the purchase unit price according to the number of purchase units according to the characteristic graph 42 shown in FIG. The characteristic graph 42 is determined based on an empirical rule in consideration of profitability.
[0042]
In e-comics, the required number of purchased units corresponding to the minimum charge is determined based on the desired amount of the creator. The creator's share and the system operator's share with respect to the assumed total sales corresponding to the required number of purchased units are determined in advance by a contract or the like.
[0043]
Therefore, the final purchase unit price is notified in the notification mail to the purchaser 13. In the request mail to the creator 12, the creator's share is notified. Note that the amount charged to the purchaser 13 is deducted from the designated account by an ordinary method. The reward paid to the creator 12 is transferred to the designated account.
[0044]
In step S16 relating to the writing and the deadline processing, the scheduled work is completed by the creator 12, and the completed work is delivered using the creator-specific page 22. The creator-specific page 22 includes a page 43 for document delivery shown in FIG. Using this page 43, the completed work is transmitted in a compressed state and delivered. When delivery is performed, the completion button 43a is clicked.
[0045]
The completed manuscript related to the delivered work is sent to the management / control unit 31, where it is stored. In the next step S17 for checking the completed manuscript, the system operator 14 checks the contents of the completed manuscript via the management page 25. If there is no problem, approve with the approval button. If there is a problem, perform rejection processing with the reject button and request correction again by the correction request mail. When the rejection process is performed, the state of the work becomes an attribute of “manuscript writing period”.
[0046]
When the approval processing is performed by checking the completed manuscript, the above-described delivery processing step S18 is executed. In this delivery process, the completed work is delivered and stored in the work storage / providing unit 34. The completed work stored in the work storage / providing unit 34 is ready to be downloaded. When the purchaser 13 makes a download access to the announcement / purchase site 11, the completed work specified by the work storage / providing unit 34 is downloaded to the terminal device 13a of the purchaser 13 (step S19).
[0047]
In the above embodiments, comics (cartoons) have been described. However, the system according to the present invention is not limited to comics, but can be applied to novels, poetry, paintings, illustrations, and the like.
[0048]
Further, in the above description of the embodiment, only the sale of a new book to be produced has been described, but it goes without saying that the sale of an already published work can be performed simultaneously with the new book.
[0049]
Naturally, it is possible to arbitrarily implement a new embodiment by appropriately combining the characteristic configurations of the above embodiments without departing from the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.
[0050]
【The invention's effect】
As apparent from the above description, the present invention has the following effects.
[0051]
According to the e-comics according to the present invention, since it is a publishing format in which everything is digitized, steps such as distribution, editing, and printing can be omitted, and a comic market (new works) that has immediacy by using interactive communication of the Internet. Announcements, advertisements, sales, deliveries, price changes, and discontinuations).
[0052]
According to the e-comics of the present invention, when a work is to be produced by a creator, a presentation site that allows the user to know the degree of the purchase is provided, so that it is possible to perform order production. For this reason, the start or stop of the work production can be determined with due consideration for profitability, and the feasibility of business can be ensured from the viewpoint of profitability. As a creator, you can definitely get rewards when creating a new book, and the system operator can definitely get profit.
[0053]
Also, when announcing a new work using the Internet and receiving a purchase application, the initial purchase price is determined based on the minimum charge specified by the creator, and the purchase price is reduced as the number of purchases increases, Customers can be configured as an easy-to-use system. Further, according to the e-comics, it is possible to utilize both a core customer who pays for a desired work at a high price and a general customer who only purchases cheap ones. According to the e-comics, it is possible to construct a system in which the core customer is supported until the start of the work production, and the actual business merits are provided by general customers.
[0054]
In addition, according to the e-comics, the work is produced and sold after securing the minimum necessary sales in advance, so that even if an illegal copy is made, it is possible to prevent the business from failing.
[0055]
Further, according to e-comics, there is no risk on the customer side and on the system operator side, so that there is an effect that a place to guide many amateur creators to professionals can be provided.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a flowchart schematically showing the overall processing flow of e-comics according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the function of each unit of e-comics according to a typical embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a detailed process of purchaser participation steps, the end of an announcement period, and a sales promotion process.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a creator-only page in e-comics.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a newly created page in e-comics.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a new book introduction page in e-comics.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a purchase page in e-comics.
FIG. 8 is a view showing a page for manuscript delivery in e-comics.
FIG. 9 is a graph showing a transition of a purchase unit price by a purchase unit price calculation unit.
[Explanation of symbols]
11 Announcement / purchase site (web server)
12 Creator
13 Purchaser
14 System Operator
15 Homepage
16 Internet

Claims (4)

A first terminal device for Internet connection prepared for each of a plurality of purchasers, a second terminal device for Internet connection prepared for each of a plurality of creators, and the purchaser accessed via the first terminal device An announcement / purchase web server with a new publication announcement page and a purchase page delivered to
The web server is a creator-only page presented via the second terminal device to the creator who plans to announce a new work, and a new publication information provided via this creator-only page is the new publication announcement page Management means for displaying, purchase price calculation means for calculating a purchase unit price for each work in accordance with the number of purchases for each work by the purchaser applied via the new publication announcement page and the purchase page, An internet comic market system, comprising: a determination unit for determining whether to start or stop producing a work based on whether or not a charge to be received satisfies a reference minimum charge. The purchase unit price calculating means calculates the purchase unit price according to the number of purchases based on the minimum charge for the work desired by the creator given through the creator dedicated page and the number of purchases by the purchaser. 2. The internet comic market system according to claim 1, wherein: 3. The Internet comic market system according to claim 2, wherein the purchase unit price is reduced as the number of purchased units increases. The completed work for which work production has been started and completed is transmitted to the web page via the creator-specific page and downloaded to the first terminal device of the purchaser. Internet comic market system.

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