Nor do you really see the books themselves amongst the sea of Viz and Tokyopop books out there. Much like DC and Marvel are to the American market, those two often squeeze out any competitors, both in the direct market and chain bookstores.

And if there is such a lag time between volumes like you said, especially when the Big Manga Two put books out on a monthly/bi-monthly basis, then that certainly isn't helping either.

If they do go under, I hope for the sake of those who read those books that another company is able to start publishing them.

It seems like alot of manga companies (or imprint) are taking a nosedive these days.

Recently, they've begun to release a handful of all-ages titles, which might indicate a new strategy. The fact that they haven't really licensed a lot of shounen since their initial set of titles might mean that the shoujo titles worked better for them too, but I'm not sure how much better. It would be a shame if they had to close shop, because they've got probably the best taste in shoujo titles as far as matching my own goes. The fact that they've already lasted longer than Minx is probably a good sign, as is the fact I've seen many more CMX titles in stores than Minx, both comic and otherwise.

MINX books were in bookstores, were they not?