Visual Aids

Spines: What you'll invariably see first on the shelf is the spines of the books, rows and rows of them. Without any cover art to guide you, having the information about Imprint and Author makes the whole process easier.

Imprint (top) Title (middle) Author (bottom)	Steam Detectives Asamiya Kia Jump Comics	Alice 19th Watase Yuu Flower Comics	Dragonball Toriyama Akira Jump Comics	Clover CLAMP Amie Comics (Deluxe)	X CLAMP Asuka Comics	Shoujo Kakumei Utena Saitoh Chiho Flower Comics
Imprint (top) Title (middle) Author (bottom)	Hana yori Dango Kamio Yoko Margaret Comics	Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou Tsuda Masami Hana to Yume Comics		Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Asamiya Kia, George Lucas Tentoumushi Comics Special (Deluxe)		Cutey Honey Nagai Go Chuokoronsha Comics (Digest)

Cover Scans: Here are some cover scans for a handful of the more popular publishers out there. I've stuck on labels so that if you don't read any Japanese you can pick out where the Title, Author's Name, etc. can be found.

Dragonball Toriyama Akira Jump Comics	Steam Detectives Asamiya Kia Jump Comics	Shoujo Kakumei Utena Saitoh Chiho Flower Comics
Alice 19th Watase Yuu Flower Comics	Hana yori Dango Kamio Yoko Margaret Comics	Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou Tsuda Masami Hana to Yume Comics
Clover CLAMP Amie Comics (Deluxe)		X CLAMP Asuka Comics
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Asamiya Kia, George Lucas Tentoumushi Comics Special (Deluxe)		Cutey Honey Nagai Go Chuokoronsha Comics (Digest)

Copyright Page: The copyright page of any book has every bit of information you'd need to order it, assuming that you can read the language the page is written in (heh). Since this isn't really something you'd look for while scanning the shelves at the bookstore, I've included this mostly for completeness. Labelling would clutter the page, so it's not here. Frankly, you really do need to read some Japanese in order to decipher or use the full publication information, but it's still neat to check out how much info you can pick out as your studies proceed. FYI, this copyright page is from Watase Yuu's Alice 19th, vol. 4.