Yen Press announced that they acquired the domestic rights to four new manga titles. The following will join Yen Press's catalog:

• Betrayal Knows My Name (Uragiri wa Boku no Namae o Shitteiru) by Hotaru Odagiri
• The Bride's Stories (Otoyome-Gatari) by Kaoru Mori
• Highschool of the Dead by Daisuke Sato and Shoji Sato
• Higurashi: When They Cry Demon Exposing Arc (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Onisarashi-Hen) by En Kitou

The company will also distribute Misun Kim's Aron's Absurd Aramada online.

Yen Press also launched the "beta" version of Yen Plus Online, the online replacement for the company's Yen Plus magazine. The first issue is free to users that register by August 9th. Subsequent issues will cost $2.99 per month.