Otaku USA no longer distributed through comicshops?

[Althalus]

Up to now I always bought the mag in my local comicshop, here in Germany. Recently, though, I noticed that the next issue (May/June 2009) was still listed in the printed distribution catalogue (Diamond Previews), but no longer on the corresponding orderforms. So I asked Diamond (the distributor) and they answered: "Unfortunately it has been decided that this item will no longer be offered in Previews."

So: no more Otaku USA in comicshops? I'll be forced to get a subscription then, since there are no other outlets carrying the mag in Europe, at least to my knowledge. How well are international subscriptions working these days?


~Althalus