The Kobo app for iOS has just received a huge update for those of you that read digital comics. There is a new comic viewer that allows you to read horizontally or vertically, navigate by page or in a gridview, and open your comics before they’re fully downloaded. There is a new animated page turn engine that allows … [Read more...]
Diamond Distributors Launch New Digital Comic Book System
Diamond Distributors is filling the void in the comic book market with the advent of Pullbox. It allows customers place digital orders with their local comic shop and then visit the physical location to pick them up. Pullbox handles monthly comic subscriptions, preorders for upcoming titles and products, and special … [Read more...]
Barnes and Noble is no longer selling DC Comics
Barnes and Noble is starting to abandon comics in their retail stores. In 2013 they suspended their relationship with Marvel and started to phase out single issues, but continue to sell graphic novels. Last week the bookseller has discontinued carrying DC single issue comics, but will continue to sell graphic novels. … [Read more...]
Marvel Kindle Comics and Graphic Novels on Sale
Whenever Marvel needs a sale boost they discount hundreds of single issue and graphic novels for the Amazon Kindle. You can get caught up with a ton of graphic novels that range from $1.99 to $2.99 from popular franchises such as Darth Vader, Star Wars, Deadpool, Ms Marvel, World War Hulk, Guardians Of The Galaxy, … [Read more...]
Do you prefer audiobooks, ebooks or other digital content?
Good e-Reader Intelligence recently conducted extensive research on what type of digital content readers prefer. The vast majority of users continue to be enamoured with ebooks, while audiobooks have made solid gains. Over a one month period 799 people casted their vote and proclaimed what type of content they use … [Read more...]
Walking Dead Comics Experience a 30% Price Increase
The Walking Dead series of comics are seeing a dramatic price increase. Single issues went from $2.99 to $3.99, and for those collecting the 15th Anniversary cover as well as the standard print edition, it will now cost $8 instead of $6 at the register. Image Comics and Skybound charged $2.99 per issue for the past … [Read more...]
Marvel Creates New Fanfiction Community
Marvel has created a new system for people who want to create their own comics in conjunction with TapTap. This self-publishing solution is called Marvel: Create Your Own and it allows creators to mess around with established characters, select a background and write in text via speech bubbles. All content is submitted … [Read more...]
Hoopla Now Offers Marvel Comics and Graphic Novels
Hoopla has just ironed out a deal with Marvel comics to offer 250 graphic novels to libraries that do business with them. This announcement comes a couple years after Hoopla made similar deals with Dark Horse, DC Comics and Image Comics. Hoopla now has the largest selection of comic books out of any company currently … [Read more...]
Amazon Kindle Oasis is a Good Comic Book Reader
The Amazon Kindle Oasis has a giant seven inch screen, which means in theory it would be great for digital comics. When Amazon acquired Comixology a few years ago they implemented their Guided View system into the Kindle, which means you can double tap on a frame and it goes fullscreen. Additionally, Amazon is one of … [Read more...]
Amazon is Running a Huge DC Digital Comic Sale
Amazon has run many sales where it gave away thousands of Marvel digital comics over the course of the past year and the company has just launched a new DC campaign. You can download 60 or so titles are free and hundreds of standalone and graphic novels range from 99 cents to $5.99. You do not need to be a Prime Member … [Read more...]
Comic Sales Decreased Massively in 2017
Comic book and graphic novel sales are falling in a dramatic fashion in 2017.Milton Griepp the CEO of ICv2, a pop culture trade news site said "Year to date in 2017 graphic novel sales are down about 11%, while comics are down 9.9%. Combined comics periodical and graphic novel sales in 2016 totaled $1.085 billion. … [Read more...]
Marvel Digital Comics Now Available on MadeFire
MadeFire is a digital pioneer in motion book comics and their big selling point is immersion. The vast majority of their library has animations and full fledged soundtracks. They are now appearing on the radar of big publishers because they have a bigger reach than Comixology. MadeFire not only appears on Android, iOS … [Read more...]