Kobo and Viz Media have signed a new deal that will bring 60 different series that includes over 500 editions. NARUTO, BLEACH, VAMPIRE KNIGHT, and BLUE EXORCIST are among some of popular titles that will be available through this launch. Readers can use the Kobo Arc, a tablet device that is ideal for reading in full colour, or one of the many dedicated e-readers, such … [Read more...] about VIZ Media Graphic Novels Now Available at Kobo
Digital Comic News
Digital Comics Best-Sellers: July 14, 2013
Here’s a look at the digital comics best-seller lists, as taken directly from the distributors’ websites on Sunday evening.ComiXology1. The Walking Dead #112 2. Injustice: Gods Among Us #26 3. Justice League #22 4. Batman #22 5. Superman Unchained #2 6. Hawkeye #12 7. Uncanny X-Men, vol. 3 #8 8. Superior Spider-Man #13 9. Batman ’66 #2 10. Young Avengers, vol. … [Read more...] about Digital Comics Best-Sellers: July 14, 2013
Digital Comics Bargains: Slim Pickings
Tis the week before Comic-Con, and comics publishers are busy churning out press releases and finalizing last-minute plans. Maybe that’s why there don’t seem to be a lot of digital comics bargains this week.ComiXology, which usually has a couple of good 99-cent sales, has just one up on their header right now: Vampirella. (That’s not quite true—if you act fast, you can get … [Read more...] about Digital Comics Bargains: Slim Pickings
ComiXology Adds Subscriptions and Bundle Discounts
ComiXology has added two new features to make it easy for shoppers to spend lots of money on digital comics: Subscriptions and Bundles.The subscription is basically an automatic purchase of every new issue—it doesn’t include back issues, collected editions, or the current issue of the comic, and it doesn’t seem to include a discount, either. Basically, every time a new … [Read more...] about ComiXology Adds Subscriptions and Bundle Discounts
Image Comics Now Offers DRM-Free Downloads
How cool is Image Comics?So cool they have their own comics convention, the Image Expo, which happened today in San Francisco. And the big digital-comic news to come out of that event is that Image is now selling digital comics straight to consumers from their website as direct downloads. The comics are available in several formats—PDF, ePub, and the comics-specific CBR and … [Read more...] about Image Comics Now Offers DRM-Free Downloads
Digital Comics Best-Sellers: July 1, 2013
Here we are at week two of our digital best-seller list, and already I’m tweaking it a bit.ComiXology1. Batman/Superman #1 2. Injustice: Gods Among Us #24 3. All New X-Men #13 4. Justice League #21 5. Hawkeye #11 6. Age of Ultron #10AI 7. Multiple Warheads: Alphabet to Infinity #1 8. X-Men vol. 4 #2 9. Uncanny X-Men vol. 3 #7 10. Justice League of America … [Read more...] about Digital Comics Best-Sellers: July 1, 2013
Game Developer Capcom Self-Publishes Its First E-Book
Capcom, which gave the world the Street Fighter and Resident Evil video games, is dipping its toe into publishing with the release of its first e-book, Remember Me: The Pandora Archive. The book is based on the Capcom game Remember Me, a third-person shooter game set in a future cyberpunk version of Paris in which people’s memories are not their own any more—a giant corporation … [Read more...] about Game Developer Capcom Self-Publishes Its First E-Book
ComiXology Makes Kindle Apps Available in Europe
ComiXology continues to expand into the European market with the release of its Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD apps for European users.This marks the first time that comiXology has been available via Kindle apps in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK. In addition, comiXology announced that DC’s monthly single-issue comics will be available through the Kindle Fire apps … [Read more...] about ComiXology Makes Kindle Apps Available in Europe
Dark Horse Launches Comics on Apple’s iBookstore
Dark Horse is notable among comics publishers for going its own way on digital distribution, selling digital comics and graphic novels via its own app rather than a broader platform like comiXology. On the other hand, their comics have been available in the Kindle and Nook stores for quite some time, and they have just added another e-book platform: Apple’s iBookstore.The … [Read more...] about Dark Horse Launches Comics on Apple’s iBookstore
BOOM! Studios and Archaia Entertainment Join Forces
Two small-but-mighty comics publishers announced they are joining forces this week: BOOM! Studios and Archaia Entertainment will become one, with BOOM! being the surviving company and Archaia continuing as an imprint.Founded in 2005, BOOM! Studios publishes an eclectic array of comics that includes horror, superheroes (Mark Waid’s Irredeemable), action/adventure stories, … [Read more...] about BOOM! Studios and Archaia Entertainment Join Forces
Digital Comic Best Seller List – June 24 2013
It’s hard to keep track of the most popular digital comics, because unlike the print-book best-seller lists, which come out once a week, digital-comics lists are updated more or less continuously. Amazon does theirs once an hour. Still, it seems like Sunday night would be a good time to check out the digital best-sellers, as everyone will have had time to get the Wednesday … [Read more...] about Digital Comic Best Seller List – June 24 2013
Judge Dredd Megazine Comes to the iPad
The British publisher 2000AD has upped their game by adding Judge Dredd Megazine to their iOS Newsstand app, along with a major revamp that makes their comics easier to find and sort.When I first took a look at the app, last November, I found it to be “pretty basic”—really, just a grid of comics that you can buy, arranged in numerical order, and a subscription page. The new … [Read more...] about Judge Dredd Megazine Comes to the iPad
Ted Adams on Marketing Digital Comics to New Readers
The hobby and comic retailer site ICv2 has posted a three-part interview with Ted Adams, the CEO of IDW Publishing, in which he talks about his company’s digital strategy. IDW was a pioneer in digital comics—they started publishing Star Trek comics to the iPhone back in 2008, before there was a comiXology app, an iPad, or even in-app buying. The success of that first comic took … [Read more...] about Ted Adams on Marketing Digital Comics to New Readers
Digital Comic Review: Female Force: Tina Fey
Bluewater Comics is famous for doing biographies of famous people. They make other comics as well, but the bio-comics get a lot of press, often showing up on websites far removed from the comics blogs. This has, over the years, become kind of a schtick. Bluewater makes a comic about a wrestler, say, and the wrestling websites run the press release with a bit of breathless … [Read more...] about Digital Comic Review: Female Force: Tina Fey