Many traditional comic book shop owners have noticed a decrease in revenue due to the shift of digital. Customers have the option to buy comics directly on their iPad and Android devices, which can be downloaded at any time. Monetizing digital sales is something that comic shop owners have been unable to do, but this might all change. Diamond Digital is a new project launched … [Read more...] about Diamond and iVerse Offer Retailers a Way to Montetize Digital Comics
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Digital Content for Father’s Day
There are probably a good number of dads hoping to wake up to a new tablet this morning, and Ape Entertainment has some free content to go along with them. The creators of the bestselling iTunes app game Pocket God has brought some comic book fun for the pygmy-loving gift giving crowd. “Pocket God Comics issue No. 1 ‘The Gem of Life - Part One’ starts with Ooga questioning … [Read more...] about Digital Content for Father’s Day
Ape Entertainment Brings Sesame Street to Digital Comics
The creative team behind the digital comic Pocket God, based on the bestselling game by Bolt Creative, is leaving the pygmies on the island for a while and shifting to a new series of comics about life on the street…Sesame Street, that is. Ape Entertainment has entered into a licensing agreement with Sesame Workshop to develop and publish a series of print and digital comics … [Read more...] about Ape Entertainment Brings Sesame Street to Digital Comics
Barnes and Noble Nook Color and Nook Tablet Adds Manga and Anime to Its Catalog
Barnes&Noble, developers of the NOOK line of e-readers and full-color Android powered tablets, announced its partnership with VIZ Media to bring over 100 anime and manga titles to the NOOK digital catalog. “NOOK Tablet and NOOK Color are ideal devices for our customers to enjoy manga in stunning high resolution color that virtually makes the action leap off the page,” … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble Nook Color and Nook Tablet Adds Manga and Anime to Its Catalog
Digital Reading Allows Game Backstory to Become Comics
With the improvements to digital reading that came about with the widespread development of full-color tablets, interactive children’s book apps and digital comics apps have taken off. GoodEReader recently reported on the Pocket God comics that grew out of the popular game of the same name, and now the creators of the multi-million-download Cut The Rope is releasing its own … [Read more...] about Digital Reading Allows Game Backstory to Become Comics
Pocket God Digital Comic Reaches 500K Downloads
GoodEReader.com has covered the emerging and newly thriving world of digital comics since well before the relaunch of DC Comics’ New 52. That relaunch and the growing number of comic book developers who are making their work available for the widespread full-color tablet market are filling a niche that has been missing from digital publishing. And the fans are responding with … [Read more...] about Pocket God Digital Comic Reaches 500K Downloads
Digital Reading a Major Focus of New York Comic Con
The massive New York Comic Con was held last week at the Javits Center in Manhatten and according to early reports, a record 105,000 fans attended. As these events are always fairly large, with last year’s event hosting around 90,000 fans, it is the major players and stars in the industry whom the fans come out to see. Much of the excitement at this year’s event had more to … [Read more...] about Digital Reading a Major Focus of New York Comic Con