My thoughts on Amazon’s purchase of Comixology
by While there’d been rumors over the past few weeks, earlier today came the still-surprising news that the rumors were correct: Amazon will be purchasing Comixology, …
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Thrillbent now offering DRM-free digital comics for sale
Mark Waid’s digital comics website Thrillbent is now offering DRM-free PDFs of digital comics for sale. While the site’s always had DRM-free CBZs available (and …
Image Comics now offers DRM-free digital comics
“The Walking Dead” #1. Art by Tony Moore. Earlier today at Image Comics‘ “Image Expo” convention, the creator-friendly comic company made a big announcement: starting …
Archie Comics now available through Google Play
Although it was announced several weeks ago, I thought it’d be worth noting anyway: Archie Comics’ books are now available through Google Play’s digital media …
Comixology crashes, or why a single dominant digital comics vendor is a bad idea
The big comics story this week so far has been Comixology, the popular (and dominant) digital comics vendor, being inaccessible for most of the past …
DC Comics to sell same-day digital comics via Nook, Kindle, and Apple
Yesterday, DC Comics announced that they’ll start selling same-day digital comics through several non-Comixology sources. These sources include Barnes and Noble’s Nook store, Amazon.com’s Kindle …
Graphicly to shut down single-issue digital comics sales, focus on ebooks
The other day, news was given that digital comics retailer Graphicly (a.k.a. “Graphic.ly”) is shutting down its single-issue digital comics sales, to focus instead on …
DC digital comics pricing: needs work
DC’s announced what the pricing policy for their new same-day digital line of books will be. Full article here, relevant portion excerpted below: Both digital …
DC’s new digital comics store and the state of digital comics
Much like the current eBook trend, there’s also a trend toward offering digital versions of comic books. On the heels of Marvel’s similar service, DC …