The thinking is they'll get customers in the door for those deals but they'll end up buying other products
at full cover price.
DRM is here to stay, at least for a while: Everybody complains about paying
full cover price for a comic they are only renting on comiXology or the e-reader platforms, but it seems to be the nature of the comics world that people still pony up anyway.
Someone should tell him there's a large audience out there that's fully engaged, to the point where they are willing to
pay full cover price for digital comics in order to get them the day the print editions come out.
In most cases, these free or less expensive comics originally sold for higher prices, as most comics on comiXology are priced at
full cover price when they are first released.
Publishers and digital distributors aren't in the business of losing money, and they wouldn't maintain that
full cover price if people weren't paying it.
As on comiXology, the comics will be priced at
full cover price for the first month of their release and then the price will drop.
It was boys» love time first — and ouch do these take a chunk of your wallet
at full cover price.
I never
pay full cover price for a hardcover unless said book is either out - of - print or signed; otherwise, I wait until I can pick it up for a penny from the Amazon Marketplace.
I am also reading the Martin / Dozois anthology Warriors, which is 736 pages, $ 27.99 at
full cover price, and $ 18.47 discounted on Amazon.
Currently I am reading Iain Banks» Surface Detail, which is only $ 25.99 at
full cover price and $ 17.15 discounted on Amazon.
DMP has reason to encourage ordering direct from them — they get
the full cover price instead of having to give half of it away to distributors.