Through its intuitive interface, users can
purchase single issue comics, title - specific subscriptions, or download free advertiser - sponsored titles.
DC also made agreements recently with iBooks, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble to
sell single issue comic books alongside the graphic novels.
There is no word
on single issue comics yet, but DC is currently coming to terms with major online retailers to bring them in.
Today, Chapters and Indigo Books, the largest bookstore chain in Canada, has verified they will no longer
carry single issue comic books published by Marvel.
Marvel has not responded to many requests for an interview or to give us a definitive reason why they have
suspended single issue comics across the entire retail trade.
Last week the bookseller has discontinued carrying
DC single issue comics, but will continue to sell graphic novels.
The only notable exception is DC making a new agreement with Google to carry
new single issue comics on the Google Books Store.
Much of the lost revenue appears to have gone
into single issue comics, which have reached a new high of $ 345 million from $ 300 million last year (and $ 310 million in 2009).
Comixology currently has a similar deal to sell
exclusive single issue comics with DC, the industry's second largest publisher accounting for nearly half of all comic sales.
Not only are back issues available as part of the 12,000
+ single issue comics, new titles will get added to the Kindle Store at the same time paper copies are released in stores.
Since B&N only sells graphic novels and
not single issue comics, this prevents comic fiends from staying updated on the most current stuff.
Doubtlessly, the $ 3.99 versus $ 2.99 price debate will be a big part of the discussion around New York Comic Con just as the general price increase has been a somewhat controversial move in the eyes of fans and retailers, particularly as summer sales
of single issue comics have taken a noticeable downturn.
Most Chapters Bookstore locations have taken down their entire comic rack in the last three months, and don't sell
single issue comics at all anymore.
Comixology acts as these companies» proxy on iOS, Android, and many other platforms for customers to
buy single issue comics.
DC will be selling
their single issue comics from 99 cents on a special promotion and range upwards to $ 3.99 for the latest stuff.
In addition for the first time ever,
single issue comics will be listed on the Kindle Store.
Comixology is not the only player in town that sells digital comics, but is the definitive force when it comes to
single issue comics.
While Barnes & Noble may be getting rid of
single issue comics (because honestly, no one buys them anymore), they continue to carry graphic novels (both DC and Marvel) in their stores.
In every newsstand shipment, we would get about three copies each of
single issue comics, and they went right into the recycling bin at the end of the month because no one ever bought them.
Publishers are worried that Amazon may employ strong arm tactics to get lower rates on graphic novels and
single issue comics.
Speaking of sales,
single issue comics have dramatically increased in price in the past few years.
Single issue comics are allowed to be sold for.99 or more.
The Marvel Labor Day Weekend Linewide Sale takes up to 50 % off thousands of
single issue comics and graphic novels.
Previously comic book buyers had to use the Comixology app, but now over 12,000
single issue comics are available directly from the Kindle Store without needing to use a separate app or monthly subscription service to access -LSB-...]
Previously comic book buyers had to use the Comixology app, but now over 12,000
single issue comics are available directly from the Kindle Store without needing to use a separate app or monthly subscription service to access them.
I hadn't read
a single issue comic in 3 years or more, quality and just the very nature of going to a shop was not something I was interested in.
'' Given the inherently more disposable format of
the single issue comic, wouldn't it be a better idea for publishers to focus their print efforts of providing folks with objects worth owning?»
Sure, I love it too when somebody can bang out a really great issue of something that uses brevity to its advantage and stands above the rest of the crop - but just on a case by case basis, it seems to me like well over 99 percent of
single issue comics should be something other than single issue comics.
The single issue comic would be released for free to everyone who backed the project via digital distribution, as well as be printed in the art book for those getting the Collectors Edition.