The Long Tail: The importance of
trade paperback collections for the long term viability of a series is undeniable and I think that trend is going to continue as the market keeps expanding beyond traditional comic shops.
As was the case last week, the chart had a large number of Marvel $ 0.99 discounted digital
trade paperback collections on it.
Readers of the printed, monthly version of Brian Wood and Kristian Donaldson's «The Massive» will be treated to content unseen in the digital releases or
trade paperback collections, Wood announced Friday at Emerald City Comicon.
Right, and the extra material will also not be collected in
the trade paperback collections.
The trade paperback collection of juvenile fiction juggernaut R.L. Stine's recent five - issue Man - Thing miniseries contains a brief prose introduction from the author that contains some downright shocking information.
Maybe they don't want it to be too convenient for the monthly subscription fee, lest it cannibalize sales of digital comics on comiXology or
trade paperback collection, but in our opinion, making comics easier to read benefits everyone in the long run.
Not exact matches
Just like
trade paperbacks give single - issues a second life as bound
collections, digital comics take «some of the pressure off the individual comic book by adding an additional revenue stream for basically zero expense,» he explained.
Many of these titles have been or will soon be collected into
trade paperbacks, making the free issues the perfect way for readers to sample new Image Comics titles before purchasing
collections.
How about letting readers send in a UPC cut out from a
trade paperback that gives them free digital versions of the same material, so we start seeing the value of having our
collection on our devices?
«Monkeybrain is only taking digital rights, so nothing precludes creators from doing print books,» Roberson said, adding that they already began talking to other publishers about doing
trade paperbacks and
collections.
You can buy many of these
trade -
paperback - style
collections, sometimes at a discount over buying the individual issues, via Comixology.
I would love for our single issue sales to be higher (and I'm hoping more of our
collection readers will get impatient and subscribe at their local comic shops) but right now our
trade paperback sales are strong enough that we can continue to push forward.