Wow, this announcement just came in my inbox and floored me. A real game changer: Marvel is including a digital code in all $3.99 comics starting this June. Let that sink in for a minute: every print comic, at least the higher priced ones, are going to include a free digital copy. Here’s...

Dark Horse did an about-face this week over its day and date digital pricing.  Last week they announced day and date digital books would be $1 less than print, but after a furor on the CBIA retailer forums they changed to same pricing for the first thirty days and a $1 reduction after that,...

Here’s one for the “just in case you hadn’t heard” category: Marvel makes four digital comics available for free every Monday for one week.  It only works in a browser and requires Flash 10 but it’s a wonderful way to read random Marvel comics for...

This weekend I was checking the comic news to see if any of the publishers were taking part in Black Friday or Cyber Monday, big discount shopping days surrounding Thanksgiving in the United States. I came across Digital Dark Horse cyber Monday deal: 50% off all books from their digital store...

The Amazon Kindle Fire has been reviewed across the interwebs today: I found the Engadget review most enlightening when looking at this as a digital comic reader. Amazon made a big deal about its partnership with graphic novel publishers for the launch of the Fire, and rightfully...

Marvel released a FAQ for retailers, which is far more telling: let me see if I can sum this up. For the same cover price Marvel will be selling a print comic and a digital comic. The retailer will receive their usual discount on the print comic and will receive $0.50 credit for every digital copy redeemed. Marvel is basically saying that not only does the digital copy hold no value, they're paying to get it out there.

Amazon launched their new Kindle line yesterday, most notably the Kindle Fire, a 7″ colour tablet.  Along with this came word from ICv2 that Amazon will have 100 exclusive DC graphic novels available. …with 100 exclusive DC graphic novels, including the bestselling...

Today is the big day for the DC 52 relaunch with the release of Justice League issue one.  I received an email this morning at 7:00 AM EDT proclaiming “Buy Now At The DC Digital Comics Store“.  Here’s the message in case they change it later. I quickly clicked the link and...

Comic buying and reading is an expensive hobby.  I’m not talking about buying high-grade silver age keys and socking them away in the bank; that’s comic collecting or comic investing.  Right here and now I’m talking about spending your money and buying comic books to...

I was on vacation for a few days over the weekend and had a chance to do some comic reading of the digital variety on my iPad2.  I didn’t go for any guided panel reading, just one comic page displayed at a time.  It was great: I had the chance to read a lot of books in bright vibrant...

I just read a wonderful article by retailer Brian Hibbs about selling trade paperbacks and collected editions.  Give it a read and come right back…alright, let’s get into it.  Is your local comic shop a bookstore selling mostly collected editions, or a newstand selling mostly...

Reflecting on the collected editions I’ve read over the last three months one thing stands out: publishers are skimping or dropping extras and supplemental material. Since the birth of the trade paperback softcovers have rarely included any extras, but their pricing has reflected this. ...

Another letter to retailers has been sent this afternoon from Bob Wayne detailing digital pricing. As a follow-up to my first letter, we wanted to provide some immediate specifics on September: CONTENT We know that you want more details on the creative teams and their...

This one has been brewing for several months but I needed some research; Pete’s post yesterday spurred me into action.  All around the internet are scans of either full stories or full comics.  I’m not talking about CBR files of last Wednesday’s issues on Torrent sites:...

Every week CBD’s Editor in Chief Pete DeCourcy asks the question and the crew (and special guests) give their answers, we’ll be doing this for 52 weeks. Tip of the hat goes to the gang at Scans_Daily for the inspiration. Today’s Question: “What can we expect from...

It’s Cyber Monday, the online equivalent to Black Friday: expect lots of good deals online today.  As the comic deals come in we’ll keep our reader updated.  The first to hit is 30% off an annual subscription to Marvel Digital Comics; Anthony Falcone waxed poetic about his love...

Cameron Stewart posted his amazing “pencils” from Batman and Robin #16 on his blog the other day. I would love to buy the original pages! Too bad they’re aren’t any. From Cameron Stewart’s blog post: Unfortunately, none of these pages are for sale…as they don’t exist! I...