Comments on: Amazon Super-Sale on Comic Hardcovers: The Aftermath

By: Marvel Chooses New Distributor for Bookstore Market, Dumps Diamond Books » Comics Worth Reading

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:07:27 +0000

[...] observers are speculating that the change was affected or caused by the Amazon sales glitch in March, in which many publishers distributed by Diamond Book saw prices on their products [...]

By: How Dare They!!!! « In One Ear…

How Dare They!!!! « In One Ear… — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:27:45 +0000

[...] 12, 2010 by thomwade So, you may or may not have heard about a crazy little incident at Amazon.Â On Sunday morning, I noticed on Twitter Gail Simone was pushing this outrageous Amazon [...]

By: Thom

Thom — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:12:05 +0000

And…heh… I just checked my balance…they used part of the $25 to pay for the book they just shipped… so I got the book for free. Yeesh.

By: Thom

Thom — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:09:46 +0000

Whoops. I guess they were just not caught up. My orders disappeared. Oh well. It was a fun run. :)

By: kris devereux

kris devereux — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:34:26 +0000

well i’d only ordered one book and that was the ultimates omnibus unfortunaly i was one of the unlucky ones i just wished i’d jumped on the deal earlyer and i probally would have gotten the book but i did get a $25 credit so i’ll be using that to get what i really wanted in the first place which is the strike witches season 1 boxset that’s coming out next month and i don’t have to pay very much for it less then $12 with the credit so i’m happy about it through i am a litttle disapointed about not getting the book thorugh

By: Amazon no longer selling many graphic novels after weekend price glitch frenzy | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:49:07 +0000

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By: Johanna

Johanna — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:46:11 +0000

If Diamond goes out of business, or radically cuts back, abruptly, due to some issue like this one, no other distributor would have room to move into the industry before lots of stores and publishers went bankrupt.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:21:27 +0000

I’d love to see Diamond take a hit! Maybe open the door for some other distributors to break up the monopoly and drive down the prices even just a little bit. Or at least see if they can get one weekly order both correct and without damages. That would be nice.

By: Rich Johnston

Rich Johnston — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:46:32 +0000

Johanna, I wasn’t bragging. I was listing statistics for analysis. You’re inferring stuff that wasn’t there and I think it’s affecting the general tone of your commentary.

By: Amazon Glitch Followup » Comics Worth Reading

Amazon Glitch Followup » Comics Worth Reading — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:38:05 +0000

[...] Amazon glitch over the weekend that priced just about every comic collection distributed by Diamond Book [...]

By: Thom

Thom — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:59:44 +0000

So, I just checked my e-mail. I got the $25 buck, even though, so far, they only canceled the one item. Honestly, if I get the rest of my order? I’m gonna feel like I gotta tell them I can’t accept the $25. Unless they really want me to.

By: Thom

Thom — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:17:23 +0000

Everything I ordered is a 3rd party only at this time. But interestingly, they just cancelled one book (Howard the Duck) and put one in “Shipping Soon Status” and everything else is still in process.

By: Jonathan L. Switzer

Jonathan L. Switzer — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:06:14 +0000

Cripes! I didn’t even notice; I’d just been going thru my Amazon recommendations and going, “Oh, well, they WOULD be all sold out of those …” (I’d just gotten the Iron Man omnibus, preordered so it was BEFORE the kerfluffle, so naturally they’re recommending omnibi upon omnibi.) But yeah, plunk “Wolverine” or “Spider-Man” into Amazon (filed under “books”) and it’s all associate sellers. Unaffected publishers seem to include DC, Viz, Fantagraphics, TokyoPop, Vertical, and surprisingly Boom (I forget, they got with a non-Diamond distributor once they got the kids line, with the Muppets and Pixar properites, going, right?) — and, y’know, REAL publishers like Del Rey and Pantheon. This, of course, just from fifteen-to-twenty minutes of fiddling with various searches.

By: Thom

Thom — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:37:04 +0000

Very little Marvel, either.

By: Jonathan L. Switzer

Jonathan L. Switzer — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:31:59 +0000

Has anyone taken a good look at Amazon over the last 24 hours? No IDW books in stock. No Dark Horse. No Udon. No Image. Looks to me like there’s still fallout to come.

By: Thom

Thom — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:04:45 +0000

BTW, over at Rich’s site, I am noticing a backlash growing against the entitlement attitude.

By: Thom

Thom — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:44:33 +0000

No e-mail. No canceled orders. I am royally confused.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:36:59 +0000

Well, that’s nice — without me asking, Amazon sent me a $25 gift certificate. Even though I received all but one of the books I ordered. The one I didn’t get was the Howard the Duck Omnibus, which was out of stock when I ordered, so I didn’t really expect it anyway. I feel a bit guilty about that.

By: Accidental Super Sale « Shazam.se

Accidental Super Sale « Shazam.se — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:31:53 +0000

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By: Musical Shore

Musical Shore — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:42:52 +0000

I got every book that I ordered (18 of them) except for the books that were out of stock when I ordered them. Anybody want to buy a Golden Age of Marvel Comics?