Comments on: Digital Copies Through Your Comic Retailer? Witchblade Experiments

By: Johanna

Johanna — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 16:48:17 +0000

Excellent points. The companies are dipping their toes in, moving in the right direction, while customers have been in the pool for a while and are yelling for them to dive in. Combined deals (one price for both print and digital) are a great idea, as are non-proprietary formats. I bet we see the former long before the latter.

By: Eric Rupe

Eric Rupe — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:48:14 +0000

“Would you be interested in getting a free online copy with a paid print purchase?”

If it’s tied to a proprietary format? No.

While I do think that being able to get a free digital copy of physical comic you bought is a nice gesture, it does seem kind of pointless to me because people who like print probably wouldn’t want the digital copy and people who like digital might not want to buy a print copy.

By: Evan

Evan — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:41:20 +0000

This is actually exactly what I want of all my comics. I want to own them physically, but also be able to read them safely when I’m on a train or plane without lugging too much weight. Correct me if I’m wrong though, but this solution only needs a universal digital comic format that can be read by non-proprietary reading software so that I can read all my books from multiple companies with the same program.

Still, I desperately want this to become the new standard with comics and not a one time promotional thing to hook me on the digital. I’m not going to give up my print books and I’m not going to buy my comics twice.