Comments on: Diamond Digital Details; Stores Can Sell Online Comics in September

By: Pre-Con Headline LinkBlogging: Archie/Glee, Diamond Digital, MoCCA Museum, More » Comics Worth Reading

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 18:56:28 +0000

[...] remember Diamond Digital? That was the monopoly comic distributor’s attempt to not become completely irrelevant in the [...]

By: Checking in on the Digital Distributors: A Status Update » Comics Worth Reading

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:31:51 +0000

[...] has come back big time by being selected as the Diamond Digital distributor. That will send a certain amount of traffic their way, although it remains to be seen how [...]

By: Diamond Digital Update » Comics Worth Reading

Diamond Digital Update » Comics Worth Reading — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:03:56 +0000

[...] Diamond Digital, the program to allow comic shops to sell digital comics through Diamond Comic Distribution, was supposed to launch last September. It still hasn’t rolled out. However, ICv2 has a small update from the recent ComicPro retailer meeting. There they announced that iVerse has built a “Digital Comic Reader App”. Comic stores will sell digital comics either in-store or online using the app, which does not connect to iVerse’s existing store. The quote from iVerse CEO Michael Murphey indicates that someone apparently had some concerns: “This is a much cleaner solution for retailers and will give them the same kind of tools companies like Amazon and Barnes & Noble are using to sell digital on these devices.” [...]

By: IDW Dumps iVerse for ComiXology, Goes Same-Day Digital at Full Price » Comics Worth Reading

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 04:04:33 +0000

[...] being the new Diamond. Don’t count iVerse out yet, though — they’re powering the Diamond Digital program, which was due to launch three months ago. Did that even happen? [...]

By: Top Shelf Goes Digital With iVerse for iPad, iPhone Only — For Now » Comics Worth Reading

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:18:06 +0000

[...] iVerse? Perhaps because they’re the Diamond Digital vendor, and Top Shelf was previously listed as participating in that online comic project. iVerse’s [...]

By: Edward Sizemore

Edward Sizemore — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 13:12:39 +0000

I see the whole enterprise as inherently silly. I’m moving to digital to get rid of physical books and the storage space they take up. Also, I’m only willing to purchase my digital comics digitally. I like the convenience of online purchasing. If I get a wild hair at 3 AM and want some new Hellboy story I want to download then and there, not wait until the next business day and have to drive to a comic store to get a code. I still shop at my local comic store but now it’s for books I can’t get digitally.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 02:08:26 +0000

Well, they’re not the only ones trying to bring back the 90s — look at DC’s creator list for September.

If you assume that there will always be comic fans, then this would be a great time to collect, because print runs are so low. But that assumes that there will be readers in 10 years or so who care about what’s being printed today and will want hardcopies.

By: Rob McMonigal

Rob McMonigal — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 01:42:55 +0000

I was gonna write something about this, but I think I’d just be duplicating you. Basically, I don’t see how this helps retailers because who needs a “reading copy” these days. Are there people who actually think comics printed today have value? This is 1990s thinking from the comics industry. Shocking, I know.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 19:32:55 +0000

The whole point of this endeavor is to keep comic shops (and their distributor) from being cut out of the loop, so what you propose doesn’t meet Diamond’s needs. It does make sense for a company like Comixology to do, though.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 18:16:09 +0000

Couldn’t the comic companies sell these codes (basically glorified gift cards) at stores that offer gift cards? Drugstores, Walmart, etc all have gift card racks… more mainstream than comic shops too…