bishopcruz Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Marvel just started doing digital trades, the discount is like $1 off of the singles, but its a start. However fuck mervel up the ass for not allowing its comics to be read on Android. Seriously, what the flying fuck? Dark Horse also needs to get off its ass and get its Android app working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lycaon Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Marvel just started doing digital trades, the discount is like $1 off of the singles, but its a start. However fuck mervel up the ass for not allowing its comics to be read on Android. Seriously, what the flying fuck? Dark Horse also needs to get off its ass and get its Android app working. What service do you have? It may be that instead of Marvel. I haven't been able to get the Amazon AppStore on my Atrix because it's not one of the apps allowed by AT&T yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopcruz Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 No, it's Marvel. They sell their stuff on comixology, but it is not available to read on Android. I heard they might have a exclusive deal with Graphic.ly, for droid or some shit, but the selection there sucks, and I honestly do not want to go with multiple apps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopcruz Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Big sale on Comixology for the Justice League. Buncha books including New Frontier, Tower of Babel Identity Crisis, and the JLI run are $0.99 each. New frontier for like $6? Yes please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Yeah, New Frontier is the one that stood out for me. Each one of those is like 70 pages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 However fuck mervel up the ass for not allowing its comics to be read on Android. Seriously, what the flying fuck? Yeah, wtf is up with that? Before I read your post, I was trying to read the new Schism on my phone and was getting all frustrated. I thought it wasn't syncing right or something, but no...Marvel are just dicks. Literally everything else seems to show up...except the Marvel shit. Silly bastards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted September 27, 2011 Author Share Posted September 27, 2011 we should do some digging on that - i wanna say they started plugging their digital store hard around the time the ipad showed up, didn't they? maybe they got some contract with apple like at&t. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopcruz Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Word has it it SHOULD be going soon, but nothing as of yet. I dunno, it just seems silly as hell to limit your product to one particular platform, especially when there are more droids out there now than iPhones, and that the droid marketplace is set to beat the Apple one in downloads soon. Then again there are probably a ton of different licensing agreements, but it is dumb as hell on Marvel's part. Dark Horse also has this problem, though they do at least say that there is an app coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted September 29, 2011 Author Share Posted September 29, 2011 oh, i agree; i just had to assume after joe q's hype for the ipad app, it had to be a contract. moreso than even most mediums, though, id strongly agree with you here that such contracts only hinder the industry as a whole, which needs to be diving headfirst into this shit years ago. didnt know that about droids vs iphones (also with downloads), interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopcruz Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Well, Graphic Novels are coming to Amazon digitally. DC just made a deal with Amazon that gives the Kindle Fire exclusive access to their run of GNs. That is good in a way, but I don't like the fact that it appears that this is ONLY for their new device. So if I wanted to read it on my Kindle app on my phone or on my PC I would be unable to. That sucks. Prices seems decent, watchmen was $9.99 for example, so that is good, but it does seem to limit availability. One step forward, two steps back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsmithx Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 it's always one step forward, 2 steps back :/ on the bright side it looks like the fire will have flash so it should open up using marvel online on the device, no idea how good it'll look though. Marvel really needs some kind of app level support for the service as I don't use my pc to read comics any more. Another thing is it could very well be some kind of licensing issue. Often when the original contracts for these types of things are done there's not always a ton of thought put into future use(ie Sony's problems getting all psp games on PSN). or it could be some kind of resource issue or maybe they just arn't looking at the droid market as I believe you get more avg money from Iphone buys still. Thankfully however the smartphone/tablet market is getting way to big to ignore so that will begin to solve some of the issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted September 30, 2011 Author Share Posted September 30, 2011 to expand on bish's post DC ENTERTAINMENT DIGITAL GRAPHIC NOVELS AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY ON THE NEWLY-ANNOUNCED KINDLE FIRE, INCLUDING BEST-SELLING GRAPHIC NOVELS ‘WATCHMEN,’ ‘BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY’ AND ‘SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE’, AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER DIGITALLY Industry-Leading Graphic Novel and Comic Publisher to offer 100 Digital Books Exclusively to Kindle Customers BURBANK, Calif., Sept. 29, 2011- DC Entertainment, the first publisher to offer more than fifty comic book titles on the same day in digital and print, is now taking the world of digital books by storm. The comic book giant has worked with Amazon to bring 100 of its original graphic novels exclusively to Amazon’s newly announced Kindle Fire, including best-selling graphic novels WATCHMEN, BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY and SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE, which are available for the first time digitally. “We’re thrilled to work with the leader in digital books to bring many of the world’s most beloved and best-selling graphic novels to Kindle readers,” stated Jim Lee, co-publisher of DC Entertainment. “We’ve learned from the success of DC Comics – The New 52 that making our graphic novels available whenever and wherever our readers want is critical to the future growth and health of our publishing businesses–both in print and digital format.” “We’re excited that DC Entertainment has made 100 of their graphic novels available for customers to read exclusively on our just-announced Kindle Fire,” said Russ Grandinetti, Vice President, Kindle Content. “Some of these graphic novels, including ‘Watchmen,’ the bestselling — and considered by many to be the greatest — graphic novel of all time, have never been available before in digital format, and we think customers will love them.” DC Entertainment graphic novels will be available to Kindle Fire customers. WATCHMEN and SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE are available for pre-order now in the Kindle Store (www.amazon.com/kindlestore) and readers can soon purchase other DC Entertainment graphic novels. The following 100 DC Entertainment titles will be available in the Kindle Store, with more titles to be added in the near future. All Star Superman All Star Batman & Robin, The Boy Wonder, Vol. 1 American Vampire Vol. 1 Batman and Robin, Vol. 1: Batman Reborn Batman and Robin, Vol. 2: Batman vs. Robin Batman and Robin, Vol. 3: Batman Must Die! Batman and Son Batman: Arkham Asylum Batman: Arkham City Batman: Hush Batman: R.I.P. Batman: The Black Glove Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Batman: The Long Halloween Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne Batman: Year One Blackest Night Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps Vol. 1 Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps Vol. 2 Blackest Night: Rise of the Black Lanterns Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps Brightest Day, Vol. 1 Brightest Day, Vol. 2 Brightest Day, Vol. 3 Daytripper Fables Vol. 1: Legends in Exile Fables Vol. 2: Animal Farm Fables Vol. 3: Storybook Love Fables Vol. 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers Fables Vol. 5: The Mean Seasons Fables Vol. 6: Homeland Fables Vol. 7: Arabian Nights (and Days) Fables Vol. 8: Wolves Fables Vol. 10: The Good Prince Fables Vol. 11: War and Pieces Fables Vol. 12: The Dark Ages Fables Vol. 13: The Great Fables Crossover Fables Vol. 14: Witches Fables Vol. 15: Rose Red Green Lantern Vol. 3: Wanted Hal Jordan Green Lantern: Agent Orange Green Lantern: Blackest Night Green Lantern: Rage of the Red Lanterns Green Lantern: Rebirth Green Lantern: Secret Origin Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less Identity Crisis Kingdom Come MAD About Oscars MAD About Superheroes MAD About Superheroes MAD About the 50′s MAD About the 60′s Marzi Planetary Vol. 1: All Over the World and Other Stories Planetary Vol. 2: The Fourth Man Planetary Vol. 3: Leaving the 20th Century Planetary Vol. 4: Spacetime Archaeology Superman for All Seasons Superman: Earth One The Dark Knight Strikes Again The Flash: Rebirth The Joker The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Vol. 1)* The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Vol. 2 )* The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes The Sandman Vol. 2: The Doll’s House The Sandman Vol. 3: Dream Country The Sandman Vol. 4: Season of Mists The Sandman Vol. 5: A Game of You The Sandman Vol. 6: Fables and Reflections The Sandman Vol. 7: Brief Lives The Sandman Vol. 8: World’s End The Sandman Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones The Sandman Vol. 10: The Wake The Sandman: Dream Hunters The Sandman: Dream Hunters (P. Craig Russell) The Sandman: Endless Nights The Unwritten Vol. 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity The Unwritten Vol. 2: Inside Man V for Vendetta Watchmen We3 Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned Y: The Last Man, Vol. 10: Whys and Wherefores Y: The Last Man, Vol. 2: Cycles Y: The Last Man, Vol. 3: One Small Step Y: The Last Man, Vol. 4: Safeword Y: The Last Man, Vol. 5: Ring of Truth Y: The Last Man, Vol. 6: Girl on Girl Y: The Last Man, Vol. 7: Paper Dolls Y: The Last Man, Vol. 8: Kimono Dragons Y: The Last Man, Vol. 9: Motherland *Available only in North America don't like the exclusive or the prices, but i do like that DC's aggressively stepping in the digital direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Boo boo boo boooooo. I don't like this one bit, mainly because of the format exclusivity. I don't like the model that digital comics have taken either. When you buy a song, you own it. You can do as you wish with it (although, I admit, it took them a bit to figure out that's how to do things). With all these companies, they don't let you own any of the shit you buy digitally. You just get to access it using a certain application on a certain device. It's retarded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopcruz Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Well, never had a problem with the purchase or owning of books on my kindle. I don't see the prices being awful either. Watchmen for $10 seems fair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsmithx Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 I would hope that this would go the way of amazon mp3, when you buy them it's put up in the cloud and you can choose to download them or use an app to access them for streaming, that way you could make back ups or choose to stream. You know now that I think about it, I'm curious if this works that way too to some extent. I really want to know if you can only download it to a fire. if not then you should be able to back it up once you convert it to a non kindle format. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Hey, if you can save them as a .pdf or something, I take back everything I said. That's just not the impression I was getting. That would be a move in the right direction, and would hopefully push everyone else to do the same (I'm looking at you, Comixology. Don't make me Print Scrn 24 times an issue just to spite you). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsmithx Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 well see, this thing with the comics on amazon might be something new, I'll assume some kind of drm but we'll see when they come out, not really a lot to go on just yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted October 1, 2011 Author Share Posted October 1, 2011 yeah, if its a non-proprietary format - or one i can download & convert to something better without too much trouble - i'm down too. once these details are ironed out, do you guys see yourselves going digital for the newer stuff to your collection, or still buying DD & physical when cheap, or wha? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopcruz Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 Think it depends. For certain books, having them physical is nice, but I can see myself getting a lot of stuff in Digital, especially if the price is right. It's just damn convenient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Morning Glories half off. You know where. Goddammit JZA, you made me all self conscious when I'm just trying to be a bro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopcruz Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Detective Comics 871-881 are now up on comixology. It's that really good run from the last year that got Snyder his gig writing the mainline Batman series right now. Great stuff, and the trades aren't going to be out for a while yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 #880 wins my 'coolest cover of the year' award. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopcruz Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 That is a fact. I love the one just before it too: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 to expand on bish's post Barnes & Noble: "FUCK THAT SHIT!" Last week, Bleeding Cool reported on DC Comics’ plans to release 100 graphic novels exclusively on the Amazon Kindle Fire. Well now the other shoe has dropped. I understand that Barnes & Noble executives are furious over this, specifically citing DC’s reluctance to release any of their graphic novels on the Nook Color, Barnes & Noble’s own colour E-reading device. They contacted DC to express their displeasure, but hit a brick wall. And as a result, they’ve gone for a scorched earth policy. An email sent to stores yesterday instructs them to remove all of the 100 graphic novels listed from the shelves, including Watchmen, The Dark Knight Returns, Sandman, Fables, Blackest Night, All Star Superman, Y The Last Man, V For Vendetta, all strong sellers for the company. You will still be able to order the books on the website, but in bookstores you won’t even be able to special order a copy – unless you request it delievered to your home. Copies will not be allowed to enter Barnes & Noble premises. Staff have contacted me to say they feel the decision is a bit short-sighted and reactionary, as it not only prevents Barnes & Noble from offering product to the new DC readers brought in by the reboot coming in to check out past trades, but also with the recent closing of chief competitor Borders, it leaves no mass market bookstore selling this work. Instead, DC will have their Barnes & Noble shelves full of the likes of Superman: Grounded… and all four trades of Countdown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lycaon Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 That's been confirmed? I heard about his earlier today, but they were wondering if it was just a rumor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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