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August 2, 2010 7:37 pm The point is that the money is in the movies and games, not in publishing comics. Welcome to reality.
July 28, 2010 2:57 pm I actually think that from a business perspective they see future of comics is Marvel Studios and Warner Brothers, and only see digital comics as a mildly interesting sideline.  They simply don't "get it".  They have not done research but instead have a view of digital comics and motion comics as purely promotional items.  
July 23, 2010 3:59 pm

Think it's just iPad.  Comixology works the iphone tho. 

 I think that most people want their media to follow them where ever they go.  If your waiting for a meeting to start you can read a page or two on your iphone, if your sitting at your desk during lunch you can read bit on your computer, if you are out at a park you can sit around and read on the kindle or iPad.  One program to rule them all doesn't matter as much, being the application available in the most locations or situations should matter immensely to the application dev's.   

July 23, 2010 2:37 pm After so many problems, frustration, and disappointment it's no wonder Mr. Moore would like to forget about work that's 20 years old.  
July 23, 2010 1:31 pm

This nice, tho both Graphic.ly and Comixology still have problems, and are no where near a replacement for your local comics store.  They both have very limited libraries of comics, which are usually 2-3 months behind.  They have proprietary formats.  They are not available on every platform. 

Getting on every possible platform should be a goal for both companies.  Amazon has made amazing strides in moving the publishing companies, and readers, to ebooks, by being available on so many platforms.  I doubt either company will be interested in a standard format, so they need to be sure that they don't leave a reader out because they only have an android device or can't install a GUI application or are using a device that doesn't support flash.

The library issue is harder to solve because this is a situation created by the publishers, not graphic.ly or comixology.  I can only guess that DC, Marvel, Image, et. al think that digital distribution will cannibalize the print business, rather than thinking the digital can bring in a new audience or bring back and old audience (like me).   

January 27, 2010 5:16 pm

@lucien21 "Just need to get DC/Marvel to release comics on a weekly basis"

 AMEN to that...   

January 27, 2010 4:18 pm @Mikegraham6,  totally agree!  Though I would say "any device" rather than "a device".  I would pay cover price for a yearly subscription to a digital title that comes out day and date with small print version, especially if I could read it on my PC, Mac, i(whatever). 
January 27, 2010 4:05 pm

Personally I'd rather read comics on my 55" LED TV, rather than a tiny 9" screen.  I haven't bought a comic in about 2 or 3 years, I'd love to get back into it, but I don't want the stupid paper. 

 Will I buy a iPad...  Yes!    

 Will I read comics (or books) on it...  Probably not!

  

June 22, 2009 6:05 pm Was there any other info on how to become a part of the beta testing?  I would be extremely interested.
June 22, 2009 3:55 pm

@TheNextChampion...  I agree that longbox will be more sucessful if they had  DC and Marvel.  But why not  look at it another way, if DC and Marvel don't do something like longbox, they are doomed.  LongBox can be very sucessful without Marvel or DC.  They may not change your reading habits, but it will change mine, evern if it doesn't have DC or Marvel.  However consider if LongBox got a publisher like Viz, or TokyoPop?  Those markets are much larger than DC or Marvel.