Marvel Month-to-Month Sales — December 2006
By Paul O'Brien
CIVIL WAR is still going, but with the core title running late (because you demanded it), and many of the crossover...
Bitpass closes
Do you remember micropayments? Well, if you ever listened to Scott McCloud in the 90s you do. Micropayments were the idea that you could...
Manga corner: mini Tezuka. manga costs, etc.
§ MangaCast has news of SegaToys plans to reproduce 400 mini-manga collecting the works of Osamu Tezuka:
The books are truly mini in every sense...
PGW talks Perseus offer
GalleyCat has interesting reports of recent AMS/PGW news:
Publishers Lunch reports that Publishers Group West clients were explained in a conference call yesterday he details...
Today’s AMS update
PW reports on today's book distribution maneuvers. Perseus Book Group, another big book distributer, has announced a plan to buy PGW client Avalon,...
Cowboys and Aliens uncovered
Dirk presents his findings in the matter of Platinum buying the #1 graphic novel spot, and we recommend you just go over there and...
Today in AMS
The AMS bankruptcy continues to unfold with unknown but seemingly ominous consequences for many small publishers. GalleyCat and our own PW have had the...
Marvel vs DC – now with bar charts
This movie site analyzes Marvel vs DC at the box office with all kinds of pie charts and bar graphs. Not too much that...
Open Book seeks ‘hot’ literary material
Man alive, the New Year is hopping with excitement! Remember Open Book Press, the indy publisher formerly owned by Mike Gagnon? Its new owners...
SCOOTLES scuttled? Creator beware!
Okay, this is a little long, and we're short of time, as always but in essence, Ryan McLelland over at Newsarama reports on the...
AMS Bankruptcy fallout continues
The bankruptcy proceedings of distributor AMS continue to ripple throughout the book industry. As shown by this story in the local (San Diego) paper...
Today’s AMS update
Publishers Weekly daily has the latest on the AMS bankruptcy:
The bankruptcy court overseeing Advanced Marketing Services reorganization efforts yesterday approved its request to...
