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Those who think comics need to ditch the direct market right this minute had better not read the latest news about Barnes and Noble....

Well now, this is interesting. IDW has moved its book distribution to Penguin Random House effective April 2017. ICv2 has all the enthusiastic quotes from executives at both companies, including a sad quote from Steve Geppi who owns Diamond Book Distribution, which formerly repped IDW to the book trade. DBD will continues to sell IDW products to the mass market in the UK. But this really makes PRHPS, which also distributes DC, a powerhouse player in the GN field.

Here's am impressive state of the graphic novel in schools and libraries piece by Shannon Maughan for Publishers Weekly that talks to all the major players – Telegemeier, Yang, Volin, and several dedicated teachers – and includes a great resource list.

It seems more and more people want to get into this comics business. California-based Insight Editions has already published a ton of pop culture guides,...

§ The aptly named Jude Terror of The Outhouse stunned the comics world yesterday with a piece called Die, Industry, Die! (Or Why Letting...

Marvel's David Gabriel, their svp - print, sales & marketing, doesn't do too many interviews, but a three parter at ICv2 is a news...

The massively successful global webcomics portal LINE Webtoon and crowdfunding site Patreon are teaming up tp help fund more webcomics in several innovative ways,...

We did it! We hit a billion! It's been a slow and steady climb, and took a lot of hard work from the whole team, as chronicled by both ICv2's Milton Griepp and Comichron's John Jackson Miller, but we made it.

If I told you a secret cabal of the comics industry's most important players had been working behind the scenes for years to implement an important change for how comics are sold, your ears would perk up, right? But if I told you this change was to get expanded BISAC codes for kids and YA graphic novels they'd probably perk right down again, right?

With the Nook dragging down profits all around, Barnes & Noble reported a 3,1% revenue fall for fiscal 2016, with a net loss of $24.4...

Lots of bold faced names have been moving around over the last few weeks -- congrats to all. • Mark Bernardi (above) will replace Michael...

As suggested by recent rumblings, Hastings, the third largest national bookstore chain after Barnes and Noble and Books-a-Million, hasfiled for bankruptcy following years of...