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    I don't have time to do much more than copy the PR on this but...great news for the physical book side of the business, which...

Dynamite is joining Valiant, Marvel and Secret Acres as comics companies with a New York City presence as they've announced a branch office opening...

First big announcement of the week: Delcourt, the biggest independent comics publisher in France, will release a line of their book in English for...

Well, here is a shoe that no one wanted to hear drop, but it can't be termed unexpected. San Francisco will raise their minimum wage...

IDW's "parent company"—actually a holding company consisting of a travel brochure publisher and IDW—has become renamed IDW Media Holdings, and IDW's Ted Adams will...

A Kickstarter is a little like having a baby in only 31 days, You put all your efforts into the birth, but then what happens to the baby? Well now we'll get to see the kids grow up and go to school. Kickstarter is enabling creators to showcase more of what happens to projects after the initial funding ends with a new "Spotlight" feature. All creators with funded projects will now be able to manage the page to present a view of their work, with huge graphics, an inviting look, an attractive new timeline feature that can share the creator's story at a glance, and links that can go anywhere—so buy buttons and links to ongoing projects can be added.

This may well spoil things for people trying to flip variants on eBay, but it looks like Books A Million will let you order...

According to a news blast they just sent out, Hiveworks, a digital comics portal, had 12,000,000 users in January—alst year it had a total of 65,000,000, so it's on track for a lot of growth. But what kind of growth? According to their about page, "Hiveworks is a creator owned publisher and studio that helps webcomic and online media creators turn their creative endeavors into sustainable businesses. We serve as mentors and as a home for many comics."

And when I say must-read, I mean MUST READ, as it really lays out fundamental changes in how the industry is working for creator owned books.. A few days ago I noted how an old post on the economics of Jim Zubkavich on Skullkickers, his Image comics, had gotten a second life on Facebook with it's very low numbers on comics profits. In the comment, Zub promised an update, and he's delivered with an analysis of his new book, Wayward. As you can see from the above graph, it's a HUGE change, and it's all due to the rise of Image Comics:

The last time we talked about Books A Million and Diamond, I told you'd I'd been advised to keep an eye on Dark Horse...

DC isn't the only comics company moving office—IDW just announced a move to a former Navy barracks within the historic NTC in Liberty Station...

When I first got this email, I read it as "Ended their relationship, and I was like WHA--???!?!? But no no, the correct title is "IDW And Hasbro Celebrate 10 Years By Extending Their Relationship " which makes a ton of sense. Books like Transformers, GI Joe and My Little Pony have become mainstays for IDW and often damn good comics, like the epic TRANSFORMERS VS GI JOE that Tom Scioli and John Barber turned into a critical hit.