The Indirect Market: The One Thing You Need to Run a Successful Shop
There are a lot of things shops need to do to stay in business, but there is one thing that will never fail.
ComicsPRO 2023 wrap-up: happy retailers, Schanes to Oni, and more
Wrapping up news and reactions from the industry's first big trade event of the year, ComicsPRO, "the most inspiring 72 hour of the year."
ComicsPRO president Jenn Haines: “Comics retailers know how to fight and how to adapt”
ComicPRO president Jenn Haines of the Dragon has a lot to say about the past and future of comics retailing
ComicsPRO 2023 meeting kicks off in person as the industry faces challenges
For the first time since 2020, the retailing organization ComicsPRO is meeting in person - and facing a radically changed industry.
The Indirect Market: Saving the Industry, By Thinking Smaller
One of our comics retail experts talks about saving the industry, by thinking small.
The Indirect Market: 2023 Is Gonna Suck – But It Doesn’t Have To
Retailer Brandon Schatz return and looks at the forces impacting the industry in 2023 - some of it is bad, but there is hope for a new system.
Tilting at Windmills #293: What’s Wrong with the Periodical???
Retailers Brian Hibbs lays out the current problems with the periodical comics market, including variant covers and over-saturation.
Old Dog, New Tricks #4: How a virtual event can sell books for your...
Our retailer columnist returns with tips for throwing virtual events and using bookshop.org to sell more books.
Tilting at Windmills #292: En Garde
After getting some pushback on his last column, retailer Brian Hibbs explains more about why shrinking margins on periodicals are affecting his business
Tilting at Windmills #291: I didn’t leave floppies; floppies are leaving me
Retailer Brian Hibbs explains how distributor discounts are making it harder and harder to carry DC periodical comics - and wonders if the twilight of the comic book is truly at hand.
Tilting at Windmills #290: The Era Changes Part IV – the devil is in...
Everything you always wanted to know about comics retailing discounts and shipping costs, but were afraid you would not understand.
SILBER LININGS: A bad Batman take kicks off Greg’s worst job interview ever
Greg recalls the time he desperately interviewed for a sales role at a shady, now-defunct company.
