Tensions de-escalate
Brian Hibbs responds to my post yesterday and everything is quite civil and everyone seems to understand where everyone is coming from, and they lived happily ever after. In response to my "Would...
Retailer/Publisher/Customer tensions revealed
Oh boy! Finally! After a few weeks off to relax and get acclimated, 2008 has its own brouhaha! And it's a good one, exposing lingering animosities, nagging weaknesses in the retails system, personal sniping...
Target audience enjoys comic! — and other stories
Dan Rafter at Firefox News reports on the refreshing phenomenon of a child enjoying a comic made for children, in this case Kazu Kibuishi's Amulet.
I purchased the book, published by Scholastic, for my 9-year-old...
Boom sells out, reprints, rubs noses
Boom has just released another press release regarding NORTH WIND #1, their controversial new book that debuted simultaneously on shelves and MySpace. This time they are announcing a second printing following the announcement of...
Online Graphic Novels Make Great Reads, Cost You Nothing
That's the title of a feature from Wired.com which gleefully states:
I'm a huge fan of free things, especially free entertainment -- really, who isn't? Daily Bits has combed through the web, turning up a...
Comics Reporter interview series continues
The Comics Reporter's series of "Holiday Interviews" continues with JHU Events coordinator and writer Vito Delsante:
Everyone always wonders about the rivalry between Midtown Comics and us, or Forbidden Planet and us. We three...
The fruits of POS
Brian Hibbs talks about discoveries made due to the accuracy of his POS system, and discovered in four months, lots of graphic novels didn't sell a single copy:
What kind of flat-out shocked me is...
POS thoughts
Over at Newsarama, Vaneta Rogers talks to retailers about POS systems:
"Making the transition from cigar box to cash register was not only expensive, but actually took longer to ring up customers. Yet, it was...
Music chains soon to become theme park destinations
Variety reports that several Virgin Megastores will be closing -- the chain was an early adapter of manga and graphic novels and continue to have wide ranging sections:
The Virgin Megastore in West Hollywood will...
Levitz on Mass Market
Newsarama holds its annual powwow with DC publisher Paul Levitz. The whole thing is worth reading, especially for its status report on DC's sales in various channels, but here's an excerpt to whet your...
A glorious week for Occidental Comics!
We mentioned this in a comment, but thought it was worth a more prominent item -- it's pretty much a banner week for American comics on Bookscan, as American GNs take 3 of the...
Shableski blogs for booksellers
Buzz, Balls & Hype is a book marketing blog aimed at booksellers and librarians. It's just added Diamond Books sales manager John Shableski as a blogger every other Tuesday, and in his first outing...
