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...
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...
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...
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?...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Fat lady sings for retailer magazine — UPDATE
Comics Worth Reading and ICv2 report that Comics and Games Retailer , the magazine for...well, retailers published by F+W/Krause (which also publishes CBG) will...
