The current wave of digital comic sales, along with the recent launch announcement from ComiXology, has given new life to the digital discussions here at The Beat. Most of the attention, however, has gone to the supply side of the digital market, yet there are some interesting developments occurring in the hardware world as well. […]
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Digital comics: Where do tablets go from here?
By Bruce Lidl The digital comics landscape has settled down significantly in recent months. Since Amazon’s acquisition of ComiXology in April 2014, it has become essentially the de facto standard for digital comics and now distributes just about every publisher around. Unless a real industry-wide Netflix-type subscription model ever takes off, it is hard to see […]
Tablets and Phablets and Digital Comics
Mobile Device Sizes Changing Rapidly by Bruce Lidl While the landscape for digital comics continues to develop in the post-Amazon takeover of comiXology era, the devices upon which those comics will be consumed are evolving as well. New announcements and new devices appear almost daily, with a number of eagerly-awaited devices rumored to hit in […]
Digital Update: The New Tablet Scene for Comics
by Bruce Lidl With Thanksgiving (and the various themed shopping days that follow) now past us, the highpoint (or lowpoint depending on your viewpoint) of the annual shopping season has arrived in full force, and according to various trend observers, tablets are once again one of, if not the, thing to give or receive this […]