Top Cow to sell digital downloads of their comic books
Submitted by Joey Manley on June 6, 2006 - 22:41
Top Cow, one of the original divisions of Image Comics, has announced plans to start selling its comic book titles online, using an iTunes-like "large micropayment" model ($1 per book). More info here.
Here's the story at CBR that
by Joey Manley - 06/07/2006 - 02:11
Here's the story at CBR that the ICV2.com story referenced (but didn't link). Not a lot of new info in there, though.
This will be interesting to
by apfurtado - 06/07/2006 - 00:56
This will be interesting to watch and see how it progresses. It has the potential to be a big boost to the Digital Publishing movement. Yes, I said "movement". Maybe this will be the "lighting of the beacon" for other prominent publishers to toss their eggs into the digital basket. I'm in a "glass is half full" mood today.
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by Shishio - 06/06/2006 - 23:58
It's about time someone did something like this. Hopefully this will become the norm.
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Very interesting news.
by Fabricari - 06/06/2006 - 23:46
Very interesting news. Initially thinking that $1 is far too expensive for for 20 pages of comic reprints I read on:
"In order to interest customers in paying for something that is currently available for free, Top Cow will include scripts, pencils, and pre-colored images -- essentially providing readers with a look at the entire process of creating a comic book."
The bonus material is really where the value is here. I'd never pay to read digitally what has been collected in trades like Cyberforce or The Darkness. If I were still a fan; however, I might pay to see the behind-the-scene material. Hell, I might STILL but a copy or two.
But the novelty would wear off - $1.00 is simply too much for digital content that you read once. $.50 - and I might be convinced.
Then again, I've been proven wrong often before - I hope I am.Â
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