Cowboys and Aliens uncovered
Dirk presents his findings in the matter of Platinum buying the #1 graphic novel spot, and we recommend you just go over there and read it. Dirk actually spoke with participants at Midtown Comics...
Today in AMS
The AMS bankruptcy continues to unfold with unknown but seemingly ominous consequences for many small publishers. GalleyCat and our own PW have had the best coverage, with other posts by such places as Boing...
Marvel vs DC – now with bar charts
This movie site analyzes Marvel vs DC at the box office with all kinds of pie charts and bar graphs. Not too much that isn't readily intuited -- basically marvel is all smiles for...
Open Book seeks ‘hot’ literary material
Man alive, the New Year is hopping with excitement! Remember Open Book Press, the indy publisher formerly owned by Mike Gagnon? Its new owners put out a press release on the PRweb yesterday....
SCOOTLES scuttled? Creator beware!
Okay, this is a little long, and we're short of time, as always but in essence, Ryan McLelland over at Newsarama reports on the sad story of MR. SCOOTLES, HC Noel's critically well-received but...
AMS Bankruptcy fallout continues
The bankruptcy proceedings of distributor AMS continue to ripple throughout the book industry. As shown by this story in the local (San Diego) paper AMS had a lot of scandal in its recent past:
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Today’s AMS update
Publishers Weekly daily has the latest on the AMS bankruptcy:
The bankruptcy court overseeing Advanced Marketing Services reorganization efforts yesterday approved its request to receive $75 million in debtor-in-possession financing. The funding is enough...
Actionopolis/Komikwerks on AMS/PGW
We've been following the story of the Chapter 11 filing of AMS/PGW closely here, but its announcement on a holiday Friday means everyone was caught flat flooted. Distributor bankruptcies can be devastating, but in...
Wizard Musings
While speculation over the internal metrics of Wizard's recent reorg remains just that -- speculative -- we ran across an item that adds a little more fuel to the brew. We were watching a...
