Diamond announces new Kids Group
Diamond gives details on new hires and new division:
In 2006, Diamond Book Distributors (DBD) played a key role in cultivating the unprecedented growth, impressive book market sales increases,...
Comics and the Long Tail
Okay, it's late and we're not so hot with numbers and graphs, but a couple of blogs have done some number crunching so you can see the Long Tail theory in action for comics.
Yet...
DC gives seed money to retailer org
Several organizations of comics retailers have emerged over the years, from ERCBRA, to COBRA to the DLG and several others we can't remember. The latest attempt is ComcisPRO, and it seems one of the...
AK Comics waits for the trade
ICv2 has a terse report that AK Comics, the Egypt-based comics publishing company is suspending its monthly publication of comics to concentrate on graphic novels. All material in the graphic novels will be new....
Freedom-loving Canadians clear way for Oz-on-Neverland sex
Chris Staros writes to say that LOST GIRLS, the erotic epic by Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie, has been cleared for Canadian import:
Top Shelf Productions is pleased to announce that the Canada Border Services...
Comics shop owner stops would-be robber dead
The owner of Westlake Comics Cards and Coins in Illionois fatally shot an alleged robber, numerous news sources reported over the weekend:
The owner of a Roselle card, comics and coin shop shot and killed...
Hachette names GN line; Hassler leaves Borders
Big news via PW Daily:
The Hachette Book Group is launching Yen Press, a new comics and graphic novel imprint that will focus on titles for adults and young readers, PW Daily learned this morning....
Diamond Kids Group launches
Pow! Sock! Comics are for kids! PW Children's Bookshelf has the scoop on Diamond's new initiative to bridge the gap for comics aimed at kids:
Diamond Book Distributors, the book trade affiliate of Diamond Comics...
Atomic Comics in Mesa smashed then flooded
On Halloween, Atomic Comics in Mesa, AZ was the victim of a car smashing through the front window, and hit a water main, causing extreme damage...or as owner Mike Malve explains:
Tuesday morning at 9am...
Golden Apple moves!
The Golden Apple, Hollywood's legendary comics store is moving to a new location on Wednesday, November 1. It will still be on Melrose, but a bit further east, on the corner of La Brea,...
Reynolds reveals more shocking truths
THE ENGINE thread on the new Fantagraphics stroefront i Seattle craw more shocking revelations from Eric Reynolds, in response to questions from retailer Brian Hibbs:
"If you're talking initial orders here, how does...
