jakerupert Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 hi all, I am looking for the best way to distribute my comics online. So far i have found: graphicly.com, inkblazer.com and iversecomics.com. Could somebody please share their thoughts about there pros and cons And possible alternatives please. Mark? And maybe somebody else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakerupert Posted April 6, 2014 Author Share Posted April 6, 2014 I have seen, there is also gumroad.com and the thing from hp : magcloud.com. And Mark, I guess you will have to make your online publishing really cheap to make it a succsess, like lets sy 69,- cents or so. Maybe worth a try.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
largento Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Hey Jost, The real trick is getting people to know about it. :-) After all, you could simply put a PayPal button on your website and email the file to the buyer. In America, at least, Comixology seems to have set itself up as the dominant digital comic distributor. Via their "submit" program, indy publishers can get their books into Comixolgoy's eco-system, but it's still going to be hard for people who aren't looking for your book to find it. Currently, I have four books on Comixology, and although I haven't seen the sales numbers, I'm sure they are tiny. It's also one of those deals where until you reach $100 in sales, you can't get your money. It also takes a REALLY long time for them to approve and process your books. Like 3 or 4 months or more. Depending on the amount of books they are releasing in a week (which doesn't seem to correspond to anything), your book may not even get highlighted. My two Greyhawk books came out in busy weeks and weren't featured. The two Wannabe Pirates books were featured, but came out in weeks where there weren't as many other books. Both ended up being reviewed by a blogger who gave them a lukewarm "C", saying that they were confused that the books look like children's books but would be too hard for a child to understand. (sigh...) :-) I did have the very first book I published through them pirated, but it was basically available on the website for free anyway. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted April 17, 2014 Admin Share Posted April 17, 2014 Hmmm.... It would appear that Amazon.com recently announced their purchase of Comixology. http://www.wired.com/2014/04/amazon-buys-comixology/ Here is the open letter to customers from the comixology site: https://www.comixology.com/message Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakerupert Posted April 18, 2014 Author Share Posted April 18, 2014 Thanks for that info. ...that makes comixology uninteresting for me. I think, i will try gumroad, which looks quite promising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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