threehgame
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Post by threehgame on Oct 24, 2011 0:27:28 GMT -5
I think the Kindle Fire will make this digital move even faster. Apparently Amazon and DC have signed some sort of deal to make at least some of their TPBs digital exclusives. For $9.99 you can download a TPB right to your Kindle Fire. Which pissed of Barnes and Noble. They said they have a policy where if the book is not available to all their costumers in all formats they won't carry them. They added later in the press release that if a person wanted one of the removed DC TPBs they could order it from B & N online or have the store request it. I guess a company on the verge of bankruptcy can't take a hard line anymore. It sucks that bookstores are going the way of record stores but then again the product sells and moves in a digital world while in the real world it just creates massive overhead and slowing sells growth/profit.
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Post by Hulkamaniac on Oct 24, 2011 8:43:04 GMT -5
I think the Kindle Fire will make this digital move even faster. Apparently Amazon and DC have signed some sort of deal to make at least some of their TPBs digital exclusives. For $9.99 you can download a TPB right to your Kindle Fire. Which pissed of Barnes and Noble. They said they have a policy where if the book is not available to all their costumers in all formats they won't carry them. They added later in the press release that if a person wanted one of the removed DC TPBs they could order it from B & N online or have the store request it. I guess a company on the verge of bankruptcy can't take a hard line anymore. It sucks that bookstores are going the way of record stores but then again the product sells and moves in a digital world while in the real world it just creates massive overhead and slowing sells growth/profit. Yeah, the BN decision was just stupid. Now if you want Watchmen in either print or digital you have to go to Amazon. You can't go to BN or at least not easily. That's just beyond stupid. Everyone will happily go to Amazon and not complain.
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threehgame
Main Eventer
Beyond Bored By You and Your Wrestling
Joined on: Sept 22, 2008 19:09:45 GMT -5
Posts: 2,399
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Post by threehgame on Oct 24, 2011 23:36:47 GMT -5
On a side note, if you are looking for some older TPB's from a few years ago up to early this year check out your Books A Million. They are cleaning out their back stock and two different ones I have been to have clearance sections in their TPB's. $25 Marvel Masterpiece softcovers for $3 in perfect condition can't be beat.
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