Amazon and the Future of the Superhero : The New Yorker

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"Being part of a large and aggressive corporation like Amazon could accelerate the growth of ComiXology, and help get more digital comics onto more devices. When Amazon expanded the market for e-books with the Kindle, sales of print books suffered. But there are reasons to believe that Amazon’s impact on the print comic-book world may not be felt as suddenly or as deeply. ComiXology has always worked closely with comic-book stores; today, it even partners with them to sell digital comics through retailers’ Web sites. The company also offers a service that helps customers locate shops in their area. If Amazon chooses to deepen these relationships, rather than cutting retailers out completely, it is possible that print and digital comics may continue to grow together—at least in the short term. Amazon does have some incentives to do this: in comic retailers, the company may find an untapped opportunity to sell its Kindle devices."

Amazon and the Future of the Superhero : The New Yorker