Confirming a story that ICv2 broke three weeks ago on August 10th, Marvel Comics announced today that Diamond Book Distributors will become the exclusive distributor of Marvel books and graphic novels to the book trade starting October 1st. The three-year agreement, which expires on October 1, 2007 ends two years during which CDS distributed Marvel to bookstores (see 'Marvel to Move Book Distribution to Diamond'). In 2002 Marvel dropped Diamond in favor of CDS, so today's announcement brings Marvel back to Diamond, which is also Marvel's exclusive distributor to comic book shops.
Starting October 1
Posted by ICv2 on August 30, 2004 @ 11:00 pm CT
MORE NEWS
From Off the Page Games
March 5, 2025
Off the Page Games will release Grendel: The Game of Crime and Mayhem , a new board game.
'Wyrmtide'
March 5, 2025
Renegade Game Studios revealed Wyrmtide , a new Werewolf: The Apocalypse sourcebook.
MORE COMICS
From Image Comics
March 5, 2025
Experience the catwalk carnage of I Was a Fashion School Serial Killer #1 by Doug Wagner and Daniel Hillyard.
Sales Rankings Based on Comic Store POS Data
March 5, 2025
These are unit and dollar sales rankings based on sales tracked at point-of-sale by the ComicHub system at stores selling American graphic novels (and manga) around the world.
