On Advance Ordering
January 30, 2005
Gail Burt of Metropolis Comics in Bellflower, California saw Steven Bates' column on advance ordering and offers her own thoughts on wading through the number of new products pop culture retailers need to look at every month.
Out of Print Titles a Barrier to Sales
January 30, 2005
John Riley of Grasshopper's Comics in Williston Park, New York saw the comments by Ilan Strasser of Fat Moose Comics on the number of Marvel trade paperback titles that are out of print and agrees, but also sees another problem with the Marvel trade paperback line.
To Hobby Channel Retailers
January 30, 2005
Rich Henry, Senior Vice President of Sales at the Upper Deck Company, saw the recent comments on ICv2 on Upper Deck's release times to the various channels through which it sells the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG, and sent us this open letter to hobby retailers.
To Ship with #2
January 26, 2005
Doc Frankenstein #1 has sold out and is going back to press; reorders on the book were over double its initial orders.
New CEO Named
January 26, 2005
Beckett Publications, Beckett.com, and Beckett Grading Services have been sold to Apprise Media, LLC and renamed Beckett Media LP.
Column by Steven Bates
January 26, 2005
This week, Bates looks at the key ordering tool for direct market comic retailers and asks for a different way of accessing the information.
And Frequency
January 26, 2005
David Loftus of AK Comics in Beloit, Wisconsin saw the comment from Paula Fuge of Gnome Games and shares his comments on Upper Deck release dates, and on the number of Yu-Gi-Oh! releases.
Wal-Mart Gets It First
January 25, 2005
Bill Eckman of Classic Cards & Comics in Castle Rock, Colorado saw the recent comments on Upper Deck release dates in the various sales channels and felt the need to add his comments.
From Dark Horse
January 24, 2005
Dark Horse Comics plans to publish hardcover books collecting Mike Baron and Steve Rude's Nexus comics.
'Amazed'
January 24, 2005
Bob Cosner of Bob's Baseball Cards in Des Moines, Iowa saw a recent interview with an Upper Deck spokesperson and was 'amazed' at the answers in the context of current Upper Deck release patterns to its sales channels.
