The prolific Steven Bates of Bookery Fantasy in Fairborn, Ohio saw Mark Amoroso's comments on chain competition on key comic and game products, and explains how he meets competition from big box retailers on those categories and on toys.

DC Comics has lined up some major press coverage for Neil Gaiman's Sandman: Endless Nights hardcover, which goes on sale on September 17.

DC Comics has developed exclusive Batman content for both video games and a daily online Batman comic strip that will appear this fall on AOL's new KOL (Kids On Line) service.

A Lancaster, California retailer of comics, games, and sports cards shot and killed a burglar during a 3 a.m. break-in.

Steven Bates from Bookery Fantasy in Fairborn, Ohio saw James Deckert's comments (on his Free Comic Book Day missive, and feels that retailers shouldn't complain about paying for advertising.

Entertainment Weekly has begun its subscription-only 'Listen 2 This' supplement this week, which features two pages of c om ic reviews ('Discoveries: C om ics').

According to DC Comics VP-Direct Sales Bob Wayne, Neil Gaiman's Sandman: Endless Nights hardcover produced '...the largest order the book trade has ever made for any single [DC] item.'

Teresa Moran of Acadiana Book & Comic Shop in Lafayette, Louisiana saw some of the recent comments on Free Comic Book Day and has some ideas on how to build on the lessons learned from FCBD.

James Deckert of Collectors Pair-of-Dice in Salina, Kansas saw Steven Bates' comments on running ads for comics and expresses his opinion that retailers would have to ultimately pay for such advertising.

Steven Bates of Bookery Fantasy in Fairfield, Ohio saw Anthony Furrferi's comments on Free Comic Book Day and has this to say.