Marvel's press conference today was devoted to the major change in its trade terms which it recently announced for retailers serviced by Diamond.

Manga titles continue to dominate bookstore bestseller lists, with 40 of the top 50 graphic novel bestsellers in bookstores drawn from that category in the most recent week's BookScan list.

Michael Tierney of Collector's Edition and the Comic Book Store of North Little Rock and Little Rock, Arkansas, respectively, saw the news of the new Marvel terms for retailers and retailer Jerry Ringi's comments on them and had this to say.

P. Margolin of Compleat Comics Company on Maui, Hawaii, saw our article on Marvel's new terms, and sent these comments.

In a bold move, Marvel Comics has changed its terms of sale to eliminate the monthly order form as the basis for calculating wholesale prices, and to delay the date by which orders must be finalized to as little as three weeks prior to release date.

Gabriel Hagmann of DreamStrands Comics in Seattle, Washington sent us this comment on Marvel's new trade terms for comics purchased through Diamond.

Jerry Ringi of Amazing Fantasy Comics in Chesepeake, Virginia saw Marvel's new terms and wasn't happy.

It didn't take long for us to start getting comments on Marvel's new trade terms. Jason Bardyla of Happy Harbor Comics and Toys sent us his thoughts.

CrossGen Comics is preparing a new high seas pirate adventure comic book series, El Cazador , which will be written by Chuck Dixon and illustrated by Steve Epting.

James Deckert of Collectors Pair-of-Dice in Salina, Kansas saw our article on the DC Archives price promotion, and sent us this comment on DC's strategy of publishing Archives only in hardcover format.