Column by Steven Bates
March 30, 2005
This week Bates offers his recommendations for making the most out of Free Comic Book Day
2 Million Free Comics
March 28, 2005
Free Comic Book Day 2005 will take place in over 1900 stores, where around 2 million comics will be given away free on May 7th.
For 'Majority' of Books
March 27, 2005
Diamond Book Distributors has signed Infinity Studios to an exclusive U.S. and non-exclusive worldwide distribution agreement.
Not a Flow
March 27, 2005
Paul Stock of Librairie Astro in Montreal, Quebec saw the article on Dark Horse's plans to keep the Sin City trades available and says he can't get what he needs.
Graphic Novels in Waves
March 24, 2005
Dark Horse has shortened its supply chain and planned multiple reprintings of its red-hot Frank Miller's Sin City trade paperbacks to keep pipelines full.
In Bookstores and Comic Shops
March 23, 2005
With the release of the Sin City movie due in a little over a week, the Frank Miller Sin City trade paperbacks are tearing up the charts in both the comic shop and bookstore channels.
In February
March 23, 2005
Sales on comics edged up modestly in February, with improvement both at the top and the bottom of the list of the bestselling titles in comic shops.
Sales Estimates for February Based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data
March 23, 2005
These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during February 2005.
Sales Estimates for February Based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data
March 23, 2005
These are estimates of the sales by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during February 2005.
Lesbian-Themed Anthology Debuting in July
March 21, 2005
ALC Publishing has announced a distribution agreement with Diamond Comic Distributors to distribute lesbian-themed 'yuri' manga to North America.