The woes of Diamond Comic Distributors

Marvel leaves Diamond for Penguin Random House Pov #1000192 03/25/21 02:07 PM
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Reboot #deleteFacebook Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 11,193 The Mainframe	And after DC last year, the other shoe just dropped for Diamond: Marvel switch comic shop distribution from Diamond to Penguin Random House; https://www.comicsbeat.com/marvel-a...mics-and-graphic-novels-to-comics-shops/ Technically, Diamond are allowed to sub-distribute - unlike with DC - but since it's going to be cheaper on multiple levels to go to the source, this sounds like a death knell for them. Interesting Times indeed... My views are my own and do not reflect those of everyone else... and I wouldn't have it any other way. Cobalt, Reboot & iB present 21st Century Legion: Earth War .

Re: Marvel leaves Diamond for Penguin Random House Pov #1000195 03/25/21 02:56 PM
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Gaseous Lad Legionnaire! G Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 3,310 Maryland	Wow. I've been exclusively digital the last 8 years or so. I'm surprised they've lasted this long. Interested in the Post-Zero Hour Reboot Legion? Check out: The Reboot Legion Timeline Fan Fiction: The Legion of Super-Heroes v4.1 (continuing the reboot from issue 126!) on LW or here (external)

Re: Marvel leaves Diamond for Penguin Random House Gaseous Lad #1000198 03/25/21 06:14 PM
Joined: May 2013 Posts: 7,278 Melbourne Australia stile86 Wanderer
stile86 Wanderer Joined: May 2013 Posts: 7,278 Melbourne Australia	Originally Posted by Gaseous Lad Wow. I've been exclusively digital the last 8 years or so. I'm surprised they've lasted this long. In spite of my own recent experience being largely digital, I have heard that digital sales is still below 10% of sales of any single issue and usually a lot less. (Of course my own source for that figure is the unimpeachable Youtube but the channel is run by a comic shop owner so it probably has some essence of the true reality.)

Re: Marvel leaves Diamond for Penguin Random House stile86 #1000261 03/27/21 08:17 AM
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Gaseous Lad Legionnaire! G Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 3,310 Maryland	Originally Posted by stile86 In spite of my own recent experience being largely digital, I have heard that digital sales is still below 10% of sales of any single issue and usually a lot less. (Of course my own source for that figure is the unimpeachable Youtube but the channel is run by a comic shop owner so it probably has some essence of the true reality.) Thinking about it, at least anecdotally, there is probably some truth to that. The local comics shop near me is close to a good restaurant that we like to frequent, and there's ALWAYS folks in there (at least pre-COVID) because they host tabletop/CCG/RPG games in the back, plus they still have monthly subscription bins. Folks are still buying, for sure. Interested in the Post-Zero Hour Reboot Legion? Check out: The Reboot Legion Timeline Fan Fiction: The Legion of Super-Heroes v4.1 (continuing the reboot from issue 126!) on LW or here (external)