Books sold on Audible are subject to Amazon’s customer ratings and everything else you get on the main Amazon site. And to buy books you need to sign in with your Amazon account, something that we imagine could happen very quickly with Comixology. The Audible store is still a standalone, but with a Amazon branding. For instance, in 2005 Amazon bought POD company Booksurge, eventually turning it into Createspace, now an Amazon-like portal for uploading and selling your books via Amazon, Kindle and other Amazon services.Īudible is company selling audio books that may offer a very direct comparison to Comixology.

While we can only speculate at this point, it’s worth noting that among the dozens of companies Amazon has acquired there are many different models for how that development evolves. Digital comics are obviously a growth product of the future and Amazon will want to keep and grow that business, even if it is just to move Comixology to their Kindle storefront. Even the most gloomy analysis-Amazon acquired a competitor to wipe them out-suggest that where there’s smoke there’s money. Of course, in the short term, Amazon and Comixology will keep you reading all your comics.

Folks have pointed to Jmanga’s collapse for a model of how you can lose your collection from something that seemed solid. That is pretty much standard with any digital media. “Of course ! Our goal is to build on each other’s strengths and create the best service for all comic and graphic novel customers.” But it declined comment on whether it would “guarantee” that customers would always be able to read the comics they had purchased. The firm also sought to reassure users that their comic collections, some of which are in the thousands of dollars, were safe after the acquisition. In the meantime…įirst off, will you be able to read your comics? A story at the Guardian indicates yes…but… Will they trample tiny cottages beneath their feet or become a lovable behemoth? Ask me in a year. The great digital hope has been acquired by one of the giant fire breathing kaiju of the digital era.

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