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Comment on DC Digital – You’re Doing It Wrong by brian

brian — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:27:46 +0000

I used to buy the single issues just because of the episodic nature of comics.

Hardcover was a replacement for the single issues (and I find I enjoy reading an entire story at once without having to dig through eight months of comics to do that).

Digital was a convenience/price thing. They were .99 each, and I wanted to read them then and there. That’s it.

Now I think that Digital will end up replacing issues 1 and 2 for me for 90% of things. You can read them as they’re released, and re-read them as collections all at once, with the added benefit of not having to keep the actual physical artifacts lying around!

Comment on DC Digital – You’re Doing It Wrong by Weirdo

Weirdo — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:23:14 +0000

More importantly is why you feel proud of the fact that you purchased the same product 3 times.

Did you get the exact same thrill each time reading it on a new medium ?

Or you just think DC needs more of your cash ?

Comment on My Grandma Moo by lil sister

lil sister — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:47:51 +0000

Thank you, Brian for your loving memories of grandma. You made her passing much easier to handle.
She will guide us along our journey.
All my love. Annette

Comment on My Grandma Moo by Hettie Cornett

Hettie Cornett — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:44:39 +0000

Thanks, Brian, for your eulogy to your Grandma It was a wonderful tribute and I am so proud of you. Your Grandma would be proud of you too!
Love and blessings. Aunt Hettie

Comment on My Grandma Moo by Joetek

Joetek — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:28:08 +0000

Sorry for your loss. It sounds like she was a wonderful, dynamic woman. Treasure your memories.

Comment on My Favourite Comics of 2011 by Liam

Liam — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:35:54 +0000

Flashpoint (and KOV) were both great. B&R agreed, is one of the best ongoing books. But you missed Marvel’s Daredevil. It’s old school and lyrical and who would have thought deviating from Miller’s dark template would be so rewarding?

Comment on How to Create an Online PVR by Brian G

Brian G — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 03:42:26 +0000

I’ve had a solution like what you’re talking about for about 8 years, but I’ve kind of outgrown it.

My set up used to be a custom HTPC with Windows 7, and a Hauppauge 500 double TV tuner and a 2TB hard drive, we used Windows 7 Media Center (and back in the day an X-Box running XBMC, the precursor to Boxee).

It was cool and all, I really liked it, but the overhead of having a machine on all the time recording TV isn’t something I really want, I’d rather just go out and grab TV shows, and watch them when I want to watch them.

Comment on How to Create an Online PVR by Richard

Richard — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 22:48:42 +0000

I found a simple way to incorporate a pvr on my main computer and my Boxee media center on my HD tv. It’s the Hauppauge Tv tuner with WinTv on my computer with PVR capabilities (which are included as part of the WinTv program that comes with the tuner) networked wirelessly with the Boxee. It works great!!! I can watch anything that is being recorded on the computer with playback capabilities while it is being recorded. Tuner–$70, Boxee–$200. Simple.

Comment on Fan Expo The 2011 Edition by Jason Truong

Jason Truong — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:57:31 +0000

Francis’ pages ranged from $40-$100. There were a bunch of pages from The Flash, Adventure Comics, and Superman/Batman that were sorted out, in a folder system. Each folder represented a different price ($40, $60, $80, $100).

The stack of Image/Top Cow pages, also ranged in that price, but weren’t sorted.

Comment on DC Digital – You’re Doing It Wrong by brian

brian — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 03:50:53 +0000

I honestly don’t think the digital market is the same as the print market. I don’t want comics in my house any more, I don’t have the space, and something seems wrong with putting them in recycling (like I do my Previews magazines about once every six months, which nearly breaks my back hauling to the curb).

While it might suck initially for comic shops, they will survive and adapt, the same way they survived when mainstream booksellers came in selling TPB’s and HC’s (and getting 65% discounts, 90 day terms and full return-ability…all stuff that we as comic shops don’t get).

As far as print profit vs digital profit:

Right now DC is lucky to make 1.00 an issue of a printed copy, but I’ll bet it’s closer to 75 cents.

A 2.99 comic is sold to a retailer for about 50% off. Diamond’s maximum discount for DC is 57%. Diamond MUST make at least 3% (I’d estimate closer to 5% though) at a minimum. So a 2.99 comic nets DC $1.19 at the high end. Let’s say that printing is minimally expensive, .20 cents? So they make about $1.00 per copy. This doesn’t factor in shipping, brokerage fees, or storage which they pay for as well.

If they sell it on ComiXology, they likely make about $1.50 on a 2.99 comic (Apple takes 30%, ComiXology takes about another 20% from what I understand). Drop that down to 1.99 and they’re making roughly the same digitally that they do with print, maybe even more. Even at .99 an issue, they are doing half as well as they are with print.

Double the volume (not out of the realm of possibility as Amazon has said they are seeing astronomical growth with through the Kindle), and they make it up on volume.