IDW Publishing Announces Largest Collection of Comics for iBooks
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IDW Publishing recently announced that is has added the largest collection of comic and graphic novels to Apple’s iBook store. Instead of downloading the app, searching the website for individual issues that will set you back at least $0.99 each, and having to manage your ever-growing collection of digital comics, you can now purchase digital “trade paperbacks” and store them right in your iBook app.
This is the first time that a comic publisher has offered such a large quantity of digital comics or graphic novels in Apple’s native book reader.
Adding graphic novels to the iBooks store could be a risky move by IDW, but it could pay off big. In a press release, the company’s director of ePublishing, Jeff Webber stated, “IDW’s graphic novel line is a perfect fit for iBooks.”
Webber likened the move to adding graphic novels to retail book stores, explaining that experienced comic readers know where to go to get digital comics, but offering a collection on iBooks will help unseasoned readers discover creators and titles as if they were browsing the major book stores.
The company has released 20 titles, including Bloom County: The Complete Digital Library 1980-1981, The Rocketeer: The Complete Adventures, True Blood Vol.1: All Together Now, Locke & Key Vol. 1-4 and many others. Graphic novels range in price from $5.99 to $9.99, which is approximately the same price as a graphic novel at your local comic shop, but you don’t have to face ridicule from the surly clerk as you browse.
