As digital book sales continue to gain traction, the comparison between bookstores and record stores has gotten closer. Coupled with the comparisons comes an implicit warning that bookstores could share the fate of Tower, Virgin, and HMV—record stores that are all gone. While the number of independent record stores has fallen dramatically to just a couple hundred, some are more than holding their own. To find out how one indie is doing it—and also beating the odds on maintaining a profitable regional chain, PW contacted Newbury Comics, headquartered in Boston, Mass. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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Netflix already has a second comic book lined up mere weeks after its first one hit stores. The service has unveiled Prodigy, a Mark Millar-penned comic book due in both digital and paper forms on December 5th. The series revolves around Edison Cra... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2018-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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These comic book readers make it easy to catch up on beloved series, no matter what type of fan you are. Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2018-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Trinidadian-born author of Indian ancestry lived his adult life in England, writing the powerful but polarizing books on migration and empire that won him the 2001 Nobel Prize in Literature. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comics publishers and video game developers prove a natural match, with overlapping fan bases and complementary content making for eye-popping revenue opportunities. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Miller, the co-founder and senior editor of Academy Chicago Press, a quirky and erudite publisher of fiction and nonfiction titles, died on Saturday. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Founded by Manuel Godoy and his wife, Geiszel Godoy, this startup publisher focused on releasing comics, chapter books, and picture books aimed at black parents and their children. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The San Diego Comic-Con International, held July 19-22 at the San Diego Convention Center, is a showcase for global pop culture celebrating comics, graphic novels and manga as well as films, TV, animation and videogames. Publishers Weekly was there to capture images of the events, artists,... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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My Hero Academia creator Kohei Horikoshi sparked a manga fan frenzy during his first visit to Comic-Con; new manga and anime releases were announced and manga fans got to celebrate the induction of manga legend Rumiko Takahashi into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comic-Con featured the usual mobs of fans searching for movie and TV stars but the show also reflects ongoing change in the fan community, and publishers are presenting a broader selection of titles aimed at women, people of color, and the LGBTQ community. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Inside the DC Universe Experience at Comic-Con International in San Diego. DC Entertainment used the interactive experience to promote its upcoming streaming service. Continue reading at The New York Times
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Warner Bros.’ highly anticipated Hall H panel got off to a political start Saturday morning as the stars of the sequel to the “Harry Potter” spinoff “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” took the stage. Onscreen in the Harry Potter universe, wizards spin extraordinary spells with the wave... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Magic Leap has teamed up with Scotland-based Square Slice Studios, which was co-founded by comic book industry veteran Grant Morrison, to create content for its mixed reality headset. You might know the prolific writer for his work with Batman and Al... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2018-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jonathan Gold, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Los Angeles Times restaurant critic who richly chronicled the city’s vast culinary landscape and made its food understandable and approachable to legions of fans, has died. He was 57. Gold died of pancreatic cancer at St. Vincent Medical Center on... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Among other announcements at San Diego Comic-Con, comics writer Gail Simone is joining Lion Forge, and Marvel is teaming with IDW to create comics and graphic novels for middle grade readers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stay up to date on all the latest news about San Diego Comic-Con 2018 with Publishers Weekly—daily updates, podcasts and more. We'll have exclusive interviews, photos and all the rest of the action here. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Shuri, a scientist, ascends to the throne of Wakanda in a coming Marvel comic book series. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2018-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Combined North American sales of graphic novels and periodical comics declined about 6.5% to $1.01 billion in 2017, although graphic novel sales via the book trade were essentially flat. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John A. Stormer, a religious leader and right-wing activist whose self-published Cold War tract “None Dare Call it Treason” became a grassroots sensation in 1964 and a rallying point for the emerging conservative movement, has died at 90. Stormer died July 10 after an unspecified yearlong... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Clive King, author of children's classic Stig of the Dump, has died aged 94. He passed away in Norfolk on 10th July. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ditko, who was best known as co-creator of the iconic superhero Spider-Man, was found dead in his Manhattan apartment June 29. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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