![]() Polygon reached out to Amazon and ComiXology for comment on the new ComiXology online and app experience, but did not receive a response by the time of publication. Kindle Direct Publishing also reportedly offers fewer royalties to creators than Comixology Submit, a 65/35 split rather than 50/50. Small publishers must re-upload and reformat their existing Comixology back catalog in order to make them available on the new site and app. Comixology, the digital comic book arm of the almighty Amazon, is a standout service that brings titles from a wide array of publishers, including DC, Image, and Marvel, to web browsers and. Kindle Direct requires creators to manually format all the transitions between panels, and any comics already published through Comixology Submit were not grandfathered into Kindle Direct. Smaller creators are also struggling with the recent closure of the Comixology Submit program in favor of Amazon’s own Kindle Direct Publishing, a service designed to self-publish prose eBooks. will have their existing subscriptions switched off automatically, apparently permanently. British artist Jamie McKelvie flagged to his followers on Twitter that under Amazon’s new changes, series subscriptions - in which digital comics are automatically purchased upon release - will only be available to Comixology users based in the U.S. ![]() Previously, company co-founder David Steinberger announced he was stepping down from his position, which users speculated was a result of the apps series of recent issues. ![]() Comixologys latest blog post says that changes are coming in 'early 2022. The new changes have comics creators meeting the service half way as well. Comixology is continuing to promise that users’ complaints are being heard, and more improvements have yet to be announced. Back in 2014, The Reg expressed concern that ComiXologys own dedicated comic-reading app might be replaced with the Kindle app, and that seems to be finally happening, at some as-yet unspecified time soon. Comixology is unrivaled in its space, to the point of holding a near monopoly on access to digital comics from American publishers - it’s the primary digital store for the likes of Image Comics, BOOM Studios, and more. When Amazon bought Comixology in 2014, it largely left the digital comics giant alone, other than eliminating in-app purchases on the platform. ![]() Think it's impressive that certain comics piracy sites will actively now have more fucking functionality than Amazon comics now that they're folding Comixology- Miserable Non-Binary Candy February 11, 2022
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