Dammit I miss Borders now.
This utterly sucks, I really only buy Trades of DC and Vertigo books.
This utterly sucks, I really only buy Trades of DC and Vertigo books.
Barnes & Noble Yanks DC Comics From Stores
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(Face palm) I hate big businesses. I really do. Now what am I gonna buy when I got to Barnes and Nobles?! ...Oh wait.
Barnes and Noble are just shooting themselves in the foot. The only thing that will come from this is that they will lose money. Still, now I won't feel guilty about reading other comics there without paying for them.
Besides, it was only a matter of time before graphic novels moved to e readers anyway.
Besides, it was only a matter of time before graphic novels moved to e readers anyway.
Although I understand B&N's "logic" in this, the heart of the matter is that their retail stores are the -only- advantage they have over Amazon.com, especially now that Borders is out of the picture. B&N should be doing everything they can to attract people to their stores, and regardless of lofty principles, anything that harms their stores is nail in the coffin. If they don't learn from this fiasco, then I have absolutely no sympathy for them.
So instead of stocking physical copies and making some profit, they've decided not to sell any. Well, I guess that makes sense, if they are trying to boost Kindle sales. Anybody who wants to buy DC now will have to do so digitally, which just means more profit for Amazon. Essentially, their solution is just going to ruin them even more.
They'll still sell the trade paperbacks, right? Because B&N is the only bookstore left in my town--rest in peace, Boarders--and I do occasionally pick up a Teen Titans or Gotham City Sirens trade paperback.
Just please, for the love of all nerds, don't stop selling manga. I will cry.
Just please, for the love of all nerds, don't stop selling manga. I will cry.
EverythingIncredible said:
I 100% agree and extremely saddened by this. In the long run they are just hurting themselves... but not enough that they'll care.
Allow me to paraphrase for him.vansau said:
"Our promise to make available any book, anywhere, anytime, would be undermined if we made this particular book available."
Wait...what?
emeraldrafael said:
Was going to comment on how the XBLA thing got huge negative feedback while this is only getting slight negative feedback. This though sums up my whole point more or less.
I must have left it early then. when I posted in it, reception wasnt really all that bad.Kakashi on crack said:
So, when is B&N going to pull all the Harry Potter books from their shelves, since Rowling will be distibuting the ebooks exclusively on her new website and therefore not offering the digital distribution to B&N? Oh, yeah, they're NOT pulling those. Which means this is not a matter of principle, it's just anti-Amazon, and I hope it bites B&N in the butt.
This looks pretty clear cut to me. B&N has been a retailer for DC for years, and here DC comes along and very publicly urinates all over that agreement by giving another retailer exclusive digital rights, even if it's for a limited time.
Unfortunately for B&N, they're not in the best of all bargaining positions, and it's likely that DC knows that. So B&N is fighting back against the Amazon behemoth in the only way it can, even if it's quite likely that by removing DC comics from their shelves they will be giving Amazon even more business.
Unfortunately for B&N, they're not in the best of all bargaining positions, and it's likely that DC knows that. So B&N is fighting back against the Amazon behemoth in the only way it can, even if it's quite likely that by removing DC comics from their shelves they will be giving Amazon even more business.
