While reading your response, Cary, I had two thoughts: First, I like your music analogy. I have long thought that comic shops will become like record shops are nowadays. And I'm cool with that, honestly, because that's essentially how I use my LCS currently (I get my comics via online mail order). But it also supports what I said previously -- digital downloads outstripped physical media this year, and it's become blatantly obvious that MP3 devices are so commonplace and cheap that "everyone" has one. When you can get an MP3 player for $20 at Walmart then you have reached ubiquity.
Secondly, I had a mental image of my monthly comics being automatically downloaded to my tablet device every Wednesday like an RSS feed (subscription, if you prefer). I'd place my orders out of Previews digitally, and each Wednesday I'd get x number of new files downloaded to my device automatically. Of course, it's not really "downloading," it's "granting access" but same difference, right? On Jan 10, 8:25 am, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > It'll probably be like the music industry- vinyl is still produced, but only > in small releases aimed at purists. CDs are on their way out; downloads > topped physical media for the first time this year. Comics will never > completely die in hardcore, but it'll likely be indies/special issues aimed > at a small particular market. Marvel and DC have a financial incentive to > switch to digital; they stand to make a bigger profit and have a better > interaction with their end customers (providing more data on trends and > customer desires). > > On Jan 10, 2012, at 7:55 AM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The real stumbling point in this argument is the non-ubiquitousness of > > tablets. Tech-minded folks like to think that tablets are quickly > > becoming commonplace, and that "everyone" has one, but the truth much > > less so. Tablets are popular and growing in popularity every day, but > > until they become like cell phones and "everyone" has one, then the > > full jump to digital only for comic books won't happen. And even then > > it's going to take some of the publishers being dragged kicking and > > screaming to that status quo. > > > At least that's my thoughts. I could be wrong. > > > ~Luke > > > On Jan 9, 4:58 pm, Van Allen Plexico <[email protected]> wrote: > >>http://comicbook.com/blog/2012/01/09/printed-comics-nearing-death-as-... > > >> --Van > > >> Sent from my iPad > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "The Unique Geek" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
