Comixology "pauses" the promotion to address their seriously overworked servers:
http://www.newsarama.com/comics/comixology-pauses-marvel-1.html On Monday, March 11, 2013 8:24:34 AM UTC-5, Luke Jaconetti wrote: > > Comixology has been overloaded since this news broke yesterday, > unfortunately. > > On Monday, March 11, 2013 9:14:07 AM UTC-4, cwpreston wrote: > >> Marvel offers over 700 free first issue digital comics, might involve >> great powers and >> responsibilities<http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/11/marvel-700-free-comics/> >> >> [image: Marvel offers over 700 free first issue digital >> comics,]<http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/11/marvel-700-free-comics/> >> >> Looking to revise the whys, hows and who's who of the >> Marvel<http://www.engadget.com/tag/marvel/>universe? Well, the >> movie-spinning comic book company wants to help you >> out, offering hundreds of first issue editions across the company's entire >> history. The free digital editions will cover perennial favorites like >> Spider-Man, the X-Men and Avengers, as well as slightly less mainstream >> hits and spin-offs. The promotion kicked off yesterday and -- tying in with >> the company's presence at SXSW <http://www.engadget.com/tag/sxsw/> -- >> will run until 11PM ET on Tuesday. The titles can be downloaded through >> either Marvel's official comics app or its web-based digital comics shop, >> although it appears US readers are having more luck downloading the digital >> comics -- we're getting error messages when trying to access it elsewhere. >> Of course, if you've already signed up to Marvel's Unlimited subscription >> service <http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/07/marvel-unlimited-app-ios/>, >> there might not much here to pull you in, but this limited-time offer is >> unashamedly courting new readers and comic dabblers. If that sounds like >> you, start hunting down those hundreds of freebies at the source. >> >> Filed under: Misc <http://www.engadget.com/category/misc/>, >> Internet<http://www.engadget.com/category/internet/>, >> Software <http://www.engadget.com/category/software/> >> >> *Comments<http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/11/marvel-700-free-comics/#comments> >> * >> >> *Via:* The >> Verge<http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/11/4088536/marvel-giving-away-700-first-issue-digital-comics> >> >> *Source:* Marvel (1)<http://marvel.com/news/story/20260/sxsw_2013_marvel_1>, >> (2)<http://comicstore.marvel.com/Marvel-Free-First-Issues/comics-collection/1001> >> >> >> Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/11/marvel-700-free-comics/ >> >> (via Mr. Reader <http://www.curioustimes.de/mrreader>) >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
