Teaming up with Amazon was the best way to support our mission - to make everyone on the planet a lifelong comics, graphic novel, or manga fan.

In 2014, comiXology did what all great comic book heroes do: a major team-up. It’s been a while since I personally wrote to comiXology customers, but it’s for a good reason: the comiXology team has been hard at work making important changes that you’ll start to see soon, and today I’m excited to share what’s coming.įirst, though, I want to ask you to merge your comiXology and Amazon account so you can use these new services - in fact, once we update this fall, you’ll need to use an Amazon account to use comiXology at all. It’s going to be a long day on the interwebs, as a friend just told me.įor those of you who don’t know me, I’m David Steinberger, co-founder and CEO of comiXology. Zappos, which sells shoes, still has its own freestanding website, although all the products are also available on Amazon.ĬomiXology appears to be folding into Amazon in a much more complete way, as “Kindle Comics” on browsers, although the app will still be free standing.Īnd of course, there is ComiXology’s ongoing original comics program, such as the huge Scott Snyder deal announced only a few weeks ago. For instance, Audible is now mostly integrated with Amazon but still has its own branding and interface. This is a very major change to how ComiXology does business, and there’s sure to be a lot of outcry in 3…2…1…but also greater visibility for digital comics on Amazon as a whole as the graphic novel category becomes ever more prominent.Īmazon has acquired many companies over the years, and how they integrate with the main Amazon site on browsers varies. You will now need to have an Amazon account to use ComiXology, and all purchases will go through the Amazon store. Many of the changes will requite users to integrate even more with Amazon, which some may be reluctant to do.

This is a major loss as flawed as it is, the ComiXology site was tailored specifically to comics with previews and credits. The bad news is that the existing Comixology site is going away, to be replaced by the Amazon storefront, which you can see right now. The good news is that the app will be updated with more robust filtering and navigation, something users have been asking for for a long time, and you’ll be able to read more free comics if you have a Prime or Kindle Unlimited account.

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