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DC Comics coming to an online platform near you
Brian Tersin Joseph Mayton Published in Bikya Masr on 11 - 11 - 2012

LOS ANGELES and CAIRO: DC Comics continues to give readers the best opportunity to grab the latest issue. This time it is through its announcement that it will have issues available on all e-bookstore platforms.
Even though DC has seen its “all new 52″ launch increase hardcopy sales by 12 percent this year, the online market is moving in dramatic speed, up nearly 200 percent this year alone. And DC wants to maintain that advantage.
DC's head office told Bikyamasr.com that they are “firmly behind the digital move,” but added they won't be letting go of their print base anytime soon, citing massive desire by customers and comic book readers to head to their local shop for the latest releases.
The comic book company said that it has inked deals to sell comic books online through Apple, Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
For comic book fans in countries where there are no comic book stores, such as Egypt, the advancing of digital platforms could be a move worth emulating.
“I am very excited to be able to get the latest issue online and when I get back home I will order the issues for my collection,” said David, a 16-year-old American student living in Egypt. He told Bikyamasr.com that “there aren't any comic book stores here and they think graphic novels are comic books. That's wrong so I am very excited about DC and getting the issues online.”
Previously, comic book readers could only buy digital copies of issues to read on tablets or other digital devices through DC's own app, or an application controlled by the company ComiXology.
DC is the first company to offer single comic book issues through Apple's iBookstore, Amazon's Kindle Store and Barnes & Noble's Nook Book Store.
The agreements mean readers can, starting this Wednesday, get copies of comic books such as Superman, Batman, and the Justice League from the digital stores that come built-in to the the iPad, Kindle and Nook.
Overall, the print editions of comic books are in decline, and costs are rising, so moving to the digital platform could be key to companies maintaining profits.

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