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Things We Saw Today: Monopoly Meets Arkham Asylum

by Jill Pantozzi | 5:01 pm, August 28th, 2012

For sale today on ShirtPunch. I’d totally buy it if it wasn’t obnoxious orange but now I really want DC to put out a DCU version of Monopoly. (via Jen Grünwald)

Goodbye, Tax-Free Online Shopping

by Kellie Foxx-Gonzalez | 2:46 pm, July 10th, 2012

Gone are the sweet, sweet days of tax-free online shopping. At least, they might be soon, if an upcoming bill in Congress that would make sales tax standard online passes. Now might be a good time to check out those bookmarked shopping carts.

Dep. of Justice May Take Apple and the 5 Biggest Publishers To Court Over Ebook Price Fixing

by Susana Polo | 11:54 am, March 8th, 2012

And we were just talking about Amazon throwing its weight around to get small publishers to lower their ebook pricing even if they think it would be financially against their interests… now the US Department of Justice has warned Apple, Simon and Schuster, Hachette Book Group, the Penguin Group, Macmillan, and HarperCollins that it will be investigating them for possible violations of Anti-Trust Law in their pricing of eBooks.

The case rests on the rules Apple set down for how publishers would be required to publish their books to the iPad, and some significant differences between their rules and the way publishers interact with physical retailers.

Marvel Announces Barnes & Noble Nook Deal For Digital Comics

by Jill Pantozzi | 11:03 am, November 7th, 2011

This morning, editorial director of Marvel.com, Ryan Penagos, live tweeted from Barnes & Noble’s NOOK event in New York City. Why was the Marvel employee in attendance? In addition to revealing their new Nook tablet, Barnes & Noble announced they would soon be carrying Marvel digital comics on the device in their first-ever electronic pairing with the bookseller.

Barnes & Noble Say Goodbye To DC, Welcomes Alan Moore

by Jill Pantozzi | 2:49 pm, October 24th, 2011

You probably remember the big kerfuffle from a few weeks ago, the one where Barnes & Noble decided to pull all DC Comics graphic novels from their physical store shelves in response to the publisher’s exclusive deal with Amazon and their Kindle Fire. Even though DC later said the exclusive deal wasn’t as exclusive as previously thought, that didn’t change anything for B&N. Now, the bookstore chain has decided to refill its shelves with Alan Moore comics. “But, hasn’t Moore done a lot of work for DC,” you ask? Yes, that may be why they are stocking their stores with the writer’s work from publisher 2000 AD instead.

DC Digital Comics Will Not Be Exclusive To One E-Reader

by Jill Pantozzi | 2:47 pm, October 19th, 2011

DC Comics made a few people angry recently when they decided to make an exclusive deal with Amazon for over 100 of their digital comics to be available on the new Kindle Fire. Barnes & Noble notably took offense to such a decision and pulled DC graphic novels from their physical store shelves. Books-a-Million followed soon after. Well now it seems as if the publisher is backtracking a bit to quell this particular fire. They’ve told the New York Times the exclusivity is not quite as exclusive as they first claimed.

Things We Saw Today: Batman Joins Occupy Wallstreet

by Susana Polo | 5:28 pm, October 8th, 2011

The best part of this is that it isn’t really even a joke. Bruce is always on the side of the little guy. By Anjin Anhut. (Dean Trippe)

Barnes & Noble Pulls DC Graphic Novels Off Shelves After Kindle Deal

by Jill Pantozzi | 2:01 pm, October 7th, 2011

It’s official. Barnes & Noble book sellers have removed all DC Comics Graphic Novels from their store shelves after learning of the comic company’s exclusive digital deal with the Kindle Fire. DC responds with, “oh yeah, why don’t you go cry about it?” Just kidding, DC hasn’t actually responded to the news yet, but this is an interesting move by the bookseller.

Comic Books Are Coming to Barnes & Noble

by Jamie Frevele | 12:55 pm, April 23rd, 2011

Come this June, comic books will be sold in Barnes & Noble stores, according to Bleeding Cool. Store employees have been told to make room on the magazine shelves for both “mainstream and independent titles.” (But mostly, comics that also happen to have movies coming out this summer.) So, what does this mean for small retailers and the inevitable switch to digital comics?