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I've gone full digital with Comixology, but ...

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It looks like it is down!

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I thought I was saving myself from release day drives to my LCS which isn't all that L. I've been seeing X-O #3 on Comixology since mid-morning when they e-mailed me about it but I would add it to my cart and then I would go to purchase and they would tell me my cart was empty. BOOOOOOO!

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Re: I've gone full digital with Comixology, but ...

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Ah, the drawbacks of modern technology. I continue with floppies because when the zombie apocalypse arrives, I'll still be able to read my comic books and all you high-falutin' techno-geeks will not.

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Post by Dr. Solar »

Woohoo! Digital!

In general, I've had good luck with Comixology, and only had one time when I experienced a hiccup, and had to email them to get it sorted out.

Also, if you are buying through the website, Comixology has digital storefronts for various brick n mortar stores. It is the same price to you, the comics go in your comixology account the same, but the store gets a cut. It's a nice way to spread the love (love = money, in this case).

Here's the storefront for my LCS, your local shop may also have one:
https://comics.comixology.com/ret/259/I ... tal_Store/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Post by R Daneel »

Oh interesting, I will have to check that out. Although my LCS has not created a happy customer out of me the way they have messed up my meager pull list most months. I guess I am just an old cranky guy I can complain about everything!

Shortly after I posted this thread ... I was able to get in and buy XO #3 ... now to get down to reading!

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How does Comixology work? Do you get to actually download the books and then you need a Comixology viewer to read them? Or do you have a virtual book shelf on the Comixology website?

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That's strange. I purchased it this morning on Comixology without any problems. Even read the book while on my porcelain throne!

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Ross2 wrote:How does Comixology work? Do you get to actually download the books and then you need a Comixology viewer to read them? Or do you have a virtual book shelf on the Comixology website?
It's a virtual bookshelf, like iBooks.
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BugsySig wrote:
Ross2 wrote:How does Comixology work? Do you get to actually download the books and then you need a Comixology viewer to read them? Or do you have a virtual book shelf on the Comixology website?
It's a virtual bookshelf, like iBooks.
Yep, you can use the Comixology client, a web browser based client and so on ... similar to the Kindle. Basically buy once read anywhere.

Here's a few screenshots from my iPad client:

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How about showing us some of that "exclusive digital content, including original sketches"??! :o Is it really something we haven't seen yet?

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Crow331 wrote:How about showing us some of that "exclusive digital content, including original sketches"??! :o Is it really something we haven't seen yet?
They are inked and uninked pencils of the art from the issue. Nothing that has been posted anywhere I have seen, but it's not like we havent seen the pages. It would be cooler if the "exclusive" was pencils from the upcoming issue...that would be dope.
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Ive bought 90% of my Valiant books from Comixology. I hope that VEI gets a good chunk of my change for this. I want to support VEI as much as I can.

Although its a different experience than floppies, Ive come to enjoy online comics in this format. Now if they would only add background music and sound effects :hm: LOL...

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Or full motion comics!


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