So! Some of you may remember that last year I teamed up with a writer and we won the November Zuda competition run by DC Comics with our series IN MAPS & LEGENDS. We were serialized with them for a short month or two before the imprint was shuttered and most of its series set adrift.
Well, our rights were returned, and my collaborator and I have decided to dive into the world of digital comics. Not webcomics-- we're not updating in single-age increments on a website. We've teamed up with a number of distributors and have made our comic available in 22-page issues, which should be coming out every 6 weeks. Each issue will be $.99.
We're releasing as widely as possible, on iPhone/iPod Touch, iPad, Android phones, Kindle, web and desktop readers and as PDF downloads. If you want the full list of distributors and where you can get it, check out our press release.
So I thought I'd start a thread to share what I've learned over the past few months of developing IN MAPS & LEGENDS for digital release! If you have any questions, I'm more than happy to answer. I figure I'll keep you guys updated on which devices seem to be most popular with comics readers, since I know this is still a Very New Thing and it's growing at a huge rate, with comiXology now releasing so much of DC/Marvel/other publishers on their apps.
Anything you want to know?
Why we didn't go exclusive with one distributor?
How we chose the $.99 price point?
Thoughts on our release schedule?
Layout concerns, especially when so many will be reading on phones?
How our contracts work? (in rough terms, of course).
Information on other comics releasing digitally? (I'd love to hear about more if you guys have any recommendations).
I can answer specific formatting questions too, if you'd like-- how to make a zip file (html & specific file sizes) for uploading a comic to Kindle/Amazon, that kinda thing.
Oh, and on that note-- if anyone knows how to get a formatted comic into more ebook stores, PLEASE let me know!
We tried Smashwords but they can't really handle image-heavy ebooks and it didn't work. I'd love to make IN MAPS & LEGENDS available on nooks and Sony ereaders if we can figure out a way into their marketplaces.
And if you buy a copy of Issue 1, let me know what you think! And let me know which distributor you went with, since I'm curious about how those stats will balance out.
Well, our rights were returned, and my collaborator and I have decided to dive into the world of digital comics. Not webcomics-- we're not updating in single-age increments on a website. We've teamed up with a number of distributors and have made our comic available in 22-page issues, which should be coming out every 6 weeks. Each issue will be $.99.
We're releasing as widely as possible, on iPhone/iPod Touch, iPad, Android phones, Kindle, web and desktop readers and as PDF downloads. If you want the full list of distributors and where you can get it, check out our press release.
So I thought I'd start a thread to share what I've learned over the past few months of developing IN MAPS & LEGENDS for digital release! If you have any questions, I'm more than happy to answer. I figure I'll keep you guys updated on which devices seem to be most popular with comics readers, since I know this is still a Very New Thing and it's growing at a huge rate, with comiXology now releasing so much of DC/Marvel/other publishers on their apps.
Anything you want to know?
Why we didn't go exclusive with one distributor?
How we chose the $.99 price point?
Thoughts on our release schedule?
Layout concerns, especially when so many will be reading on phones?
How our contracts work? (in rough terms, of course).
Information on other comics releasing digitally? (I'd love to hear about more if you guys have any recommendations).
I can answer specific formatting questions too, if you'd like-- how to make a zip file (html & specific file sizes) for uploading a comic to Kindle/Amazon, that kinda thing.
Oh, and on that note-- if anyone knows how to get a formatted comic into more ebook stores, PLEASE let me know!
And if you buy a copy of Issue 1, let me know what you think! And let me know which distributor you went with, since I'm curious about how those stats will balance out.