
Hello! We're writing because you have existing series subscription(s) on comiXology that we're unable to migrate to Amazon because they are not available for subscription in your marketplace. All great news for someone with memory problems who relies on subscriptions to remember what he's keeping up with."Ĭomic artist Matt Timson and wrote "So I can literally subscribe to toothbrush heads through Amazon – but not comics."Īlex Hern, UK Technology Editor at the Guardian newspaper tweeted the notice he had received, also revealing an excellent taste in comics, saying "How's takeover of going? Well, the platform has just cancelled multiple subscriptions with zero days notice, likely costing individual creators like and huge amounts" Good for creators AND fans! And your pre-orders have been cancelled so you'll need to re-order. He tweeted "Ah, so subscriptions to comics will no longer be available to people outside the US now comixology has been absorbed into Amazon.

For some, like Jamie McKelvie, as a creator and reader, it is a double pain. Which is a pain for many and may well lead to reduced income for publishers and creators. The second big issue is for the non-Americans only, as they are no longer able to subscribe to digital series.

I have not altered these pictures aside from markup. Comixology's reader is going away, so as of next week here are my options to read comics on desktop. In a heavily shared tweet, Amy Deelen posted the following examples, saying "This is a disaster. The resolution definition is lower than ComiXology, panels cannot be zoomed in on, there is no Guided View and double-page spreads have half the definition of other pages and sit in a tiny position on the browser.

It will be ComiXology App only on mobile devices and tablets, or using the Kindle reader on the desktop – which is not designed for reading comic books on. The first sees the dropping of the ComiXology website comic book reader.
