| Here’s a look at the digital comics best-seller lists, as taken directly from the distributors’ websites on Sunday evening. 1. The Walking Dead #112 Marvel’s digital-first comic Wolverine: Japan’s Most Wanted Infinite Comic #1 didn’t make the list—it was number 11—which doesn’t bode well, because this should be the natural habitat for this comic. It’s not like it will sell much better anywhere else; in fact, I don’t think it’s available anywhere else. Also, the answer to the question “What does it take to dislodge Injustice: Gods Among Us from the top spot?” seems to be “A new Walking Dead comic.” No surprise there. As in previous weeks, all the top ten comics were released in the past week. 1. Injustice: Gods Among Us #1 We’re seeing the long tail here, with lots of people picking up first issues and first volumes of comics that have been out for a while. This list suggests that Kindle comics readers are not the Wednesday fanatics, but more casual readers who are sampling things their friends, or the blogs they read, have been talking about. That Cable & Deadpool book makes me wonder a bit. It’s not new—it came out last December—and they aren’t the most popular characters, so there can’t be that many people reading this book. For it to chart two weeks in a row suggests that the raw numbers might not be very high—that comics may not be selling that well on Kindle, so a few purchases will push a book up into the top ten. Since nobody releases raw numbers on digital comics, of course, there’s no way to check that. It’s just a guess. 1. Injustice: Gods Among Us #23 Well, here’s something: Nook readers are starting to spend a little money. Last week, the Nook list was dominated by freebies; this week it’s … less dominated by freebies, with four paid comics instead of just two. And the one that should stand out is Bleach, which is making its first appearance in the Nook top ten. In fact, it’s the first manga to show up in any digital top ten list in the past few weeks. Aside from that, all the paid comics, even past the top ten, are issues of Injustice: Gods Among Us and collected editions of The Walking Dead. iBooks 1. Injustice: Gods Among Us #26 The ponies are strong in this one. One is tempted to make snarky comments about Bronies, but knowing how many kids mess around on their parents’ iPads, I’m guessing that a lot of kids are reading these. Overall, this list is an interesting mix of new releases and older comics. It’s like it’s halfway between comiXology and Amazon, only with My Little Ponies all over the place. It’s interesting to see, after a couple of weeks of doing these lists, how consistent they are. Clearly the digital comics most people are buying, across all platforms, are Injustice: Gods Among Us and The Walking Dead. Not coincidentally, both are tied to other media, a game and a television show, respectively, and they may be drawing in new readers via those media rather than from the traditional comics-shop crowd. Digital Comics Best-Sellers: July 14, 2013 is a post from: E-Reader News |
Sunday, July 14, 2013
Digital Comics Best-Sellers: July 14, 2013
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