New article over at Digital Media Buzz on the emerging industry of “eBook Brokers“, and Robot Comics’ own Dave Baxter gets quoted quite a bit!  Might have something to do with the fact that the article is written by one of our own authors, Ron Callari.  Hmmm…nah.  We’re probably just that quote-worthy.

Here’s a snippet:

By Ron Callari

Digital content distribution as an industry emerged as a result of books moving from the traditional world of publishing to online platforms such as PDFs, eBooks and other ePub formats. Some licensing brokers for eBooks like Ingram Digital grew out of their traditional publishing units that have been in the industry for more than 40 years. Others like Robot Comics emerged within the last few years to solely focus on digital formats for specific genres like graphic novels.

Other publishers acting as their own distributors focus on specific genres. While Robot Comics publishes graphic novels and currently works with Apple, Google and Amazon, its deputy director, Dave Baxter, refers to these companies as “marketplaces” or “storefronts” vs. distributors. According to Baxter, “in the digital world, there’s very little distinction between the store and the distributor, often none at all.”

Graphic novels have the inherent challenge of adapting color images to Kindle’s black-and-white-and-shades-of-grey format. Baxter indicates that “few are flexible enough to handle the needs of a graphic novel library and allow them to shine.”

READ THE WHOLE THING (Dave had even more brilliant things to say, oh, yes….)

And make sure you check out Ron Callari’s own Kindle Graphic Novel – CRUDE BEHAVIOR: a fundamental tale told by kidd millennium

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