Comments on: Diamond Order Minimums: Beginning of the end for the Direct Market http://comics212.net/2009/01/19/diamond-order-minimums-beginning-of-the-end-for-the-direct-market/ Never Safe For Work Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:14:14 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Webcomics’ Identity Crisis, Part V: The Survivor’s Guide on How to Turn a Comic Book into a Webcomic – MorganWick.com http://comics212.net/2009/01/19/diamond-order-minimums-beginning-of-the-end-for-the-direct-market/comment-page-1/#comment-112148 Webcomics’ Identity Crisis, Part V: The Survivor’s Guide on How to Turn a Comic Book into a Webcomic – MorganWick.com Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:21:04 +0000 http://comics212.net/?p=2247#comment-112148 [...] numerous commentators, from Steven Grant to Christopher Butcher to Elin Winkler to Brian Clevinger, the latest changes are the last straw: it’s time for [...] [...] numerous commentators, from Steven Grant to Christopher Butcher to Elin Winkler to Brian Clevinger, the latest changes are the last straw: it’s time for [...]

]]> By: Fleen: Enjoy Our Semi-Abusive Opinion Mongering » Busy Today — Busy, Busy! http://comics212.net/2009/01/19/diamond-order-minimums-beginning-of-the-end-for-the-direct-market/comment-page-1/#comment-110788 Fleen: Enjoy Our Semi-Abusive Opinion Mongering » Busy Today — Busy, Busy! Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:08:54 +0000 http://comics212.net/?p=2247#comment-110788 [...] news, Brown informs us that he’s been told that Diamond will not hold Xeric winners to their new order minimums, so you should be able to actually purchase Love Is A Peculiar Type of Thing in your friendly local [...] [...] news, Brown informs us that he’s been told that Diamond will not hold Xeric winners to their new order minimums, so you should be able to actually purchase Love Is A Peculiar Type of Thing in your friendly local [...]

]]> By: Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment » New threshold ‘probably means the end of independent serialized comics’ http://comics212.net/2009/01/19/diamond-order-minimums-beginning-of-the-end-for-the-direct-market/comment-page-1/#comment-110692 Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment » New threshold ‘probably means the end of independent serialized comics’ Fri, 20 Feb 2009 05:49:07 +0000 http://comics212.net/?p=2247#comment-110692 [...] In a post ominously titled “Beginning of the End for the Direct Market,” retailer Christopher Butcher says the increase in the order minimum “is going to hurt the DM [...] [...] In a post ominously titled “Beginning of the End for the Direct Market,” retailer Christopher Butcher says the increase in the order minimum “is going to hurt the DM [...]

]]> By: Robert Wilson IV http://comics212.net/2009/01/19/diamond-order-minimums-beginning-of-the-end-for-the-direct-market/comment-page-1/#comment-110248 Robert Wilson IV Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:08:58 +0000 http://comics212.net/?p=2247#comment-110248 Christopher, It is a little scary to me as an unknown working on a creator owned book. If I can't get picked up by Image, Oni, or the two or three other publishers with the weight to get an unknown book into comic shops what options do I have for getting my work to readers? I feel this might be especially difficult for those who focus on more long form stories. Christopher,
It is a little scary to me as an unknown working on a creator owned book. If I can’t get picked up by Image, Oni, or the two or three other publishers with the weight to get an unknown book into comic shops what options do I have for getting my work to readers? I feel this might be especially difficult for those who focus on more long form stories.

]]> By: Strip News 1-23-09 — ArtPatient.com http://comics212.net/2009/01/19/diamond-order-minimums-beginning-of-the-end-for-the-direct-market/comment-page-1/#comment-110247 Strip News 1-23-09 — ArtPatient.com Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:13:03 +0000 http://comics212.net/?p=2247#comment-110247 [...] new policy - there’s more discussion than I can link to but try here, here, here, here, here, here and here for starters. And the Diamond response can be seen here. Nicely, Dreamchilde echoes [...] [...] new policy – there’s more discussion than I can link to but try here, here, here, here, here, here and here for starters. And the Diamond response can be seen here. Nicely, Dreamchilde echoes [...]

]]> By: Simon Jones http://comics212.net/2009/01/19/diamond-order-minimums-beginning-of-the-end-for-the-direct-market/comment-page-1/#comment-110164 Simon Jones Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:42:27 +0000 http://comics212.net/?p=2247#comment-110164 Yeah, I knew about that. And it's something we've never been offered, never requested for, and after all this, will never receive. ;) Yeah, I knew about that. And it’s something we’ve never been offered, never requested for, and after all this, will never receive. ;)

]]> By: Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » Jan. 20, 2009: Utterly filthy and ridiculous http://comics212.net/2009/01/19/diamond-order-minimums-beginning-of-the-end-for-the-direct-market/comment-page-1/#comment-110160 Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » Jan. 20, 2009: Utterly filthy and ridiculous Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:53:39 +0000 http://comics212.net/?p=2247#comment-110160 [...] “Diamond’s new order minimums increase is going to hurt the DM worse than Marvel’s Heroes World Debacle did. It is essentially the beginning of the end for the Direct Market, in my estimation. Specifically because Diamond Comics Distributors is a monopoly.” - Christopher Butcher [...] [...] “Diamond’s new order minimums increase is going to hurt the DM worse than Marvel’s Heroes World Debacle did. It is essentially the beginning of the end for the Direct Market, in my estimation. Specifically because Diamond Comics Distributors is a monopoly.” – Christopher Butcher [...]

]]> By: Chris http://comics212.net/2009/01/19/diamond-order-minimums-beginning-of-the-end-for-the-direct-market/comment-page-1/#comment-110149 Chris Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:47:40 +0000 http://comics212.net/?p=2247#comment-110149 Simon- The irony is, as a brokered publisher Oni has nothing to worry about, now. But anyone not brokered with Diamond is fucked. - Chris Simon- The irony is, as a brokered publisher Oni has nothing to worry about, now. But anyone not brokered with Diamond is fucked.

- Chris

]]> By: Simon Jones http://comics212.net/2009/01/19/diamond-order-minimums-beginning-of-the-end-for-the-direct-market/comment-page-1/#comment-110137 Simon Jones Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:56:23 +0000 http://comics212.net/?p=2247#comment-110137 Dang, we have to stop using Oni for examples, or someone's going to get angry. Dang, we have to stop using Oni for examples, or someone’s going to get angry.

]]> By: More on Diamond Minimum Increase » Comics Worth Reading http://comics212.net/2009/01/19/diamond-order-minimums-beginning-of-the-end-for-the-direct-market/comment-page-1/#comment-110134 More on Diamond Minimum Increase » Comics Worth Reading Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:29:32 +0000 http://comics212.net/?p=2247#comment-110134 [...] Butcher prophesies doom, calling the change “essentially the beginning of the end for the Direct Market.” He [...] [...] Butcher prophesies doom, calling the change “essentially the beginning of the end for the Direct Market.” He [...]

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