Comics move to Wednesdays

[The Doctor]

Interesting.

www.bleedingcool.com/2010/08/31/diamond-confirm-tuesday-deliveries-to-comic-stores-in-the-usa-and-in-the-uk/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BleedingCool+%28Bleeding+Cool+Comic+News+%26+Rumors%29&utm_content=Twitter

-Ralph

[legios]

Unexpected certainly.

Admittedly a matter of less immediate concern to me in these days of buying my comics online - I tend to find myself doing my ordering on a Friday or Saturday as things stand.

An interesting shift so see them aligning the US and UK shipping days though. I wonder if they are going for economies of scale by concentrating the work in the same window?

Karl

[Philip Ayres]

This would make a difference to me if I was A) buying more floppys and B) not using a LCS that's 80 miles away. I kept my comics order with the shop I was using in Richmond, Surrey before I moved down to Swindon. Since I've only been getting 3ish a month and been going to Mum's about every month or two it hasn't made much difference.

[Andy Turnbull]

Doesn't make much of a difference to me, but if Diamond are trying to be a bit more professional about how they do things then I shan't complain.

Andy

[Jaymz]

Well Diamond UK have sent out an e-mail saying no.

And I think it's just a misread of the e-mail sent to the US retailers which talks about everyone getting their deliveries the day before the new comics go on sale. Said e-mail mentions Tuesday delivery for Wednesday sale, as that's what happens in the US and the e-mail was only sent out to US retailers, who don't need to know [and don't care] that the UK has a Thursday release date.

If anything, it might just mean that all UK shops will get their deliveries on a Wednesday for Thursday sale. Which I already get, so it won't affect me.

[Andy Turnbull]

Well done Diamond UK.

Claps unenthusiastically...

Andy

[Jaymz]

Well, the latest on Bleeding Cool is saying that it's going to happen, Diamond just have to finalise the specifics before giving any solid information, which is fair enough.

I like the idea as Tuesday/Wednesday are usually the dead sales days of the week, so it could perk things up. Or it may just spread things out and weekly sales totals won't be affected.