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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 13, 2007 13:14:47 GMT
From NewsaramaIt's the usual press release language, I'll be curious to see how it looks in action - hopefully better than the one they've been using up until now. Will anyone plan on subscribing at all? Andy
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Post by Dave on Nov 13, 2007 15:22:15 GMT
I'll check it out, but the format actually sounds a lot like like what they currently have.
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Post by Bogatan on Nov 13, 2007 16:35:56 GMT
I've given up on comics aside from Buffy and TF TPB so I like the idea of online (or DVD) comics more and more, just for the space saving aspect, but I've never read a comic online in a comfortable way to much zooming in and out.
I could be tempted by this as a way to read all the old comics. for £30.
Depends how long it would take for current issues to be added, I'd guess at least a year behind shops.
Andy
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Post by legios on Nov 13, 2007 20:51:44 GMT
From NewsaramaIt's the usual press release language, I'll be curious to see how it looks in action - hopefully better than the one they've been using up until now. Will anyone plan on subscribing at all? Andy To be honest I probably won't be subscribing. My budget has been tightened quite considerably recently and I doubt I would have the slack in there to absorb the costs. I don't think that it is a terrible idea, but a lot is going to depend on the actual presentation of it to be honest. Karl |
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 13, 2007 20:52:20 GMT
I was wondering when Marvel would wake up and smell the changing of the tide. While I prefer print copies, a lot of kids now get their content digitally so putting comics on-line is a good idea to grab their interest. Price-point seems reasonable.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 13, 2007 23:12:28 GMT
Marvel's Digital Comics is the link in question but the site is obviously experiencing heavy traffic so for the moment access is a bit patchy. Andy
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 13, 2007 23:20:01 GMT
Sadly it does appear to be using their woeful digital reader bollocks. The only way the thing works is to enable smart-panels and read panel to panel.
I want to like this, I really do, but for the moment it is leaving me cold.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 14, 2007 9:36:56 GMT
And you can't download. Even though, if you sign up, you've paid for the content.
Bollocks to that then.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Nov 14, 2007 20:00:51 GMT
And you can't download. Even though, if you sign up, you've paid for the content. Bollocks to that then. -Ralph I think there arguement would be that you are only "renting access to the content". Marvel are very much pitching this as being a bit like a TV on-demand subscription. For a given sum of money you purchase the right to access the content at a time of your chosing, rather than purchasing ownership of a copy of the content. I'm not particularly interested in the idea myself - if I'm spending money to read comics I want to be able to stick them in my bag or coat pocket and read them on a train or whatever. That and the fact that Marvel's website loads so incredibly slowly over a 1 Meg connection that I haven't actually ever seen it yet. Morbid curiosity isn't enough to make me sit around for ten-fifteen minutes whilst the site loads. Karl |
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