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Monday, June 22, 2009

Books Now Someone Do This For All Books

Posted by Paul Constant on Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 11:25 AM

Comic Book Resources reports on a new computer application that was announced this weekend:

Longbox, a digital comics platform similar to iTunes, is expected to launch later this year as a free download for Mac, PC, and Linux. Developed by Quicksilver Software, Longbox comics can be download for a suggested price point of $.99 per issue, with the potential for block and subscription pricing. The first two publishers confirmed for Longbox are Top Cow and BOOM! Studios.

The interview is pretty interesting, especially the fact that Longbox's founder says you can also use Longbox to organize any other digital comics that may be on your computer (including comics that you may have illegally downloaded).

I enjoy reading comics on my laptop (I display the comics sideways, holding my laptop like a book so the comics page takes up the whole screen. This way you can "turn the page" by hitting the space bar with your thumb), and I'll be downloading this program for sure. If someone can do an elegant iTunes for all books, that would be a huge step toward ebooks.

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I was just at HeroesCon in Charlotte, NC and I noticed that there are several of these itunes-like comics readers popping up. As a creator, I'm going to wait a little while for the dust to settle before I commit to an online distributor.

Posted by Parsnip

on June 22, 2009 at 11:51 AM

Turning your laptop sideways? You are beyond dork.

That guy offering to punch you in the face should have won those tickets...

Posted by dingleberry dipshit on June 22, 2009 at 1:56 PM

Any time I start to feel sorry for myself, I'm going to come back to these words:

"I enjoy reading comics on my laptop"

I'm trying to picture the rest of Constant's singles ad.

Posted by Nerd > Geek > Dork on June 23, 2009 at 12:00 PM