Comments on: Webcomics ‘07 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/02/wecbcomics-07/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:06:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Matthew http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/02/wecbcomics-07/#comment-76703 Sun, 04 Mar 2007 09:12:45 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/02/wecbcomics-07/#comment-76703 Korea is interesting because the way the internet is used there makes it eaiser for people to buy stuff online. First, kids always go to internet cafes (pc bangs) to play games. At these pc bangs kids can buy internet money. To buy addons to online games or comics or whatever. They hand over cash and get a card with a code that will translate into whatever the currency is. To be honest, I don't know if the pc bangs make any money off this, but I kind of doubt it, I think they just sell them to the kids and make their money charging an hourly rate. I can't buy things on the internet because I don't own a credit card. Korea is interesting because the way the internet is used there makes it eaiser for people to buy stuff online.
First, kids always go to internet cafes (pc bangs) to play games.
At these pc bangs kids can buy internet money. To buy addons to online games or comics or whatever. They hand over cash and get a card with a code that will translate into whatever the currency is.
To be honest, I don’t know if the pc bangs make any money off this, but I kind of doubt it, I think they just sell them to the kids and make their money charging an hourly rate.

I can’t buy things on the internet because I don’t own a credit card.

]]> by: Marcus Lusk http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/02/wecbcomics-07/#comment-76505 Sun, 04 Mar 2007 02:50:39 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/02/wecbcomics-07/#comment-76505 Isn't Scott Rosenberg the same deadbeat that stiffed countless small publishers when he started returning our NON-returnable product in late 1986? The same Rosenberg who aquired questionable funds to start Malibu? WHY IS ANYONE GETTING INTO BED FINANCIALLY WITH THIS PERSON? HEY! Rosenberg! You owe me 2,600 dollars you bum - plus 20 years interest! Isn’t Scott Rosenberg the same deadbeat that stiffed countless small publishers when he started returning our NON-returnable product in late 1986? The same Rosenberg who aquired questionable funds to start Malibu? WHY IS ANYONE GETTING INTO BED FINANCIALLY WITH THIS PERSON?
HEY! Rosenberg! You owe me 2,600 dollars you bum - plus 20 years interest!

]]> by: Quick manga links « Precocious Curmudgeon http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/02/wecbcomics-07/#comment-75476 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:59:00 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/02/wecbcomics-07/#comment-75476 [...] The Beat points to T. Campbell’s sum-up of the webcomics panel at the New York Comic Con, with plenty of focus on Netcomics and its business model. The recently announced Netcomics/Yaoi Press partnership is one of the things that has (not safe for work) Simon Jones wondering if digital delivery’s time has finally come. [...] […] The Beat points to T. Campbell’s sum-up of the webcomics panel at the New York Comic Con, with plenty of focus on Netcomics and its business model. The recently announced Netcomics/Yaoi Press partnership is one of the things that has (not safe for work) Simon Jones wondering if digital delivery’s time has finally come. […]

]]> by: Augie De Blieck Jr. http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/02/wecbcomics-07/#comment-75469 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:48:54 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/02/wecbcomics-07/#comment-75469 Rosenberg is right about ALEXA. It's nice enough for trends, I suppose, but its data is horribly suspect. That fact that it can only use IE browsers for stats gathering is all you need to know to see how flawed it is, particularly towards tech-oriented and forward-thinking web sites. Rosenberg is right about ALEXA. It’s nice enough for trends, I suppose, but its data is horribly suspect. That fact that it can only use IE browsers for stats gathering is all you need to know to see how flawed it is, particularly towards tech-oriented and forward-thinking web sites.

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