Comments on: Business bits http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/02/18/business-bits/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:59:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Brigid http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/02/18/business-bits/#comment-2954985 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:41:15 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/02/18/business-bits/#comment-2954985 Yup, that has already happened here in Boston: You have to hunt to find the comics at Newbury Comics. Yup, that has already happened here in Boston: You have to hunt to find the comics at Newbury Comics.

]]> by: Torsten Adair http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/02/18/business-bits/#comment-2953818 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:30:41 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/02/18/business-bits/#comment-2953818 Let me be the first to note: Comicbook stores will either become hobby stores, selling a variety of items to a select clientele; or they will become specialty bookstores, selling a specific format, genre, or subject. Some might even become independent bookstores, with a wide selection, specializing in a few subjects. There may come a day when you walk into a comicbook store, and the periodical section is not the most prominent display. (And I just had a crazy idea... some people are waiting for the trade... why don't comicbook stores discount older issues in backstock?) Let me be the first to note: Comicbook stores will either become hobby stores, selling a variety of items to a select clientele; or they will become specialty bookstores, selling a specific format, genre, or subject. Some might even become independent bookstores, with a wide selection, specializing in a few subjects.

There may come a day when you walk into a comicbook store, and the periodical section is not the most prominent display.

(And I just had a crazy idea… some people are waiting for the trade… why don’t comicbook stores discount older issues in backstock?)

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