Comments on: Comic Shop Locator app for iPhone?

by: John

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:44:42 +0000

@Oz Carver

And where I live it doesn’t. So, unless this app costs money, I don’t see any reason not to have it.

by: Oz Carver

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:41:32 +0000

John–

Actually, the only comics shops that come up in a CSLS search are shops that pay the annual fee to belong to the service, and not all of comic shops choose to do that. So it’s much more likely that Google will list shops that the CSLS doesn’t than vice versa.

As to typing “comics” into an iPhone/iTouch’s native Maps app, it will give you local stores if you add your ZIP code afterwards (though “comic books [ZIP code]” seems to work even better). I just double-checked this on my iTouch, and it gave me 6 comic shops within reasonable driving distance. When I put my ZIP code into the CSLS’s website, I only get 3 results.

So it does seem using non-CSLS sources will find you more shops, at least where I live.

by: Heidi M.

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:41:32 +0000

I think you guys are being a little picky. I can go into Google and type “restaurants new york east village” using my tiny keyboard and clumsy fingers…or I can hit my Yelp app and hit one button and find whats good locally in one click. Some people will like one method over another.

by: John

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:36:25 +0000

@Torsten and Charles

I disagree. This is a one touch look up for comic book stores. If I type “comics” into my iPhone Maps I don’t get my local store. On ComicShopLocator.com I do. So if this is using the same info - then I’m betting there are shops that will be missed in Google Maps.

by: Charles Knight

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:23:59 +0000

Torsten - that’s an app looking for a problem… since as you say you can already do this natively…

by: Scott

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:45:24 +0000

Hey…the guy in the video sounds just like the guy in the iVerse Comics Reader demo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxiBoH3EjRo&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iversecomics.com%2Fblog%2F&feature=player_embedded

It’s clearly the same guy. So is Diamond working with iVerse? Are they a digital comics distributor?

by: Torsten Adair

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:52:15 +0000

Um… maps.google.com Enter “comic book” and name of city or zip code. Google will locate stores not on the CSLS, AND provide reviews.

by: the Freaky Tiki

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:46:49 +0000

Now if we can only get Marvel and DC to put the Comic Shop Locator logo on all their DVDs and other licensed products we’ll be heading in the right direction.

the Tiki