Last week, Amazon acquired digital comics hub ComiXology, and the (comics-reading corner of the) internet flipped out. Business Insider predicted that the deal would “change the comic book industry forever.” Retailer organization ComicsPRO described Amazon as “a huge corporation that shows little need to turn a profit [trying] to convert a niche market into a commodity”—and then threw a jab by drawing a distinction between digital comics and “the real thing.”
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