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New iPhone Comics App #1 in Books Supports Retailer Sales of Hard Copies
Date: 8/3/2009
The new Comics by comiXology App, launched during San Diego Comic-Con International, has reached the #1 rank among book apps in the iTunes store. The app offers over 100 comic titles for download through in-app purchasing, and uses the location awareness feature to help fans locate nearby comic stores where they can also buy printed copies.



The new comiXology App offers a ?guided view? that keeps the entire page of a comic intact, unlike other solutions where the page is cut into individual pictures the user browses like a photo application.



Robert Kirkman has agreed to deliver his titles exclusively through the comiXology app; publishers whose books are also available through the app include AdHouse, Arcana, Asylum, Bluewater, Image, Markosia, Moonstone, Red 5, Slave Labor, Zenescope, and more.



The core app is available for $.99, which includes over 30 free comics.
Source: ICv2