If you’ve been following the news yesterday, you’ve seen that Amazon, the country’s largest e-retailer, has purchased Comixology, the largest purveyor of digital comics. This is a pretty big thing, but since it’s only been 12 hours since the announcement, and indeed the deal will not be final until sometime this Summer, it’s impossible to know exactly what it will mean for the comics industry in the months and years ahead. Unless you’re on Comixology’s board of directors, or in Amazon’s M&A division, anything you think is going to happen is pure guesswork. So let’s fire up the speculation-o-nator and guess away! I’ve got a few thoughts on what this will mean in the short term, I’ve listed them from most likely to least likely.
Jason brings up a bunch of good points. Definitely worth a read.