Digital Manga now on comiXology
You know, I remember a time when Digital Manga published only print manga. That was back in 2005, before digital comics were a thing ' Tokyopop ran a couple of sample chapters on its site, and there were the scanlators, of course, but that was about it. The Kindle was still a flickering star in the distant future (2007), and even when it came along, the first-gen version was a crappy comics reader.
Now Digital is the most digital of all manga publishers, releasing its work on just about every platform there is ' Kindle, Nook, its own iOS app (when it's not getting thrown off for the naughty bits), its own eManga website, and just in the past few weeks, iBooks, DriveThruComics and Wowio. These last two offer comics the way readers say they want them, as DRM-free PDFs.
Today Digital completed its sweep by putting its manga on comiXology. Digital is starting slow, with four titles from its Juné line, priced at $9.99 each. (It also has some Vampire Hunter D volumes, which look like they have been on the site for a while.) The selection is small, but it's a significant leap forward for Digital ' because company is getting its manga out onto what appears to be the most popular platform for digital comics ' and for comiXology, because the distributor is adding manga to its mix, and yaoi fans tend to be voracious readers.
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