Comments on: DeConnick On Pre-Ordering: “Our System Is Broken”

By: Louis

Louis — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 03:31:16 +0000

Of course the system is broken. When you consider that books from DC & Marvel have to be either $2.99 or $3.99 something is wrong.That’s a whole dollar difference there, not just 20 or 30 cents more. And what’s with the $3.99 for 20 pages of story ??? That is terrible !!!

By: EdW

EdW — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:50:38 +0000

Her problem with pre-ordering is the exact reason that finally drove me to digital. I was tired of having to guess what I would want in a few months and sometimes getting stuck with multiple issues after I decided I didn’t like a book.

By: BoozerX

BoozerX — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 01:18:48 +0000

She is wrong,there is not other alternative.
Is the lesser evil of all the other options.
Utopia does not exist.

By: M.

M. — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:08:48 +0000

SHAZAM!

By: B. Clay Moore

B. Clay Moore — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:15:24 +0000

Kelly Sue is absolutely on target here, but it feels like spitting into the wind to complain about it.

By: Richard J. Marcej

Richard J. Marcej — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:04:18 +0000

Kelly Sue, those of us who have been producing comics have been screaming to anyone who’ll listen about the inanity that is the Direct Market since the late 1990′s. This isn’t anything new or any sort of revelation.

By: BobH

BobH — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:01:57 +0000

“And when Captain Marvel is solicited? Pre-order the hell out’ve that book, why don’t you.”

Wait, DeConnick says she hates pre-ordering and that it’s an example of how the system is dumb and broken. So wouldn’t pre-ordering Captain Marvel be helping to perpetuate a broken system?

By: Laura Kim

Laura Kim — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:36:18 +0000

I probably won’t order it because Kelly Sue has yet to prove herself as a strong writer. Supergirl was dreadful. As a woman, I’m kinda annoyed that she’s Marvel’s ‘top female writer’ she comes across as obnoxious an unapproachable online.

By: Matt Rower

Matt Rower — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:58:51 +0000

Fortunately, creators / publishers can now push digital if someone absolutely, positively has to have the issue now now now. (Of course, the ability to “sample” the issue is still limited. And the retailer loses out on the sale. I wonder if they’d be able to sell iTunes and Amazon gift cards to help recoup some of that loss… And if the margins would even make that worthwhile.)

By: Deadbeat

Deadbeat — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:48:41 +0000

I’m not much of a fan of the Diamond ordering system either, but we’re stuck with it. Very few stores will order 100 issues of a series and have 80 issues sit on the shelf. Unless it’s an “event” type book, it won’t be ordered heavily. Most stores in my area are following the “just in time” amount where I’ve seen issues sold out by Wed. mid-afternoon. Many times I’ve had to ask for an issue to be ordered/delivered in a few weeks because the owner under-ordered.

It’s unfortunate but most store owners are barely staying afloat as it is. None of them want to have too much inventory on hand. It does hurt the industry because many people won’t come back to get an issue that has sold out either due to short attention span or frustration.