Anniversary sale update

We’re hard at work preparing for the Comics by comiXology First Anniversary Sale tomorrow, and I wanted to let you know that, since our first announcement, many other great publishers have joined us.

So, in addition to DC Comics, BOOM! Studios, Robert Kirkman’s comics (The Walking Dead, Invincible and The Astounding Wolf-Man) and Chew (all $1.99 discounted to $0.99), we’ve added many publishers. Mostly, these will be web-only sales, because there’s no price-point for iOS in-app purchases under $0.99, and they’ll sell for $0.79 on comics.comixology.com tomorrow and Thursday. Many, many creator-owned works are going to be joining us on the sale, as well, including Valentine #2 in all languages, for free.

Don’t forget, every purchase you make on comics.comixology.com enters you for a chance to win an Apple iPad (US only, see rules here).

Publisers joining us on our sale (web for sure, some iOS as well)

The comiXology blog

Hello, comiXologists!

This week we’re officially celebrating the one-year anniversary of Comics by comiXology, our digital comics platform: On the Web, on the iPhone and iPad. It’s the perfect time to lift the curtains a bit on comiXology and the people who make that happen with this “corporate” blog. (I put corporate in quotes, because there’s not a whole lot that is standard corporate about us.)

To commemorate the occasion, comiXology will be giving fans their own digital anniversary presents. Beginning Wednesday August 18th at 12am eastern, fans may login to Comics by comiXology on the Web or from a mobile device to receive 20-50% off top-rated comics for 48 hours. The sale continues on the Comics by comiXology mobile app on Thursday, August 19th where users will have access to most $1.99 comics for half-off for 24 hours. The sale ends on the Web and the mobile app at 11:59pm Thursday.

We’re also giving away one iPad to a purchaser on comics.comixology.com during the sale (see official rules here, no purchase necessary).

Over time, expect posts from myself, John Roberts (CTO), Jake and Taylor (the official It Came Out on Wednesday! podcasters) and the awesome team here starting with Greg tomorrow.

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