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After a year of upheaval, Diamond Comic Distributors has announced the return of the Retailer Summit as an online event for 2021 on the 26th and 27th of September Content will include Vendor Presentations, Publisher Roundtables, Professional Development Workshops, a Virtual Exhibit hall, giveaways from sponsoring publishers, exclusive Summit sales, and prizes Diamond will also[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors has received the following note from UPS, which they have passed on to comic book stores. We have been experiencing very heavy volume levels … We expect volume to continue to be strong and this is an [shipping] industry wide problem The surge in demand coupled with limited capacity have made the operating[...]

After Diamond Comic Distributors lost 85% of DC Comics direct market distribution to its own biggest customer, DCBS, in the form of Lunar Distribution, it then appears to have lost the same amount of Marvel Comics direct market distribution to its Maryland neighbour, Penguin Random House However, Diamond had a get-out clause, those stores that[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors is adding a new service to its Final Order Cut-off Process, called "Demand Check" Here's how they describe it; When publishers make decisions regarding additional printings of trade paperback collections and graphic novels, they must anticipate demand and project sales using backorder quantities for product and anecdotal requests they receive from retailers[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors, the comic store distribution company that enjoyed a near-monopoly on the direct market, has announced a date for a new consumer-facing service, Pullbox from their PreviewsWorld online service A new service that allows comic shop customers a better way to manage their preorders and subscriptions with their local comic book specialty shop. The[...]

Bleeding Cool previously reported that Maria Llovet's Porcelain from Ablaze would be on the front cover of next week's Diamond Previews catalogue, a first for the publisher On the back will be the cover to King Spawn, the new ongoing series from Todd McFarlane.And on the order form will be Jeff Lemire and Tyler Crook's[...]

We wondered what the new Diamond/Penguin Random House/Marvel Comics deal would be, to entice comic book stores to stick with Diamond Comic Distributors for their Marvel titles rather than switch to PRH We expected a deal where Penguin would have a worse discount for bigger retailers but free shipping And Diamond would have a better[...]

When Marvel Comics made the move to exclusive comic store direct market distribution with Penguin Random House (with a third party carving-out for Diamond Comic Distributors), it was expected that DC Comics might follow suit They had moved to DCBS/Lunar Distribution for comic store direct market distribution, but Penguin Random House already handled all their[...]

Last year, DC Comics, as part of a line-wide Warners employee downsizing, made many of their most senior staff redundant, some of whom had been with DC

Last month, Bleeding Cool reported the news that Marvel Comics was moving its exclusive direct market business to Penguin Random House and away from Diamond Comic Distributors Although retailers could still order through Diamond, as a wholesale customer of Penguin Random House We also had 52 questions asked and answered by Penguin Random House to potential comic[...]

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool reported that Diamond Comic Distributors has been calling round comic book stores, asking if they were switching to Penguin Random House to provide their Marvel Comics titles Today, we have learned that Diamond has been telling comic book shops that they are reconsidering the cost of shipping comics books – and everything else[...]

Bleeding Cool has received repeated reports from comic book stores over the last couple of weeks, that Diamond Comic Distributors is, one by one, calling around comic book stores to see which stores are planning to order Marvel Comics through Diamond in October, or which will ship to Penguin Random House. Diamond Calls Round Comic Shops[...]

Bleeding Cool has an advance look at this Wednesday's Diamond Previews catalogue – still the largest collection of comic book listings anywhere in the world, even though they have lost DC Comics And cover placement is still an important achievement for comic book publishers in promoting their work, wide and far, two-to-three months ahead of[...]

He has freelanced on behalf of creator-owned projects and for Z2 Comics, and is a founding member of the theatre company Reign or Shine Production, and was producer/manager on the production Don't Sue Us, Last week, Bleeding Cool reported the news that Marvel Comics was moving its exclusive direct market business to Penguin Random House and away[...]

Diamond Comics UK, the British wing of Geppi Family Enterprises and Diamond Comic Distributors has announced that they will "continue to distribute DC comics and collected editions in the UK through December 31st, 2021." Diamond Comics UK Agrees To Keep Distributing DC Comics Through 2021 Last year, DC Comics left Diamond Comic Distributors for the direct market[...]

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool reported the news that Marvel Comics was moving its exclusive direct market business to Penguin Random House and away from Diamond Comic Distributors Although retailers could still order through Diamond, as a wholesale customer of PRH. Though, as Bleeding Cool emphasised, "You can order Marvel through Diamond and through PRH[...]

You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Daily LITG: Marvel Leaves Diamond For Penguin Random House – the ten most-read stories yesterday… The world keeps turning, and America is beginning to heal from all the burns Even if a few scabs need pulling off first. Marvel Exclusively Distributed To Comic Shops By Penguin Random[...]

Earlier today, Bleeding Cool reported the news that Marvel Comics was moving its exclusive direct market business to Penguin Random House and away from Diamond Comic Distributors Although retailers could still order through Diamond, as a wholesale customer of PRH Though, as Bleeding Cool emphasised, "You can order Marvel through Diamond and through PRH But[...]

Earlier today, Bleeding Cool reported the news that Marvel Comics was moving its exclusive direct market business to Penguin Random House and away from Diamond Comic Distributors Although retailers could still order through Diamond, as a wholesale customer of PRH Though, as Bleeding Cool emphasised, "You can order Marvel through Diamond and through PRH But[...]

Earlier today, Bleeding Cool reported the news that Marvel Comics was moving its exclusive direct market business away from Diamond Comic Distributors in favour of Penguin Random House Although retailers could still order through Diamond, as a wholesale customer of PRH Though, as Bleeding Cool emphasised, "You can order Marvel through Diamond and through PRH[...]

But that stores can still order through Diamond – just that Diamond will now be a customer of Penguin Random House, like every comic shop There may be some amortisation of shipping costs still ordering through Diamond, as retailers will get their Marvel Comics alongside their Image, Dark Horse, Boom, IDW, Valiant, Oni, Vault, Dynamite[...]

Marvel Comics has announced that they will no longer be distributing comic books to comic stores in North America via Diamond Comic Distributors Instead, they will be exclusively distributed by Penguin Random House Publisher Services (PRHPS), a division of Penguin Random House This will be an exclusive worldwide multi-year sales and distribution agreement for Marvel's[...]

Bleeding Cool has a first look at next week's Diamond Previews catalogue for comic books shipping from June 2021 and beyond The front cover features the new series Jupiter's Legacy: Requiem by Mark Millar and Tommy Lee Edwards, as Jupiter's Legacy debuts on Netflix. The back cover features Boba Fett from Charles Soule and Steve McNiven's[...]

Lunar is the distribution company set up by DCBS with DC Comics, to provide an alternative distribution source a year ago, when Diamond Comic Distributors temporarily closed due to the pandemic and shutdown. Scout Comics To Be Distributed By Lunar Distribution When Diamond started up again, DC left Diamond for Lunar and another comic store-turned-distributor UCS Comic[...]

Diamond Books is the bookstore distribution sister company to Diamond Comic Distributors It distributes graphic novels to bookstores, on and offline, including Amazon Image Comics is its biggest client, after Marvel went to Hachette and DC went to Penguin Random House However, in recent months, there's a pattern of a number of smaller comic book[...]

Weather and pandemic have seen many delays, especially from Diamond Comic Distributors, but if all goes to plan, there are a LOT of big books coming out next week. First is Infinite Frontier #0, the big DC Comics book that will relaunch their superhero line with new creators, fresh takes and a new purpose Written by[...]

Both Diamond Comic Distributors and Lunar Distribution have faced delays to comic book stores and we now have the latest. Last week, Bleeding Cool reported that "Diamond Comic Distributor's Olive Branch Distribution Center is operating with a very limited staff and will be unable to process direct ship reorders today" and that "replenishment orders for this[...]

Right now, even as Diamond Comic Distributors closes one warehouse in New Memphis, it is reporting weather-related delays out of its Olive Branch distribution centre, the very one intended to replace New Memphis. Diamond tells retailers that "transportation partners including UPS, FedEx and our LTL carriers have informed Diamond there will be no pick-ups or deliveries[...]

Comic book publishers were told yesterday and comic book retailers will be told at the ComicsPRO retailer summit today that Diamond Comic Distributors is closing their New Memphis, Tennessee warehouse and distribution centre, with all functions transferring to their Olive Branch, Mississippi distribution centre It is understood that this is a direct result of DC[...]

But with more and more variant covers, the process of returning comics has become harder and harder, with even the cost that Diamond Comic Distributors charges for making a comic returnable, not covering the process. Now Diamond's Purchasing Department, in coordination with publishers, is making changes to programmes that feature returnable and variant cover incentives[...]