Barnes & Noble vs. DC Comics of the Day: In response to DC Comics’ announcement that 100 DC graphic novels will get an exclusive digital release on Amazon’s new Kindle Fire, Barnes and Noble has pulled all 100 books from its shelves.
The bookstore chain says it’s purging the books because DC didn’t respond to requests to release the comics on the Nook Color e-reader.
Banned graphic novels — that’s right, copies aren’t even allowed inside Barnes & Noble stores anymore — include top sellers like Watchmen, The Dark Knight Returns, Sandman, Fables, Blackest Night, All Star Superman, Y The Last Man and V For Vendetta.
In a statement, Barnes & Noble’s Chief Merchant Jaime Carey said,
Barnes & Noble works with thousands of publishers to bring customers the world’s largest selection of physical and digital reading content. However, regardless of the publisher, we will not stock physical books in our stores if we are not offered the available digital format. … To sell and promote the physical book in our store showrooms, and not have the eBook available for sale would undermine our promise to Barnes & Noble customers to make available any book, anywhere, anytime.
Sure, because no customer would want a physical book if they couldn’t buy the Nook version, too. That would be preposterous!
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