SDCC ’13 News: Seven Seas and ComiXology announce digital distribution agreement
This morning in the midst of Comic-Con International 2013 Seven Seas Entertainment, publisher of New York Times bestselling manga, announced a distribution agreement with ComiXology, the revolutionary cloud-based digital comics platform with more than 40,000 comics and graphic novels.
To mark the occasion, thirteen full-length graphic novels have been made available for download from Seven Seas Entertainment across ComiXology’s entire platform including iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire, Windows 8 and the Web.
Right now, manga fans across the globe can experience these Seven Seas Entertainment titles through the power of ComiXology’s Guided View™ reading technology and those reading on iPads with the Retina Display will get to experience these graphic novels in stunning high-definition with CMX-HD.
The launch titles are:
“Since its inception, Sevens Seas’ commitment to bringing the best in original and licensed manga has been evident by how many titles they’ve had chart on the New York Times bestsellers list,” said ComiXology co-founder and CEO David Steinberger. “Seven Seas publisher Jason DeAngelis has a great eye for talent, whether it’s licensing and translating material from Japan and Korea or creating new content. We’re very excited to help bring Seven Seas Entertainment’s catalog to new and old fans across the globe on comiXology.”
“Seven Seas’ launch on ComiXology marks the first time we’re offering licensed manga from Japan in digital form,” said Jason DeAngelis, publisher of Seven Seas Entertainment. “We’ve long admired ComiXology’s user friendly platform and are thrilled to add our manga catalog to ComiXology’s topnotch reading experience.”
This debut of thirteen initial titles will be quickly followed by more of Seven Seas’ back catalog and fans will see new releases coming out same-day-as-print in the future.
With over 40,000 comics and graphic novels from more than 75 publishers, ComiXology offers the widest selection of English language digital comics in the world. ComiXology’s availability across the iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire, Windows 8 and the Web makes it the best digital platform for newly interested, current and lapsed comic and graphic novel fans worldwide.
ComiXology’s iPad and iPhone app Comics is available to download here