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At final week’s ComicsProfessional assembly, they gave atendees a listing of points that they had been advocating for with publishers and distributors.
ComicsProfessional states that it’s a “not for profit trade organization dedicated to the progress of direct market comic book retailers” and that it’s going to “abide by and follow both the letter and the spirit of all U.S. and International Antitrust and Competition laws. ComicsPRO does not advocate or sanction any agreement or understanding with respect to group or collective purchasing, pricing, or refusals to deal with any supplier, vendor, retail chain participant, customer or groups of customers.” This is a vital place for ComicsProfessional to take contemplating the identical anti-cartel legal guidelines within the US launched by Reagan that additionally stopped freelancers organising as a union.
So what do they advocate for? Well, finally week’s ComicsProfessional Summit assembly in Pittsburgh they gave attendees a listing of points that they had been advocating for with publishers and distributors. Quite a few which, by the tip of the present, had been already outdated.
- Terms of sale and transport prices with Diamond Comics
- ComicSuite assembly with retailers to plan its future
- Universal concerning: CSV invoicing
- Out-of-print graphic novels from DC and Marvel
- Foil variant pricing with Marvel
- Image’s change to Tuesday on-sale
- Ongoing conversations with DC about Tuesday on-sale
- PRH on ordering and billing performance
- Holiday transport and FOC schedules
Well, earlier than ComicsProfessional had began, Diamond already dedicated to flat-fee transport. DC Comics introduced it was transferring to Wednesday on-sale date. And with that, Bleeding Cool understands that Image Comics has deserted plans to hitch DC Comics, and confirms it is going to be sticking to Wednesdays as effectively. I perceive that each one these had been as a direct results of lobbying by ComicsProfessional. Bleeding Cool lined the ComicsProfessional Summit as in-depth as potential, given I used to be caught in London, however nonetheless greater than another web site, and I hope subsequent 12 months to take action in particular person. Fingers crossed. You can catch up right here:
Retailers, distributors, and publishers can signal as much as ComicsProfessional right here.
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