Amazon Halts In-House Sales of Diamond-Distributed Books
Temporary move affects all titles from Dark Horse Comics, several other publishers
The
Amazon online retailer has halted in-house sales from all publishers who use
Diamond Comic Distributors, including North American manga and comic publishers
Dark Horse Comics,
IDW Publishing,
Image Comics,
Marvel Comics, and
Top Shelf. The move comes a few days after a computer glitch caused
Amazon to list prices for
Diamond-distributed titles well below their normal listed prices. Currently, these titles are only available on
Amazon through third-party resellers. Titles from other companies such as
Viz Media,
Tokyopop,
Del Rey, and
CMX (via
DC Comics) are unaffected by the change.
According to the
Publishers Weekly trade magazine,
Amazon's removal of in-house listings for
Diamond-distributed books is apparently an effort to fix the glitch and perform an audit on which items were sold at which prices.
Publishers Weekly's source said that there is currently no timetable for when the audit will be finished.
Neither
Amazon nor
Diamond have officially commented on the situation.
Source: ANN
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