“We created these tools for ourselves-they are the actual tools we use at comiXology when creating Guided View-and realized the great opportunity for anyone to use them. “Creating opportunities for publishers and independent creators is a major focus for us,” Steinberger said. Creators and publishers can sign up for the Beta program here. Once the beta program is complete, Steinberger said he hopes to launch the early adopters program as a suite of online tools open to anyone by early next year.
By opening access to the Comixology authoring tools, Steinberger said he will speed up the process of getting comics into the Comixology digital marketplace.
While Comixology can convert up to about 200 new comics a week for delivery through the Comixology app, Steinberger said demand to get content in the channel has been overwhelming. Essentially, the new program gives users online access to the same digital tools Comixology uses to convert comics into its Guided View technology, a patent-pending animated display technology that allows consumers to read a digital comic panel-by-panel on a handheld device by just tapping the screen.ĭavid Steinberger, CEO of Comixology, said preparing comics for the Guided View technology is a “labor intensive” process that has caused a backlog.
This initial program will soon expand into a limited public beta program. Comics resource site and digital developer Comixology has launched the Guided View Authoring Tools early adopters program, a new venture that will give independent artists and publishers free access to the development tools it uses to prepare comics for digital delivery through its Comixology app and digital retail channel.Ĭomixology, the developer of the Comics by Comixology app, an iTunes-like digital comics marketplace, as well as the developer of iPad and iPhone apps for DC Comics and Marvel, launched the invitation-only early adopters program with publishers-Tokyopop, Devils Due, Arcana-as well as several individual artists.
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