Amazon eComics

Amazon has released a special app for comics-creators who want to release comics and graphic novels on the Kindle store. Howeverm there's a catch. In the words of a Webcomics.com member:

So Amazon has finally created a simple looking program that converts your comics into a format readable by Kindles, and makes them sell-able on the Amazon store.

It can do panel-by-panel view, and landscape format comics.

Awesome, right? except if you want to claim a 70% royalty you have to pay the delivery fee of $0.15 p/MB from your cut. Cause you know, it's 1997 and all.

Apparently on a novel this normally works out to be $0.06 which I guess is a text file of less than 500kb. Good luck pulling that off with a comic that they would like sell on their HD Kindle Fire.

This is *so* close to to being good news. Anyone know where we can contact Amazon about these absurd delivery fees and confirm this is the case?

The thread has already been started in the Private forum, so I'll direct comments there.

Comic Rocket and AdSense Errors?

A short time ago, I started getting messages in my Google AdSense dashboard that my site had thrown up a number of AdCrawler errors that may have resulted in a decreased ad revenue. And, perhaps coincidentally, my AdSense revenue had been somewhat flat recently.

I've contacted Comic Rocket and I've received immediate feedback. According to them, AdSense ads are showing up on the site when viewed through Comic Rocket. They feel -- and I'm inclined to agree -- that these are false alarms.

However, since I know that some of you have comics that are viewed through Comic Rocket as well, I wanted to ask if anyone else was getting similar messages from AdSense regarding AdCrawler errors?

Character Design Hot Seat: Writhe and Shine

This is the first of a series of discussions of character design. Rules are the same as all Hot Seat discussions. I'll open up with a few remarks, and then the members at large can take the discussion further. Up first, a character from Writhe and Shine.

Webcomics Bootcamp at Philadelphia Comic Con

I'm going to be doing a special Webcomics Bootcamp at the Philadelphia Comic Convention this year.

Webcomics.com members are eligible for a special discount on the price.

Philadelphia Comic Con: May 31, 5-6:30 p.m.

More than ever, aspiring cartoonists are looking towards the Web as a means of distribution and business. But does your comic strip really have what it takes to be successful online? Webcomics pioneer Brad Guigar, founder of Webcomics.com, author of "The Everything Cartooning Book," and co-author of the book How To Make Webcomics, is offering a one-on-one bootcamp for aspiring webcartoonists.

Brad will present a lecture on the art and commerce of webcomics and then take their class through a collegiate-level critique of their work.

Cost of attendance is $29.99 for Webcomics.com members who would like their work critiqued.(Members of Webcomics.com are eligible for a special discount.)

Participants will be asked to provide their Webcomics.com user name, a contact email address and their comic's URL.

Be prepared to take and offer frank, constructive criticism. Each participant will receive a printed packet with tips, advice and comments directed specifically on how they can improve their work. Everyone is welcomed to attend the panel and join the discussion, but only Bootcamp participants will have their work discussed specifically.

2013 Eisner nominees announced

This year's Eisner Award nominees have been announced. They include:

Best Digital Comic

• Ant Comic, by Michael DeForge
• Bandette, by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover
• It Will All Hurt, by Farel Dalrymple
• Our Bloodstained Roof, by Ryan Andrews
• Oyster War, by Ben Towle

Click the link for the full list.