Amazon to Acquire Digital Comic Book Service Comixology

Amazon announced late Thursday that it has acquired Comixology, a leading digital comic book service. Terms of the deal were not immediately disclosed.

Comixology, founded in 2007, offers comic books and graphic novels from dozens of publishers. Users can purchase the works on Comixology's website and read them on its iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire and Windows 8 apps. The service, which is sometimes described as the iTunes for digital comics, topped 200 million comic book downloads last year

“Amazon and comiXology share a passion for reinventing reading in a digital world,” David Naggar, VP of content acquisition and independent publishing at Amazon, said in a statement. “We’ve long admired the passion comiXology brings to changing the way we buy and read comics and graphic novels. We look forward to investing in the business, growing the team, and together, bringing comics and graphic novels to even more readers.” Read more...