Last week , Comixology launched a 4.0 update that radically overhaul thebiggest digital storefront in comics — a novel app that replaced the original bespoke mobile experience with a Kindle - esque format , and the loss of Comixology ’s own website in central for a presence withinits possessor Amazon’swebsite . To say that neither move was well - received would bea diplomatic understatement , and now Comixology predict changes .
In a lengthy Twitter thread today — the first metre Comixology tweeted since a likewise large thread about the initial launch of the 4.0 app and web experience — the publishing house acknowledged the strong blowback from users and comics creatives about the many changes made by the integration of Comixology directly into Amazon ’s marketplace .
2/ We want to take a bit to address the passage to our unexampled app & comics webstore experience . We acknowledge this unconscious process has been far from unseamed and we ’ve heard your feedback .
Image: Comixology.
— Comixology ( @comiXology)February 24 , 2022
“ We require to take a minute to address the transition to our new apps & comics webstore experience , ” the argument begins . “ We have a go at it this summons has been far from unlined and we ’ve heard your feedback . ”
“ Far from seamless ” has utilise to both aspect of the unpopular relaunch . Aside from change to the app , mental confusion over which led lector to conceive cock like Comixology ’s panel - by - panel “ guide persuasion ” alternative had been take ( it ’s now just accessed by double tap a venire , instead of having a dedicated button ) , and change to library filtering that made large comics collections unwieldy to navigate , the mobile launch encounter germ that prevented some users from accessing great belt of their previously purchased comic strip .
But perhaps the most unsounded changes have been in browsers . Both navigate Comixology ’s Amazon - integrate storefront — plague with bugs that made it out of the question to see more than a few dozen Modern liberation out of hundred of comedian , as well as un - visceral ways to access your library of purchases — and read comedian directly on the vane are now done entirely through the maligned Kindle Cloud Reader . It ’s a tool distinctly not plan with the visual mass medium of funnies in mind from a presentation standpoint , something that caused major frustrations for users .
Several incoming changes ( none of which were given a rocky ETA by Comixology ) let in fix the storefront ’s “ New Releases ” filter so it accurately show every newly added comedian , as well as crap it a “ top antecedency ” to improve Kindle Cloud Reader ’s manipulation of comic strip , although details on that front we left unsaid beyond “ better the WWW referee experience . ” Other incoming changes include fixing errors where certain comedian would n’t appear in high - definition in apps , as well as the power to pilot from the Comixology storefront right away to your program library of purchases — presently settle under layers of menus in a user ’s Amazon write up check . The account also noted that this subroutine library included DRM - free downloads of comic , previously offered by Comixology ’s storefront — but only for purchase made before the 4.0 rollout last week .
8 / https://t.co / gNgAgyyF6xAll your purchases are available via the write up pageboy on the web , along with DRM - free downloads for books buy prior to the 4.0 update . We ’ll be adding sailing to your story from the primary stock pageboy shortly .
“ Moving to a Modern codebase and away from our dedicated web experience was a tough call , but it ’s an crucial footstep towards our longsighted - full term goal — to portion out our love life of funnies , manga , and graphical novels , and to turn over more lifelong fan , ” the statement conclude . “ We hear your feedback and we recognize that there ’s a lot to be done . We appreciate your patience and support while we do everything we can to convey you the experience we envision . ”
The thread does n’t offer a timeframe on when these first steps will be implemented . Nor does it gloss on several other controversial change brought forward with the inspection and repair , such as the loss of serial subscriptions outside of the U.S.—or from a creative and publishing standpoint , the controversial decision to move from a Comixology - specific submission program to Amazon ’s Kindle Direct Publishing , which offers fewer royal line compare to the prior system . It also does n’t really acknowledge the fact that it ’s clear in the last week alone that the rollout should n’t have gone out as is , severely undermining the reputation of Comixology — and legal admittance to digital comics — in the cognitive process .
As frustrating as it is to see , at the very least , Comixology is now more than aware of the mistake it made in this process , and can set about fix them . Hopefully those fix come rather rather than later , and at least some form of what previously made Comixology the Prime Minister abode for purchase digital strip online can exist in this freshly update phase .
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