“On the near horizon we’ll be offering many more well-known web-based creators in the App Store,” Edwards said. “If I told you any more than that, I’d be ruining the surprise. But I can tell you that we’ve made a firm commitment to bring the best in webcomics to the iPhone and iPod Touch, because we believe this device offers a fantastic comics-reading experience. As comics fans ourselves, we want the medium to be well-represented on these devices, and that means delivering more of the comics people love in the best on-device experience.”
Each episode costs $.99.
Each episode costs $.99
That can’t be right. What do they mean by “episode?” If I understand that correctly, a month of comics on your mobile is going to cost in the neighborhood of $30?
Reading the comics page on your mobile, let’s say your ten favorite strips, is going to cost you $300 per month. That’s what, five to ten times the cost of a newspaper subscription?
What is an “episode?”
I believe the 99 cents price tag may be for web versions of graphic novels — there must be other pricing terms for a 3 or 4 panel webcomic, no?
The ‘episodes’ end up being about 30 strips each. So for comics like these three that came out 2-3 times per week when they were originally published, you’re getting 2-3 months’ worth of comics for 99 cents.