GlobalComix partners with Top Cow and announces downloadable PDF sales model

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Digital comics distribution platform GlobalComix has teamed up with Top Cow to release high-quality PDF bundles of the publisher's most famous titles.

Under this new initiative, readers can buy and collect Top Cow titles including Witchblade, Postal, The Darkness, and more, which can be downloaded as high-quality PDF files for permanent archiving. They can then be viewed on any device and through the reader's app of choice.

This sales model will seemingly allow purchasers to share their PDF library with whomever they want, without necessarily having to share app logins or other personal information. To access purchased PDFs and download them to a device, users just have to visit the downloads page of their account, select the file, and save it.

Each PDF will be uniquely generated for download, meaning that if the original file is deleted it won't affect the purchaser. Individual titles and bundles will both be available at set prices with one-time payments, so there's no risk of readers hitting a paywall once they've purchased what they want.

GlobalComix users can search for titles using a variety of filters, and content owners can set their own prices, run sales, offer free promotional codes, and earn the same revenue share percentage from subscriptions and direct sales. They can also decide if they want to make their works available for PDF downloads or not. According to its FAQ (opens in new tab), GlobalComix generally takes between 25 and 35 percent of the money readers spend on page credits, but revenue share agreements may differ between creators.

Creators and readers alike have been seeking new digital comics platforms as alternatives to Amazon's Comixology, which in recent months made a series of changes that