The app loses out in terms of sorting and discoverability of comics too, with the Kindle storefront now ordering comics and new releases in a way that can best be described as illogical. It’s designed for books, not comics – and it’s awful as a result. Though the guided panel tech is still there – and still the best experience there is for digital comics – it works on the app, but not from a web browser or using Kindle Cloud Reader on PC, which lacks even the most basic functions that you’d expect. Now, the Comixology app is merged with the Kindle codebase – so it’s essentially the Kindle app in all but name. And it’s so, so much worse than you could possibly have anticipated. Yet this week, with a staggered rollout of an update to the Comixology app, all that changed. Though Amazon bought Comixology way back in 2014, they have kept a generally hands-off approach, letting Comixology do its thing in continuing to provide standard setting features and benefits for digital comics fans. It was clearly an app with functionality by fans, for fans. Grouping comics into various series and keeping track of what could be a messy library was also a cinch, with plenty of features and options that made sense for comic book fans.
See the Comixology Amazon FAQ for more information about the upcoming transition.For more than a decade, the Comixology app has enabled me to conveniently keep up with reading a vast array of comic books not just providing an easy way to find new releases from various publishers, but also making them easy to read across a wide range of devices and screen sizes with the excellent panel to panel reading formats. We also recommend you remove the book from your device when you have finished the book. Due to memory limitations, we recommend you only send less than 25 books to your e-Reader device at a time. If you want to read one on those devices, you can head to your Content and Devices page, select the book, and choose to Deliver the book to your registered Devices.
Your comiXology comics, graphic novels and manga won’t appear by default on your (Kindle) E-reader devices. There’s also some interesting information about comics and Kindle ereaders in the FAQ: They say DRM-free downloads will still be available in PDF and CBZ format for eligible purchases made on the old website or app, but unfortunately it looks like the new setup won’t allow for DRM-free downloads moving forward. Note: any books purchased in the new comiXology updated app or through Amazon will not come with DRM-free downloads. One of the negative side effects of this transition is DRM-free downloads will be going away.
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