This is the outcome of Amazon's consideration that "keeping two different code bases just isn't sustainable," as per a thread on ComiXology's Twitter account, which resulted in merging the ComiXology app with the Kindle code base.
Then, looking for comics in the marketplace showed both comic and non-comic results. First, when you went through your Kindle library, you were presented with books and comics, with no way to sort them out. Users complained that the merger brought chaos to the ComiXology and Kindle libraries and their now shared marketplace.
The guided panel tech remains in the app, but you can't use it from a web browser or the Kindle Cloud Reader on your PC. User criticism mostly arose from the ComiXology app's new interface and merging of the ComiXology and Kindle libraries and marketplaces.Īfter the update, the ComiXology app interface is the same as the Kindle app some would even say it was the same. Check out our recommended best digital comics readers. This would include the eight upcoming creator-owned titles Scott Snyder is writing.Īdditional details about what Steinberger calls "our new features and exciting changes" will be revealed in "the next couple of weeks."Īnd for those comics readers who have asked Comixology (and us) when Comixology Unlimited will be available outside the US, the company says "this is a popular request but we don't have anything to announce just yet." That being said, Kindle Unlimited and Prime Reading (which are both available outside the US) will be able to read Comixology Originals titles in either the Kindle or Comixology apps this fall.Īmazon hasn't specified when exactly this fall this Comixology app update will release but it says that once it does, previous versions of the app will no longer be supported and will become completely inoperable "soon" after the update.Ĭomixology is one of several ways to read comics digitally. (Image credit: Amazon/Comixology) (opens in new tab)įor those who read comics using a Kindle device or the Kindle app, you will now be able to read the comics you buy regardless if you purchased them through the Comixology app or through Amazon itself.Īnd speaking of Kindle, for those who are members of Kindle Unlimited and/or Amazon Prime, the new version of the Comixology app will allow you to input your credentials in order to directly read various Comixology Originals and other comics available to members of those Amazon services.
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