The archive function is gone, meaning that any comic you’ve finished and archived will now appear in your main library.Comics are formatted to be displayed on phones or tablets, and as such, they display in portrait mode, which is bad news for two-page layouts and larger horizontal spreads. It’s almost impossible to view via desktop.The libraries are no longer sorted alphabetically and search function is limited.In addition to the disabled Zoom function, Guided view is now gone.Unfortunately for desktop users, the Kindle Cloud app doesn’t support the Zoom function. In order to read your comics, you have to use the Kindle Cloud App.The library is accessed (very unintuitively) via the “purchases” tab. The landing page for ComiXology no longer shows you what you were reading, but instead displays a banner for new purchases and releases.If you haven’t yet seen what happened, here’s the run-down: The update essentially merged the old ComiXology app code with Kindle’s new code.Īnd the results have been nothing short of a disaster. The update also made it so that ComiXology libraries (like Kindle’s) can be viewed and interacted with via the Amazon purchase history tab. This update was meant to integrate ComiXology with Kindle, the Amazon platform for digital e-books, and to combine ComiXology libraries with Kindle libraries. 2014 was a particular year of interest for those watching ComiXology develop… because that was the year they were purchased by Amazon.ĭespite a lot of concern that Amazon’s influence might somehow hurt the comics industry, Amazon generally left ComiXology alone. The app had about seven million downloads between 20.

For many people, access to a brick-and-mortar comic store isn’t an option, and ComiXology fills in the need for one. They’re less expensive to purchase, they take up less physical space, they don’t weigh as much, and they make organizing large comic libraries a much simpler endeavor.īut the ComiXology 4.0 app update shows the limitations of digitizing literature.ĬomiXology was created in 2007, and currently boasts over 25,000 comic book titles. But for many, digital comics are more practical. I myself enjoy reading comics the analog way: with a book in my hands. If you’re a fan of comics and enjoy reading them digitally, then you might be (understandably!) upset at ComiXology’s latest update.

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