Barnes & Noble recently took hundreds of books off their shelves from DC comics in the wake of the companies decision to avidly support and partner with the Amazon Kindle Fire, despite still having those books up on their website. This means that Barnes & Noble will no longer be selling some of the best selling graphic novels of our generation, including Watchmen, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and V For Vendetta.
So what’s a bookseller to do when they’re not selling one publisher with Alan Moore books? Sell another! CBR learned yesterday that Barnes & Noble — originally intent to wait for Amazon’s exclusive digital partnership to end — has struck up a partnership with 2000 AD to sell more books from the publisher, such as Alan Moore’s Complete Future Shocks and Tharg’s Terror Tales.
2000 AD, most famous in the states for being the home of Judge Dredd and most famous in comics for being the place to find a lot of prominent British writers and artists, is not a book that is easily come by, even in your average local shop. By Barnes & Noble choosing to stock up on 2000 AD books to fill it’s DC void, one can only hope that these various books can now get out to a much larger audience. CBR is also reporting that the complete Moore Future Shocks (pictured to the right) is so popular in pre-orders that it has already gone to reprint before even hitting stands, so it might be wise to get your pre-order in now (or on Amazon, if you prefer).
One can only hope that this is my opportunity to finally get those 2000 AD books that Rob Williams wrote and talked me into buying a month or so ago.
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