While Image in a lot of ways was a bit later to embrace the magic of digital than some of their other compatriots, they’ve made some rather bold strides in the past six months or so that have rapidly made them the frontrunner in terms of useful innovation in digital comics. This morning, they revealed that they were partnering up with Dropbox to incorporate Dropbox Integration, allowing users to sync their digital Image Comics – DRM-free from the Image site – to your Dropbox account with the click of a button.
Buying on ComiXology rather than from Image had one distinct advantage – existence on the cloud and the ability to read whenever/where ever very easily – but with this integration, it becomes even easier to do just that with the comics you buy from their site.
This isn’t anything flashy, in terms of digital development, but holy crap is it useful. Bravo to Image for thinking of ways that improve their readers user experience, and I’m looking forward to trying it out on the new iPad Air I’m getting tomorrow (RIGHT SANTA?!).
Take a look below for Image’s official write-up, and try it out, folks!
Image Comics’ write-up from their site:
Reading Image Digital Comics just got easier with Dropbox Integration. Now you can sync any of your Image Digital Comics, purchased here on ImageComics.com, to your Dropbox account with the click of a button. Keeping your entire library of DRM-free Image Digital comic files in order and accessing across all of your devices is a cinch with Dropbox.
Now, when viewing your comics collection on the Image Website, you’ll see a “Save to Dropbox” button. Click that, log in to your Dropbox account, and your comics are automatically saved to the folder of your choice. Once your comics have been saved, you can view them the integrated Dropbox Reader or open in your choice of digital comic reader apps on your iPad, Nexus, Kindle Fire, smartphone, laptop, or any of your digital comics reading devices.
They’re your comics; you own them. And now you have yet another way to store and access them, on the fly, from Dropbox.
