I donate my old tpbs to libraries when I upgrade them. I hope some kid will enjoy them and get interested in the medium without having to spend any money
Hoopla has price tiers for content. Libraries subscribe to a price tier, set their limit per card, per month, and then we track usage and can adjust from there. There is no limit on how many copies of a title can be borrowed throughout the library system, just the limit per card. As Perch said, it allows our library to carry titles we could not provide in physical form, although we do love donations of books and media, including graphic novels! We recently added Comics Plus with no limit per card. They do not carry Marvel and a limited amount of DC, but pretty much every other publisher including Dark Horse, IDW, Boom, and Dynamite.
The other form of digital licensing I've seen is a one-at-a-time check out policy, in which the last user has to release their access to the book before the next person can read it. Which is an annoyingly artificial restriction for a digital asset, but keeps costs down
How about people like myself that depend on reading digital media because the closest comic shop is an hour out. One difference in reading from Hopla because it’s free with a library card, if digital media could be sold cheaper it would be a little more enticing since it’s not a physical copy that you can hold a keep. It really should be about a third the price from physical form.
Wouldn’t that result in basically killing what’s left of physical comics, just like it did with DVDs and physical video games? They’re not completely dead yet, but physical DVDs and games used to sell much more units than comics ever did.
Part of the reason is because many are run by absurd people (such as one in my part of the country, which had to fire an employee who, among other things, was caught literally burning books he disagreed with)
@@illithidlore You're missing the point. The average public library will host a drag queen story hour or celebrate pride month, including with books aimed at kids. These are partisan activities that would seem to suggest something about the inclinations of the average library's staff. (Refusing to recognize these as partisan is itself a partisan position, whether you're willing to admit it or not) Or are you going to argue that the average public library is a bastion of conservatism and traditional social morés?
With Hoopla you are limited to a predetermined number of check outs per month (my library limits it to 15). There is no wait listing and anyone can check out a book at the same time, but the library limits total check outs per day so sometimes you have to wait until the next day to check something out even if you have tokens remaining
8:22 What if with each graphic novel you sell to governments, you include a gun with the novel's superhero emblem on it? A bundle deal. That could make good money. 🤔
Keep in mind that the US can be extremely expensive. The places people like to live are easily way more expensive than Dublin. There is also a cheap side to the US, but it’s also the worst quality you can imagine. But yes, with 250k you are definitely wealthy in Ireland on top of having better social security.
I'm making my Indy poetry comics into a Video Game for Steam. That way I can get the 2-4milion u mentioned. I hope my woke mind virus doesn't slow me down. :p
I donate my old tpbs to libraries when I upgrade them. I hope some kid will enjoy them and get interested in the medium without having to spend any money
My library told me they no longer take donations. I end up putting the books out in my sister’s driveway with a sign that says “free, please take!”
Hoopla has price tiers for content. Libraries subscribe to a price tier, set their limit per card, per month, and then we track usage and can adjust from there. There is no limit on how many copies of a title can be borrowed throughout the library system, just the limit per card. As Perch said, it allows our library to carry titles we could not provide in physical form, although we do love donations of books and media, including graphic novels!
We recently added Comics Plus with no limit per card. They do not carry Marvel and a limited amount of DC, but pretty much every other publisher including Dark Horse, IDW, Boom, and Dynamite.
Perch answering e-mails is actually my favorite thing about his channel.
The livedtreams used to be my favourite, but I enjoy the emails too.
The other form of digital licensing I've seen is a one-at-a-time check out policy, in which the last user has to release their access to the book before the next person can read it. Which is an annoyingly artificial restriction for a digital asset, but keeps costs down
Fun fact, Hoopla gets the newest issues of Titan's comics the day they release
It’s not just Titan. They have a lot of Image books day one as well including the Mad Ghost line
@@bryanrickard7712 Yep and I use it to read them before I get my copies
@@bryanrickard7712 Just found that about this last night haha crazy
How about people like myself that depend on reading digital media because the closest comic shop is an hour out. One difference in reading from Hopla because it’s free with a library card, if digital media could be sold cheaper it would be a little more enticing since it’s not a physical copy that you can hold a keep. It really should be about a third the price from physical form.
Wouldn’t that result in basically killing what’s left of physical comics, just like it did with DVDs and physical video games? They’re not completely dead yet, but physical DVDs and games used to sell much more units than comics ever did.
Thanks for answering my question, P Money!
I'll pay a superchat fee if Perch would rank his favorite Twice members.
I still like print but digital is definitely convenient.
Imagine being opposed to public libraries in 2024?
Part of the reason is because many are run by absurd people (such as one in my part of the country, which had to fire an employee who, among other things, was caught literally burning books he disagreed with)
@benevolentremnant2949 there are crazy employees everywhere
@@illithidlore Yet there is a reason drag queen story hours are mostly associated with public libraries
@benevolentremnant2949 I assume they're associated with most public story hours period...
@@illithidlore You're missing the point. The average public library will host a drag queen story hour or celebrate pride month, including with books aimed at kids. These are partisan activities that would seem to suggest something about the inclinations of the average library's staff. (Refusing to recognize these as partisan is itself a partisan position, whether you're willing to admit it or not)
Or are you going to argue that the average public library is a bastion of conservatism and traditional social morés?
Now I'd like to know what channel is ragging on Perch answering mail.
With Hoopla you are limited to a predetermined number of check outs per month (my library limits it to 15). There is no wait listing and anyone can check out a book at the same time, but the library limits total check outs per day so sometimes you have to wait until the next day to check something out even if you have tokens remaining
Love Hoopla
8:22
What if with each graphic novel you sell to governments, you include a gun with the novel's superhero emblem on it? A bundle deal. That could make good money.
🤔
To that opening I say, how is this any different than comic editors answering snail mail in the back of a floppy?
If I had $250k per year I’d be rich, you only say that Perch because you make millions.
Keep in mind that the US can be extremely expensive. The places people like to live are easily way more expensive than Dublin. There is also a cheap side to the US, but it’s also the worst quality you can imagine.
But yes, with 250k you are definitely wealthy in Ireland on top of having better social security.
I'm making my Indy poetry comics into a Video Game for Steam. That way I can get the 2-4milion u mentioned. I hope my woke mind virus doesn't slow me down. :p
No Black Sabbath...
"Not enough of a weapon," so is that admission that comics are indeed weaponized propaganda?
Weaponized propaganda? There are probably less than 200,000 people who actually buy new comics nationwide.
@@illithidlore Hence why comics are "not enough of a weapon" Dani
@@sacredgeek it's not a weapon at all...
Correction y'all be crazy