A Review of A Comic Shop's Article: A Shop of Ideas: Ideology Epilogue, and Call For Questions

I read Aaron's article

A Shop of Ideas: Ideology Epilogue, and Call For Questions

I had read the portion where how some comic shop owners thought that monthlies would die off only be replaced by graphic novels. But who wants to wait for a while for a graphic novel to come out, right? We live in more of an impulsive society where the majority of people seem to have a "got to have it now" mentality. If you've ever been to a grocery store where they have gum, candies, and "The Star" surrounding your, it is set up so that a customer MIGHT just want to grab something JUST as they are about to leave the store. And such items are handy to grab.

Plus, I think a comic store could afford to wait months between issues, which would probably mean less money. It also helps to have multiple streams of income coming into such a business.

I'd be interested in the new ideas they have in store for promoting their other items.

I have also noticed the plethora of the technicalities listed in the comments sections of the terms "Trade Paperback" and "Graphic Novel"

I thought a graphic novel was a fancy term of a thicker, graphically and more enhanced version of a comic book. Typically it's just a longer story. Like a movie version of the Star Trek series.

But I think they're coining the term "Trade Paperback" due tot he fact that they are just combining monthlies into one thicker books for people who don't enjoy going out and buying comics on a monthly basis.