As mentioned, comiXology will eventually redirect users straight to an Amazon page w hen you get to that new front page, you’re greeted with the familiar overabundance of banners that comes with comiXology and a fairly similar line-up for where to shop first. Now, there are far too many differences to cover in one article, but I think it’s important to talk about some of the more egregious changes that have been made in terms of simple navigation and the shopping experience (since that’s what Amazon is calling it, after all).

I plan to tackle the changes that’ve happened to comiXology from the American side of things, which won’t even get into how miserable online comics are going to become for international readers.

The designers of the new Amazon comics storefront don’t appear to have anyone who’s read comics before working with them. It’s bad enough that there’s really only one way to buy digital comics from a number of major publishers (that’s called a monopoly!), but to have it be from a website that isn’t even clear makes it so much worse. While the original service had its fair share of problems, it was at least designed by people who read comics and understand how comics are organized.

The most frustrating thing about the way the Amazon-comiXology ‘team-up’ was handled is how little it takes into account the opinions of the people who have actually used comiXology. The Amazon page is already available to view, though, and a comparison of the original comiXology page to the Amazon page immediately reveals some issues for longtime digital comics readers. Upon launch, will redirect to the comics shopping experience on Amazon and the updated comiXology app will launch.” As of this morning, the comiXology app has refreshed, but the redirect from to Amazon’s “comics shopping experience” hasn’t yet taken effect. After a delay in the integration, comiXology users received a notice earlier this month that “the team-up with Amazon is launching soon. Last year Amazon announced that it would be refreshing the comiXology platform to more fully integrate it into the existing Amazon Kindle e-reading experience.

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