I’m not always pleased with Guided View (in cases where panels overlap or there are odd-shaped panels, you don’t get the effect of the full page) but for the most part it guides your eye so you don’t have to zoom in and pan around manually. The ComiXology app has a “Guided View” mode which zooms in on a panel or two and transitions from panel to panel when you submit a comic, that is all taken care of for you. If you’re interested in getting your own comics published, visit this page to get started! There are 34 indie comics creators who signed on for launch, so you’ll already see their comics in the store now, but this opens up digital comics publishing for the masses in a way that doesn’t involve setting up your own website and infrastructure. Today in the run-up to this weekend’s SXSW, ComiXology announced a new initiative called ComiXology Submit, which lets anyone submit comics to sell on the platform and get 50% of the net sales. While some publishers have their own iPad apps, there are many (including DC and Marvel) who run a ComiXology-powered app. ComiXology is a popular platform for digital that lets you buy the comics once and then read them on multiple platforms: iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle Fire and Windows 8 devices.

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