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How to Get Information About Comic Book Publishers

Although 2010 saw the U.S. sales for comic books decline from the previous year, the trend throughout the first decade of the 21st century was a rise in sales. According to the Comic Chronicles, a company that specializes in providing research about the comic book industry, in 2000 sales were $255 million to $275 million, and in 2009 those sales had risen to approximately $429 million. Here are some of the best ways to get information like this on comic book publishers.

Instructions

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      Navigate to a comic book publisher's website if you're looking for information about a particular publisher. Publishingcentral.com has a list of comic book publishers available. Go to the site (see Resources) and search for Comic Book Publishers. A list of all of the comic book publishers in the United States should appear.

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      Contact a publisher directly. You should be able to find the phone number and email address of the publisher on the publisher's website. Most comic book publishers are small, so they might not have separate departments for you to contact.

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      Attend a comic book convention. A comic convention is a place where a large number of comic book publishers get together for presentations, events and booth displays. These conventions are open to the public. At comic book conventions is that you can talk to a person directly and seek the information you want. Conventionscene.com has a list of upcoming comic book conventions (see Resources).

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      Navigate to a website that provides information about comic publishers in general if you still need information. Two websites that can provide you with more general information are run by the Association of American Publishers and Comic Chron (see Resources). The AAP has resources on its website that can provide you with legal, political and technological information about book publishing in America. Comic Chron primarily provides comic book circulation data.

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