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Originally Posted by JBird
Not to go too far off topic, but my own local shop stopped doing FCBD because it attracted stupid people who believed that every other comic was free, and then some would just steal books. Also, it costs the store money to order the books, whereas the delivery companies are the ones who profit.
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Yeah, I was kind of floored when I realized this was the business model. Kind of ridiculous. But it's an increasingly difficult business to operate in on all fronts.
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Originally Posted by Snowglare
I suspect this offering has done the BESC some good and no appreciable harm. It would take a great deal more to attract me as a customer, but it got my attention. It gets their name out there a bit more and gives honest people a rare look at what lurks behind the pay curtain. If you know about them already, you know the content is varied and aren't expecting the stories to all be like this....And it's never been the point of FCBD to put your best stuff on display. Few books do that, and few of those do so with all-new material. It's more about putting out something accessible and pretending you have a hope of dragging kids away from their games and iPads long enough to realize most comics are inappropriate and inaccessible for them 364 days of the year. The BESC faces a similar problem, in that putting one of their best comics out would lead to disappointment when you saw the other stuff.
They made an effort. That's commendable. This is only their second free comic, isn't it? Long time since Dream Girl. I'm glad they did. Food for thought, even if it is junk food.
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Well said. Along those lines, they had a portion of Fairy Tale available for viewing, but it led to the "subscription button." I've always felt that would probably be a better free comic to show than Dream Girl.