While the digital comics distributor offers several titles without cost or for the low price of $0.99, the rest of its catalog must be paid for. Signing up for ComiXology is free - though the majority of the library is not - and you can currently only sign up through an established or newly created Amazon account. You can log in to the platform using your Amazon account or if you had an account before ComiXology was bought by Amazon, your designated ComiXology account. Here's everything else you need to know about ComiXology. In addition to its extensive library, ComiXology uses the platform exclusive Guided View technology, offering readers a more immersive experience by allowing them to read panel-to-panel instead of page-to-page. And you can use the search function to find specific titles or artists or ComiXology's menus to browse new additions by creator, genre, publisher, rating, story arc, and more. As a member of that last constituency and a voracious consumer of digital content, I’m keeping my fingers crossed.Many digital books are available on the same day as their print issues. It’s not tough to envision a happy outcome here: If Amazon helps get ComiXology comics in front of more paying customers, it can be a boon for Amazon, ComiXology, comics publishers and comics readers. (Naggar told me that the company will continue to sell comics outside of ComiXology–graphic novels are already a major Kindle category–but that even there, cross-pollination is possible.) Of course, there are obvious opportunities for synergy: It would be startling if some flavor of ComiXology didn’t wind up as a standard feature of Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablets, for instance. If the ComiXology story follows a similar arc, I’ll be happy. And it still retains its own identity after six years of Amazon ownership. When I heard that last one, I calmed down a little: Similar to ComiXology’s position in the comics world, Audible was the leader in digital audiobooks long before Amazon bought it. Naggar points out some examples of past Amazon acquisitions that followed this model: IMDb, Zappos and Audible. “It gives them resources and lets them go on the same path, only faster, better and stronger.” “Amazon, when it buys a working company that’s doing a good job, tends to let them spread their wings,” says Steinberger.

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