tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817961213743889523.post6613224667608634671..comments2010-07-01T13:38:46.009-05:00John Jackson Millernoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817961213743889523.post-10315083071058912002010-07-01T13:38:46.003-05:002010-07-01T13:38:46.003-05:00Thus explaining Marvel&#39;s recent Spider-Man: Secret Wars and similar series, trying to make more material available to be collected and then to capitalize on past successful collected stories.Paul Nolanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08313427362919606266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817961213743889523.post-47815070241640636492010-07-01T12:52:16.108-05:002010-07-01T12:52:16.108-05:00I think that&#39;s entirely possible, but as TPB sales through the mass market were down in 2009, too, it&#39;s unclear how much they&#39;re taking away.<br /><br />I have also seen it theorized that most of the key issues have now been collected, resulting in fewer high-demand TPB releases of older material. This happened in manga, as the ratio of high-interest to esoteric material being reprinted in the States began to shift.John Jackson Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02450012837939955658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817961213743889523.post-24745426315291967282010-07-01T12:29:34.837-05:002010-07-01T12:29:34.837-05:00Could the lack of money be pushing trade readers over to websites outside the direct market? Taking business to websites who heavily discount rrps?Paul Nolanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08313427362919606266noreply@blogger.com