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It was recently announced that Dark Horse would be following the trend of other publishers and delivering digital copies of their books on the same day and date as their print copies. Apparently there was some confusion on what prices the digital versions would be, so Dark Horse Publisher Mike Richardson stepped up to set the facts straight.

Basically, when their day and date initiative launches on December 14th, digital copies will be at the same price as print at $2.99. This will last for the first month, and then be dropped to a standard $1.99.

Here's the word directly from Richardson:

Dark Horse retail partners and fans,

You may have been surprised by our recent announcement regarding digital pricing.

We apologize for the confusion and concern surrounding Dark Horse's recent announcement of simultaneous release in print and digital. We want to make it clear that nowhere in our announcement (see below) did we indicate that our same-day digital pricing would be less than that of our physical books. Due to some miscommunication, there has been widespread speculation based on our current pricing model.

To clarify: We have chosen to release all new single-issue comics digitally for the price of $2.99 for the first month, dropping to our standard digital pricing of $1.99 after that.

Dark Horse values our retail partners and is grateful for the twenty-five years of business we've done together. We have considered the retail community in all of our digital decisions and look at direct-market shops as crucial to our continued success. With that in mind, Dark Horse will make every effort to keep our comics retailers strong in a changing market.

We continue to value everyone who both buys and sells Dark Horse products, and thank you for your support. All of you are the reason we are here today.

Mike Richardson

Source: Dark Horse