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Keeping avid young readers busy with age-appropriate books that they’ll enjoy can be a challenge, especially during the long Summer break. Reading bestsellers and re-reading favorites can be fun, but it can also create fatigue and diminished interest as other media...Metadata, Marketing, and Equitable Access Drive Comics Circulation in Libraries and Schools
Over the past year, we’ve found that a few key factors help drive discovery and circulation in Comics Plus beyond pre-existing consumer awareness of popular franchises and creators, most of which publishers can influence with robust metadata aligned with industry...LibraryPass and Kodansha Announce Digital Access for Libraries and Schools, Expanding Manga Availability in Comics Plus
LibraryPass, Inc. has announced a distribution agreement with Kodansha USA Publishing, a subsidiary of Japan’s largest publishing company, to make its digital catalog of manga available to libraries and schools through Comics Plus. With Comics Plus, readers can borrow...Silly Reads to Tickle Your Funnybone
Hot summer days are perfect for easy leisure reading. For school-aged readers, encouraging independent reading can ensure they remain engaged with learning, reading, and exploring throughout the summer. Adult readers are often looking for a break in the summer, too,...Understanding Manga—Archive
“If we’re going to connect with our students, we need to read what they’re reading. If a student recommends a book to me, I read it.” —Michael Gianfrancesco On Thursday, May 27, 2021, our panel of experienced educators and librarians—Mike...Comics Plus Publisher Spotlight: Humanoids’ Mark Waid
Founded as Les Humanoïdes Associés in the early 1970s in Paris by a group of creators, including the incomparable Jean “Mœbius” Giraud, Humanoids has published some of the most important comics — both across European and U.S. aesthetics — of the 20th...Download our Summer Reading Guide: Animal Adventures
Stop the summer slide with our Summer Reading Guide featuring engaging Animal Adventures comics that explore the animal kingdom from a variety of unique perspectives like The Octonauts, Super Pets, Red Dog, Penguins vs. Possums, and many more. The free guide includes...Exploring Manga for Libraries & Schools
“Manga had a spectacular year in 2020 despite the global COVID pandemic. Readers have been diving into manga as a big form of COVID era entertainment, and there’s growth across the board, even in the channels most affected by COVID shutdowns. Now more than ever,...Comics Plus Update Improves Navigation, Discoverability, Shelf Management
We’re excited to reveal Comics Plus’ updated browser UI which is now live for all customers and demo collections! Along with backend performance improvements, we’ve also made the platform easier to navigate when using a web browser, on desktop and...About Us
We curate high-interest, immersive digital content that helps schools and libraries expand and diversify their collections—without breaking their materials budgets.
Give your readers unlimited, simultaneous access to a diverse collection of digital comics, graphic novels, and manga from dozens of library-friendly publishers.
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