Is there a book on comic books publishing?

Komic Brew said:

Hello,
I recently co-founded a comic books publishing company in UK.
We have 5 projects in various stages of development, that we're planning to publish throughout 2014-2015.
Is there some book that explains how the publishing industry works, marketing strategies etc?
or if you could suggest some sites that contain this kind of information.
I come from the film industry and comic book publishing is totally new to me. Would really appreciate any input on the subject.
Thx!

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It might help to tell what knowledge you do have -- I assume you have some since you started a publishing company -- of the comic book industry.

Larry Young's True Facts walks you through things like getting stuff into Previews and whatever else you need to do to make it in the US market. No idea how dated those information are (my copy is from 2002, and I don't know if it's ever been revised.) There's also a section about publishing in Nat Gertler and Steve Lieber's Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Graphic Novel.

I don't know any books about breaking into the UK market, if that's what you aim for. The markets do vary, so it would make sense to look into both and then go with what works best for you.

Wasn't there a book about publishing comics via Amazon and/or its Kindle store a while ago? I forget what it was.

Speaking of which, there are quite some online opportunities to get stuff out there these days, including Internatioinally, if you're not too particular about your share of the sales. Create Space, Comixpedia (for ebooks) and the likes all have quite comprehensive tuorials to work with. Just steer away from the platforms that demand any kind of exclusive representation.

Mark Ellis has a very good book about it, The Everything Guide to Writing Graphic Novels.

But that is from the writers' perspective, not the publisher's.