Comic Book Investing - High Risks and Low Gains

A few years ago the American mass media focused on the dramatic "tragic" event in the cartoon world - the death of Superman. After months of hype, the long-awaited death problem Superman # 375 was released and packed in a black bag with a red blood mark with a black armband. The price of this book soared rapidly. Thousands of people who do not usually pay attention to the cartoon world gather at local shops and push "the value" of that book to over $ 30 in one night. In the coming weeks, the price of this book may be up to $ 100. Today, Superman # 375 is evaluated in cartoons.

Highs and lows made me uneasy. One week I stopped photographing six times while reading a manga book in downtown Los Angeles. Next week, I sat in a room of 40 people without facial expression, and I was fighting a trivial parcel delivery service. I spent $ 80 on my red card cake in my bank account. Popular YouTube musician Meghan Tonjes told the fans that they did not shout at Vidcon 's MainStage this year and did not know whether they could buy groceries. To make matters worse, it is clear that this is not an essential problem. The platform that provides streaming content is more beneficial than ever. Both YouTube, Twitch and Netflix are spending billions of dollars in business operations (YouTube's value has reached nearly $ 100 billion).

The cover of the book is always one of the most consistent quality indicators and the reader agrees with this. (A major publisher spends thousands of dollars on the cover of high quality books). The quality of reading may be bad for the cover of low-quality books. However, this is not the only way to judge quality. Comments are closely related to the quality of books. But is the comment still reliable? Although comment is still one thing, there is a danger of reducing the value every day. It will question, so that the number of good on Facebook will be blessed (and the day it's gone). "What exactly do you mean comments on recent books?" In terms of the quality of books, a large number of reviews are told. The first four or five comments are mostly from close friends who may not have actually read the book. The same applies to comments on the back cover.

Publishers need to invest in new books. In addition, they need to invest in books with high success rate. Like venture capitalists, they know that most of their investments are not home runs, so they need to invest in books that really have the opportunity to get out. They studied several factors to assess the likelihood of success. Publishers are already seeking reliable authors on that topic. For example, if you are writing articles about science, you need a scientist with expertise. If you can provide reliability with a famous institution, it is even better. If you are writing articles about gardening, you need to be able to prove that you are a gardening master. And if you are writing articles about baseball, you need to prove that you are familiar with the sport more than the reader.