The move to Kindle was reported as markedly harming the overall Comixology experience, with users reporting a loss of image quality, the unexpected disappearance of books from libraries, no more offering copies of digital comics without DRM, and the inability to buy comics directly through the app. When that integration did show up in February 2022, the results were immediately controversial. In 2021, Amazon announced that it planned to close in favor of fully integrating the site into its Kindle department, but put off the change due to “ community feedback.” In 2018, Comixology began offering original creator-owned titles on the service via its Comixology Originals imprint.

It launched its own subscription service, Comixology Unlimited, in 2016, which offered a selection of multiple publishers’ comics to read. Post-acquisition, Comixology continued to operate as it had before, through both Amazon and its own website. As far as a single digital storefront for most if not all of the comics on American store shelves, Comixology was just about the only game in town. Further, many of Comixology’s competitors, such as Marvel’s digital library Unlimited, are subscription services and/or limited to a single company’s comics.

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