Link: http://www.havendistro.com/

With the news last week that Diamond Distributors is raising the amount of pre-orders a comic book needs to generate in order to even get into their 'Previews' catalogue I was interested to see an article at Newsarama offering independent books an alternative to Diamond distributors. Haven Distributors is a new wholesale ditribution service based in North America but with links in Europe that are hoping to pick up alot of the comics that Diamond has cast aside as 'not worth it'.

For a long time now Diamond has had a monopoly on the distribution of pretty much all mainstream comics and for the most part they do a fair job, but this also makes them a very strong force in comics. Your comic can live or die dependant on it getting into 'Previews' and now with the '$6,200' retail sales limit for the catalogue alot of good comics will no longer have a home. How are they supposed to build an audience if nobody even knows they exist?

Haven hopes to change this and offers space in it's catalogue to any title even if they only have one order. This is great news for independent creators and books, allowing them the time and respect they deserve and giving them a chance to build a dedicated audience. Who knows, this may even convince me to finally get off the pot and produce my often talked about but never seen the light of day comic, The Return, I doubt it but you never know.