Why hasn't manga jumped on the digital train?

[Jmumbler]

So I have, except for a few years in FL, lived in a small out of the way town. I always wanted to get into comics and manga, and while I did occasionally get my hands on some (and obsessed over a few) it was rare, as the closest stores that sold what I wanted were at best a half hour drive away, at worst an hour or more.
So comixology ended up being a boon for me, allowing me to finally buy and read insane amounts of comics with out having to blow a bunch of gas to buy some. However manga volumes don't seem to have this. I had to sell all my Japanese comics so I could afford rent in a horrific rough spot in Florida, and have been trying to rebuild my collection ever sense, especially when I learned my favorite series (Loveless) was finally printing new vol.
So I guess I am saying why haven't they jumped the train yet? Or is there somewhere I can get them digitally and I am just missing it.
I know I could download scans, but I usually don't like there translations, and honestly I like to give the creators money.

 

[Aris Khandr]

Viz has a digital distribution program on the iPad. Probably on Android, too. I don't know if anyone else does, as Viz has the bulk of the manga I'd actually care to read.

 

[Queen Michael]

I think Yen Press sells digital manga.

 

[The Wykydtron]

Wouldn't an online manga site be basically the same as every manga site out there? Would they bother translating everything? Seems like if they did that it would be Japan only and it be filled with problems. They don't really need to do that in Japan though because they don't have reams upon reams of decades of comics to catch up on. Which I think was the point of Comixlogy, surprisingly almost every manga has an end (except like Naruto and stuff) because (i'm going to take Bakumen as fact here) they have to end their manga when they stop selling and start a new one. So they don't have nearly as bad of an issue with Issue 9001 of the Amazing SuperSpiderman.

Personally, I read them online then buy the ones I really like if they're on Amazon and that. Unlike anime, they're reasonably priced so I buy the ones I like rather consistently whenever they get translated officially.


Have you SEEN anime prices online, hell even in shops if you can find them though? Especially when you need the EU specific ones because lol region locking. Think it was around £60 for half of Code Geass R2. As much as I love that series I really could never buy it for such a high price.

 

[DANEgerous]

I think it may be an "integrity of art" thing I mean most comic book style art (yeah Menga included) looks kinda blendy and drab in digital formats to me and many others. It is far from outweighing the benefits on the whole and thus I think they and all people should be hopping aboard the absolutely mammoth digital train but I understand the reservations. It is not as crisp as ink it looks perplexing and odd at times which manga and Japan in general are quite odd may be why they just want liked versions.