Hermes Press distribution update

This past Hermes Press has released a notification on their socials, mailing list and other platforms regarding the latest with their main and only distributor Diamond Comics. Apparently Diamond Comics are currently going through bankruptcy and letting staff go which is a worry for many smaller publishers like Hermes.

According to Hermes Press, Diamond Comics is the only company that distributes their books to third party companies like local comic shops, Amazon etc. While comic book shops can order directly through Hermes Press, that does take extra time and I wonder just how many will end up doing that? This is the same problem that many Australian comic book shops find when trying to purchase Frew comics and why many have decided not to sell their comics anymore.

Unless something changes, the only solution is to buy your Hermes Press Phantom and or Mandrake books through their own website. The biggest problem with this current situation is that shipping from the USA to non US countries is expensive where buying from a local comic shop and or Amazon diminishes the shipping cost greatly.

I have majority of the books and comics from Hermes Press in my collection but unless my local comic shop can still order them I will have to stop buying. We would love to hear from other fans around the world who add these to their collections and what this distribution concern means to them?