comic release dates

[gazdadude]

ive just prordered my trade papers (rebirth) for the new year how come the digital versions are released before paper sorry if this is i the wrong place

[Hawkgirl_70]

ive just prordered my trade papers (rebirth) for the new year how come the digital versions are released before paper sorry if this is i the wrong place

Which ones did you order?

[gazdadude]

batman superman supergirl ect i think most of the dc titles

[Lee Stone]

batman superman supergirl ect i think most of the dc titles

I looked at the solicits but didn't see a Supergirl tpb being released (other than the Peter David one).

[gazdadude]

it was listed on amazon for april

[MajorHoy]

it was listed on amazon for april

Do you have the name of that particular tpb?

[gazdadude]

Supergirl TP Vol 1 Reign of the Cyber SuperMen heres the link https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/14012684...986871_TE_item

sorry bout this

[MajorHoy]

Supergirl TP Vol 1 Reign of the Cyber SuperMen heres the link https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/14012684...986871_TE_item

sorry bout this

That's amazon UK.
It looks like for the amazon.com site that deals with the U.S. it's listed as

This title will be released on May 2, 2017.

For tpb availability in the United States, the dates listed by book stores like amazon, barnes and noble, etc. are usually about a week or so after the release dates for comic book stores that get their orders from Diamond.
If all the tpb copies you are talking about are coming from places like amazon, then that's probably the reason why digital versions are available ahead of the paper copies. (And I'm assuming the later release dates for amazon and other non-comic book specialty shops are to give the shops that order through Diamond a brief period where they're not competing directly with major corporations that are offering those discounted prices.)

[gazdadude]

ah i see so those dates are reliable?

[Panfoot]

That Supergirl paperback collects issues 1-6 of the current series, which only has 3 issues out so far.

[GlennSimpson]

If I am reading this all right, then yes, the release dates are reliable for the vendors you are purchasing from.

[MajorHoy]

ah i see so those dates are reliable?

They probably are at the current moment, but things can always change between then and now.

DC sometimes says they're going to release something in the future, but you never know if that can change at some point before the actual release date.

[Lee Stone]

But if the original question is:

ive just prordered my trade papers (rebirth) for the new year how come the digital versions are released before paper sorry if this is i the wrong place

Where are you seeing digital release dates for the TPB?

[MajorHoy]

But if the original question is:

Where are you seeing digital release dates for the TPB?

Maybe on comixology (or whatever the heck it is)?

[Lee Stone]

Maybe on comixology (or whatever the heck it is)?

Neither Comixology or Amazon have release dates for the digital TPB listed.
They both have #6 listed for Feb. 8th, but no info on the TPB.