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Sheet 01For publishers

For comic, graphic novel & educational publishers

The digital edition of graphic novels. Finally worth it.

PanelWave turns backlist and new titles into premium digital editions — laid out for every screen, with motion and sound where they matter, and every language from one master. Team roles, review, translation memory and print from the same source. Your editions become an asset you own.

Request a publisher pilot See the example
one title, produced at no cost · 3 slots
Top-down photo: an open printed graphic novel connected by hand-drawn arrows to a phone, a tablet and a laptop showing the same pages.
Sheet 02Fig. P · backlist to screen

Your backlist, reborn for screens

Page import proposes panels and reading order; your editor confirms every cut. The dialogue is re-lettered as live text, a second language is added, and one master feeds the phone, the web reader, the big screen and print.

output formats
11
master per title
1
revenue share
0%
Fig. P — Backlist to digital editionPage import proposes panels and reading order; your team confirms every cut. One master then feeds phone, web, big screen and print.
Sheet 03What a publishing house gets

Value

Digital editions readers want to pay for

01

Digitise the backlist

Existing print titles become screen editions without redrawing — panels at their original positions, re-lettered as live text.
02

Premium editions worth paying for

Video panels, sound and bonus material readers unlock: character sheets, interviews, sketches.
03

Every language from one master

Translations are strings, not redraws. Co-editions and language-learning titles from the same source.
04

Print and digital, one source

A4 and US Letter layouts live next to the phone and web layouts. A QR code in the printed book opens the interactive edition.
05

Sell direct, under your name

Paywall rules per work, chapter, panel or extra; products, coupons and regional prices. Zero revenue share — reader payments launch in Q1 2027.
06

An asset you own

Titles live in an open format, the MIT player runs on your own domain, and the complete work exports as an archive any time.
Sheet 04Workflow · six steps

No custom development

From finished title to interactive, multilingual edition

Your editors, your translators, your house style.
  1. Step 01

    Import

    Drop finished pages: panel detection proposes panels and reading order, your editor confirms every cut. Or start from a script or fresh artwork.

  2. Step 02

    Compose

    Layers, comic balloons in your house style via reusable presets, hotspots and panel variants — on a WYSIWYG canvas with unlimited undo.

  3. Step 03

    Localize

    Hand every string to your translators via XLIFF 1.2 or CSV; translation memory and glossary keep series terms consistent.

  4. Step 04

    Review

    Review links that open without an account, device frames, panel-level comments and roles. The preview is the real player.

  5. Step 05

    Release

    Preflight with auto-fixes, a public reader link, embed code for your site, QR codes for print, restore of earlier releases.

  6. Step 06

    Measure

    Reading funnel, panel engagement, hotspot heatmaps, segments by language and device, CSV export for your editorial meetings.

Chapters, pages and panels — and a page layout per format.
The same work as an A4 print layout, with the asset library.
Sheet 05Fig. 3 · every language from one master
Fig. 3 — Live-text balloonsBalloons are drawn by the lettering engine and filled with real text — one drawing, every language.

Co-editions without re-lettering

Balloons hold live text in ten comic balloon types and your house presets. Translators work in their own CAT tools via XLIFF; translation memory and a glossary keep a series consistent; stale flags catch source changes.

Sheet 06Terms that matter

Made in Munich · GDPR by design · open standard

Your titles. Your rights. Your data.

01

Ownership

Titles live in the open PanelWave format (CC BY 4.0). Export the manifest or the complete work archive at any time; the open-source player runs on your own domain.
02

Revenue

Zero revenue share on content sales. Paywall rules per work, chapter, panel or bonus extra; age gates for mature titles.
03

Team & security

Owner, admin, editor and viewer roles; two-factor authentication; session management; verified email changes; bulk invitations; a shared character library.
04

Data protection

Hosted in German data centres with EU data residency. Consent-driven reader analytics with retention limits. A data processing agreement is available.
05

Accessibility

Keyboard navigation, screen-reader labels, reduced motion and localized alt text — accessible by default, as the European Accessibility Act expects of digital publications.
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Rights per edition

Every language and every asset is its own variant, so a translation or a soundtrack can be swapped or left out per edition.
CC BY 4.0FormatMITPlayerEUData residency
Sheet 07Under the hood

docs.panelwave.org · schema, player and CLI are public

An open standard your IT can audit

Formatpanelwave.jsonJSON Schema 2020-12, CC BY 4.0, additive releases — every 1.0 manifest still validates.Player@panelwave/playerMIT, Angular. Other sites embed the public reader with an iframe the CMS generates.Localization & logicBCP-47 & JSON LogicEvery string a locale map with fallbacks; per-locale art, audio and video; branching and variants on variables.ToolingCLI & typesvalidate · bundle · diff · upgrade, plus TypeScript types — open source.
Sheet 08Straight answers

Questions publishers ask

Sheet 09Publisher pilot · Oct 2026 – Q1 2027

Three pilot slots

Bring one backlist title to life — and co-define the European standard

PanelWave produces an interactive edition of one existing title at no cost, including a second language and a concept that links the printed book to the digital edition. Rights remain 100% with you. In return we ask for editorial feedback, a letter of intent for a joint EU co-application, and permission to present the pilot publicly.

Request a pilot sales@panelwave.org

Meet us

Frankfurter Buchmesse · 7–11 Oct 2026 · XPLR: MEDIA in Bavaria, Hall 5.0, A71

Talk to us

sales@panelwave.org

Your titles deserve a second life on screen.

One title, one pilot, no cost — and an edition that stays an asset you own.

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