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 Digital distribution has a lot of advantages. You don't need to press any CDs, DVDs, or whatever. You don't have to package them, store them, ship them or manage stock. Also, your customers can't resell their copies of the work. Still, there are some creators who insist on only using physical releases. There are a few reasons why. The creator may feel that the physical release becomes more special if there's no digital equivalent. Maybe licensing issues prevent a digital release. If the work is very obscure and its fanbase vastly prefers owning physical copies, the market for a digital release may be so tiny that even paying the small fee to get it on a service like iTunes isn't worth it.
Doujin works often fall under Denial of Digital Distribution. A common explanation is copyright: Many of them are derivative works, and while IP owners are typically willing to ignore people who sell a limited number of physical copies, they may take action if you're selling a theoretically unlimited number of them digitally. And even if the work is fully original, the creators may feel that digital distribution goes against the "doujin spirit".
In many other cases, digital distribution does exist, but is restricted in some way. Common patterns include the following (note that some don't require a physical release):
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