tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post4171080039620788481..comments2024-03-18T22:39:50.137-07:00Comments on A Kindle World blog: Does Apples in-app-purchase allow > 3,000 items sold? Readability app rejectionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-88092386401915292682011-02-25T17:55:25.836-08:002011-02-25T17:55:25.836-08:00Typity,
Yes, I agree that Amazon should just di...Typity,<br /> Yes, I agree that Amazon should just ditch the buying option completely, as people interested in Amazon Kindle books know how to go to Amazon :-) It's more of a hassle, but life can be arduous.<br /><br /> Some developers say the hidden developer guidelines (changed November 2010) do not allow for a read-only app and that an option to buy from Apple via the in-app purchase option must be there. <br /> That may be so for subscriptions and/or e-books. No one knows for sure if they're applying that to e-books, because they haven't said yet. A lot of assumptions have been made, but Apple has been variable on how it 'enforces' its guidelines.<br /><br /> Apple's quoted clarification to Sony this month re the rejection of the Sony app quite clearly says that "if" an offer is in the app, to sell outside the app, then the in-app purchase via Apple, then the bookseller must "also offer" the option to buy from Apple.<br /><br /> So, I also hope that just getting rid of the option, within the app, to buy from Amazon via Safari, will be the solution although I'm glad the Kindle-for-Web will allow reading on the Apple devices via the browser even if connected to the web via WiFi etc.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-30051215207881482002011-02-25T17:46:22.444-08:002011-02-25T17:46:22.444-08:00Matt,
That 'works closely' was what Lynl...Matt,<br /> That 'works closely' was what Lynley said, and I agree that this description is not appropriate :-).<br /><br /> I thought, well, to just 'take' it then doesn't seem Kosher and saw this from a commenter to Readability:<br /><br />"I don’t know if you are aware, but Safari Reader is based on arc90 Readability itself. If you go to Help > Acknowledgements, the 2nd item acknowledges this -<br /><br />“Arc90 ( Readability )<br />Copyright © Arc90 Inc. Readability is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0"<br /><br />So at least they observed the ackknowledgement process. But to not even LET READABILITY know? Maybe because that might invite a fee for being in an app that Apple will take revenue from.<br /><br /> HOWEVER, to then reject Readability's app outright is pretty insulting. Did you see the alleged email from Steve Jobs to Readability about this? <br /><br /> Thanks for the alert.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-40298367406279647042011-02-23T05:27:02.965-08:002011-02-23T05:27:02.965-08:00Why can't Kindle app for Ipad ditch the buying...Why can't Kindle app for Ipad ditch the buying option completely and then just let the user go and browse Kindle store from the web-browser independently from the app, buy there, and have their book delivered to the device, and then read with the app?<br />Apple doesn't prohibit browsing the web or restrict the access to Amazon website. Then, why all the fuss?<br />I think, companies should stop regarding customers as a herd of sheep - they don't go to a store because they were prompted by a program to do so; they go to a store because they like it and because it's competitive.Typitynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-4991994708441346652011-02-23T04:24:33.594-08:002011-02-23T04:24:33.594-08:00"Works closely with Apple"? I thought Ap..."Works closely with Apple"? I thought Apple had put Readability into Safari without even telling Arc90 they'd done it? Certainly their blog post on the subject:<br /><br />http://blog.arc90.com/2010/06/07/safari-5-another-step-towards-better-reading-on-the-web/<br /><br />would seem to suggest that's the case. ('Update: We’ve since discovered that Safari’s “Reader” feature is, in fact, based upon our own Readability.')Matt Gibsonhttp://gothick.org.uk/noreply@blogger.com