tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post8216549167646422646..comments2024-03-18T22:39:50.137-07:00Comments on A Kindle World blog: Apple's New Rules for Bookstores Match "Clarification" statement Feb 1. UpdateAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-12790544366841298512011-06-10T23:17:57.749-07:002011-06-10T23:17:57.749-07:00Tom,
It's not exactly like gov't and ...Tom,<br /> It's not exactly like gov't and 'equal rights' but there should definitely be a basic consistency of application (so to speak).<br /><br /> As I said to Dedicated Instructor, people have worried quite a bit on forums everywhere that Amazon would be forced off iPad entirely unless they used an In-App Buy option.<br /><br /> But they CAN opt to just be a reading app and if a user wants a book they do know where they can go get it.<br /><br /> They can even, actually, offer the option in-app WHILE charging the 30% 'share' Apple wants, on TOP of the book's cost to iPad-using book-buyers to buy it in-app. <br /><br /> But the worst fear is not a worry at this point. Really, Apple would lose more if the Kindle app left. Too many other devices would carry Kindle books and there would be less reason for serious book-readers to get an iPad then.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-52104416819509901452011-06-10T23:11:52.444-07:002011-06-10T23:11:52.444-07:00To my highly educated instructor :-)
Sorry to d...To my highly educated instructor :-)<br /> Sorry to disappoint. Yes, her name is not particularly well known. But what happened is that the more dire interpretations from different readings initially of what Apple and Muller said aren't happening. <br /><br /> People worried that Amazon would be forced off iPad entirely unless they used an In-App Buy option.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-58621202368978971112011-06-10T13:35:38.571-07:002011-06-10T13:35:38.571-07:00It is quite annoying that for all of this 'cla...It is quite annoying that for all of this 'clarification' all we still have is speculation. I truly hope that Apple is not working out 'special deals' that only apply to the Amazon's of the world; the policies should apply to all app publishers equally and they should be spelled out in the licensing agreement/guidelines. <br /><br />I think I'm going to ignore this story until some party actually does something....Tom Semplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05127272649086914117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-93496866678739882011-06-10T09:11:34.202-07:002011-06-10T09:11:34.202-07:00[Sorry, the username is from a very old Blogger ac...[Sorry, the username is from a very old Blogger account.]<br />I always find something useful on your blog -- thank you. However, when I read the title of this post I thought you were referring to a member of the House of Representatives because that's the most common meaning of "Rep" as an abbreviation, and I was expecting to read about possible antitrust legislation, for example. To learn that Ms Miller is merely a publicist is quite disappointing.Your highly dedicated instructorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169644451137886101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-19093334403896611752011-06-10T02:29:04.661-07:002011-06-10T02:29:04.661-07:00Sounds like the only options Amazon has is to eith...Sounds like the only options Amazon has is to either<br />a) remove the capability to buy content from the iXXXX Kindle app<br />b) retract the iXXXX Kindle app<br />c) hand over their entire operational profit to Apple (after spending a lot of money keeping track of which content was actually purchased through the iXXXX app).<br /><br />Personally, were I Amazon, I'd threaten to do b) while silently working on a) in case Apple doesn't cave in (which they're unlikely to do, as the entire goal of the exercise was to force their customers to purchase content solely through the iStore rather than from 3rd parties).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-24776961354904085092011-06-09T23:45:43.033-07:002011-06-09T23:45:43.033-07:00K. Hugh,
They've been linking to the book in...K. Hugh,<br /> They've been linking to the book in the bookstore to make it easier for the customer to buy it and of course to sell it. <br /><br /> Since the bookstore is a place where the book is sold, I imagine that Apple doesn't want a link to be made in the Amazon app itself to an external site where the customer can buy the book from Amazon unless Amazon's app also, then, provides the customer an option to buy it right there from Apple, who can take a cut that in essence, by Apple's usual rules, at 30%, would equal Amazon's entire profit on a Big6 publisher book<br /><br /> But the companies will have to come to some working understanding that will suit both in order to have the reading app available on the iPad (or other Apple devices).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-34192191302484428092011-06-09T19:06:00.620-07:002011-06-09T19:06:00.620-07:00I have a question regarding the prohibition of the...I have a question regarding the prohibition of the buy button/link: is it merely a prohibition of those apps that provide their catalogue in-app and simply push the buyer to the bookstore to complete the selected purchase, or does it prohibit all links to the bookstore? The wording above seems to target the first. Could Amazon get around the rules (or maybe even now is compliant with the rules) by just providing a link to the Amazon Kindle bookstore main page?KingofElflandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01725335915535937373noreply@blogger.com