tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post5965743321596476159..comments2024-03-18T22:39:50.137-07:00Comments on A Kindle World blog: New Kindle game: Flip It! and Apple iStore rejects Sony E-books App - UPDATE2Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-25905882505064347392011-02-05T03:08:46.490-08:002011-02-05T03:08:46.490-08:00I actually think that as owner of the display room...I actually think that as owner of the display room, Apple is entitled to a small cut - something like 5% of the price of an e-book but since they don't provide user data at this point to the vendors, I don't see any more that they'd be charging for.<br /><br /> It makes no sense that if each online store gets 30% and must accept the publishers' higher prices for books from the Big5 publishers, that Apple could even think of taking the entire 30% ! <br /><br /> And of course who'd buy from the iBook Store if Amazon or BN increased the price at that store to cover the 30% they'd need to pay Apple? Apple wouldn't be happy with that either.<br /><br /> The 30% figure is from sales of apps and for sales of e-books. And maybe from in-app purchases normally, but it would make no sense to take 30% in the case of e-books, knowing Apple helped put together the current Agency plan pricing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-3398044654345451522011-02-03T12:24:46.817-08:002011-02-03T12:24:46.817-08:00Apple thinks themselves king of the hill, impossib...Apple thinks themselves king of the hill, impossible to touch let alone beat by anyone.<br />So logically they feel that everyone will inevitably accept whatever they come up with, even if it hurts the business interests of those other companies.<br /><br />And as Steve Jobs said earlier "noone reads anyway", so blocking eBook apps is no problem as those aren't the target market for Apple (which is the young "kewl" kid who wants Apple gadgets as a status symbol most of all).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-77292253996608394342011-02-02T04:03:26.474-08:002011-02-02T04:03:26.474-08:00Hi, Ian
That's a very good point !
The bu...Hi, Ian<br /> That's a very good point ! <br /><br />The buyer would be Apple's customer.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-61315147653301144722011-02-02T03:23:47.700-08:002011-02-02T03:23:47.700-08:00One other point: Apple doesn't (currently) sha...One other point: Apple doesn't (currently) share any user data when someone purchases in-app content. So it would be impossible for Amazon to know that you'd bought a book via in-app purchasing.<br /><br />This would totally break the "buy once, read anywhere" approach of Kindle - there would be no way for Amazon to tell that you'd bought the book on iPhone, and therefore should also get it on Kindle (or WinPhone, or Android, or whatever).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01349185073186119284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-39667972799594682032011-02-01T17:47:35.215-08:002011-02-01T17:47:35.215-08:00Athena,
Thanks for reading and correcting! :-) ...Athena,<br /> Thanks for reading and correcting! :-) Will change it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-27298777177756807182011-02-01T17:22:12.450-08:002011-02-01T17:22:12.450-08:00"Apple's Haber explained:" should be..."Apple's Haber explained:" should be "Sony's Haber explained:"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com