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Does Apple have its own ebook store yet? If not, I'm amazed and assume it's coming soon. If it does, you can hardly expect 'em to be kind to direct competitors
by hugh3 16y ago
Does Apple have its own ebook store yet? If not, I'm amazed and assume it's coming soon. If it does, you can hardly expect 'em to be kind to direct competitors running on their own platform.
- recoiledsnake 16y agoIt does, it's called iBooks. Being kind is very different from pushing out outright.
- hugh3 16y agoWell, they're not pushing it out, just demanding a 30% share. The fact that most of the publishers want a 70% share is the icing on the cake, but no reason you couldn't still deal with a minor publisher, or be your own publisher.
- throwaway32 16y agodo you really think its a co-incidence apple is demanding exactly the same amount that publishers designate as "allowed margin"?
- hugh3 16y agoNo idea. But here's another question: do you think Apple has an obligation to help your bottom line at the expense of their own bottom line?
- bradleyland 16y agoWhen it comes to competitors, I'm indifferent. When it comes to being a user, I get a little aggrivated that my options are limited because Apple has decided they need to compete not just in the consumer electronics market, but in the eBook reseller market as well. I fear the same fate awaits services like Netflix and Pandora as well. Two apps that I flatly will not trade for Apple offerings. I will cease to be a customer if either of these two companies are pushed off the platform, and I'm an aboslute die-hard iOS fan.
- throwaway32 16y agohow exactly is that "not pushing it out" at you claim then.
- alanfalcon 16y agoIt's neither coincidence nor nefarious. It's the same agency model in both cases.
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