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It's different because via Apple's model, you are holding the bookstore in your hands. There isn't an option to go to a different bookstore down the street, or
by rrbrambley 14y ago
It's different because via Apple's model, you are holding the bookstore in your hands. There isn't an option to go to a different bookstore down the street, or order a book from a website that will send it to you in the mail. I'm thinking about the "ideal" (to Apple) world in which schools just expect content to be consumed this way (text books are a huge and important market), and it's disgusting.
And yes, you are right. I am admittedly ignorant to the nuances and history of publishing, and am thus probably neglecting to look at this from different angles.
- ansgri 14y agoI fail to see how there's no option to go to a different bookstore: can't you order the book from Amazon from the same iPad?
- grey-area 14y agoOnly by going through the web browser, which apple can't now shut down without alienating too many users. If they thought they could get away with it, they would. They have actively worked to disable any other store - for example, the kindle app cannot allow purchases or even link to the kindle store online, you have to manually search out links online instead, then download. It's absurd, not in the users' interests, and an abuse of Apple's power over the platform, but that's what Apple require.
- taligent 14y agoWhat are you talking about ? There are plenty of alternate options to iBookStore. Nobody is forcing you to use it.