07-25-2011, 03:40 PM | #46 | |
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First of all neither Kobo or any of the other booksellers have the moral high ground on this. You can ONLY buy from the Kobo Bookstore on the Kobo reader in the ordinary course. You can ONLY buy from Google Books on the Ireader. Faced with such exclusivity, Apple's limitations are mild.
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Did you really buy your Ipad with the expectations that your methods of accessing the non-Apple book stores would remain EXACTLY the same? Thought not. Apple's change in policy has little to do with e-bookstores and a LOT to do with its new features (Newsstand, Icloud, video streaming services) that it plans to introduce in Ios5 come the fall . As such , Apple would not be "backing down" on this as this policy change is part of a much bigger initiative by Apple. |
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07-25-2011, 03:43 PM | #47 | |
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07-25-2011, 03:53 PM | #48 |
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07-25-2011, 04:19 PM | #49 |
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I have never purchased a book on my iPad, or iPod Touch. I purchase on my netbook, and side-load or sync.
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07-25-2011, 05:24 PM | #50 |
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07-25-2011, 05:34 PM | #51 | |
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EDIT: I was referring to like an iPod nano etc.. Last edited by Ron.; 07-25-2011 at 05:40 PM. |
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07-25-2011, 05:50 PM | #52 |
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07-25-2011, 05:51 PM | #53 | |
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b) The only place to get the apps is from Amazon c) Amazon does take a cut of every app sold (But Amazon and B&N (for the Nook Color) do not allow competing ebook apps on their devices. Apple do) Last edited by murraypaul; 07-25-2011 at 05:54 PM. |
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07-25-2011, 05:52 PM | #54 | |
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Well, according to the techie gurus, an Ipad is just a big Ipod touch and an Ipod touch is well, an Ipod.. The Ios platform developed out of the original Ipod, with the line being: Ipod-Iphone-Ipod Touch-Ipad. The Ios platform, like the Android platform , is really something between a game console and a computer operating system, so you can't quite compare them . I might add both the original Kindles and Nooks run third party apps, so there isn't really a hard line between the Ios and ereader OSes. |
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07-25-2011, 06:07 PM | #55 | |
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07-25-2011, 06:16 PM | #56 | |
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You decide.. but honestly seeing as the iphone connects a to a cell netowrk or wifi we are not going through any apple infastructure to buy our books Insisting on a 30 percent revenue share is just to push the competitors out of the way of its poor quality ibook app.. and it really is that bad. Doesnt this remind you of the bully at the school lunch line wanting protection money? |
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07-25-2011, 07:36 PM | #57 | |
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I see all major booksellers selling on the Ios platform-in competition with Apple's bookstore- while closing their platforms to each other. I see Apple, for the sake of its consumers, allow these booksellers to remain on its platform, making millions of dollars for themselves , with only slight restrictions on their ability to sell books. THAT'S reality, as I see it. Last edited by stonetools; 07-25-2011 at 08:20 PM. |
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07-25-2011, 08:30 PM | #58 |
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You can still buy from more book stores on an iPad than anything else. The Kindle buy button merely took you to their website anyway. It's no big deal missing that link.
Those companies had the choice of keeping their in app purchasing, but they did not want to give apple their cut. No big deal, they all have websites where you can order their products. The NEWS is only this....once again the chicken littles have been shown to be wrong. Everyone's still selling their content for the iPad. Apple has still assembled the best content support for their platform. From books to magazines to comics to tv to movies to podcasts o university classes to apps.....far and away with no contender in sight, the best place for a tablet owner to be, for content, is the iPad. Lee |
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