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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
If they aren't being sold in the app store, how is Apple being ripped off?
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That's like selling subscriptions to folks, but not delivering the magazine to them, but having them walk into Wal-Mart to take a magazine off the shelf.
Nothing nefarious about that.
But if you want to find inconsistency, merely point out that books are handled differently. Amazon and B&N (and others) are able to put a free reader in the App store -- and folks buy the books via the respective websites. And that's ok with apple.
I wonder at the definition Apple has that distinguishes the book practice from the magazine practice.
I have the free Olive Tree bible software on my iPad. If I buy from within the app, Apple gets their cut. If I go to Olive Tree's website and buy a book (the reader software is free, but you buy the bibles and books that the reader works with) -- Apple doesn't get a cut. And there are discounts on the web site that aren't available via the in-app purchase. Again, I wonder at Apple's definitions.
Lee