Thread: Apple To Rip Apart Ebook Marketplace?
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Old 02-13-2011, 01:58 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by elemenoP View Post
First books, then what?

I do website consulting for a Fortune 500 consumer goods company. We are developing iPhone apps where you can browse the product catalog, then you are handed off to Safari for checkout. Is Apple going to ban this too? What about Amazon's shopping app (not the Kindle app, the physical goods one.) I buy my groceries via FreshDirect (internet grocer) and they have an iphone app too. Is Apple going to take a cut on my eggs and milk?

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Yes, you will have to pay Apple a 30% cut of in-app sales. And yes, FreshDirect will also have to pay Apple that 30%.
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