Thread: NYT: Apple Moves to Tighten Control of App Store
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Old 02-15-2011, 04:34 PM   #304
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Originally Posted by athlonkmf View Post
Why would Amazon do that? No one knows how many kindle books are actually bought from the app or kindle it self. I for one like to browse the amazon website, check out reviews and such before I plunge in.

In simpler terms: if people buy from their website or kindle. Fine. If people buy from the apps, ok, it's 30% less, but it's still a sale.
If amazon pulls their app, they lose a potential market. 30% less on a sale is still much, much better than no sale at all.
Not if for an agency book, they are required to give the publisher 70% of the price. Then 30% less on the sale is slightly worse than no sale at all, as they have incurred the cost of sale, with no return.
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