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Er, I'm sorry Apple is doing... nothing? Apple built the devices on which the ebooks are read. Apple marketed these devices-so successfully that they have sold 160M of these devices
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How is it any different from Windows PCs, Android phones and other platforms? I will help you out it is not different at all. Why would Apple get extra money for something no one else gets extra money for?
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, creating a huge market for ebooks.
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Apple benefits even more from the fact that content is available on its devices. So following your logic in fact Apple should pay to content providers.
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sell these books are distributed through the Apple's App Store and hosted and updated by the App Store.
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Now this is just utter nonsense. AppStore does not distribute books much less hosts them. That is done by the application made by Amazon and B&N. AppStore hosts and distributes applications not content.
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Amazon and B&N are certainly negotiating hard to stay on the IOS platform and would be willing to pay a cut
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Even if it were true (which I doubt) it would be against the interest of customers because if Apple gets a cut that will be paid by the customers that's for sure. So if it is true Amazon and B&N should be roasted for that.