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stonetools · 02-26-2011, 10:25 PM

Er, Sony was rejected because it used sony's in app purchasing API , which was a known no-no. The rejection happened before the policy change.
Since the policy change, none of the booksellers have objected to the supposedly deadly change. That leads me to the conclusion that they think they can live with it. Maybe they know something we don't .

The fact That the app can generate millions of sales does seem to indicate that apple be foolish for charging just 99 dollars and hosting costs. It would be like selling a two karat diamond for a hundred bucks. And of course buying a book on the iPad through the kindle app WOULD involve the Kindle app, since the purchase would begin by clicking on the Kindle Store link.

02-26-2011, 10:25 PM	#236
stonetools Wizard Posts: 2,016 Karma: 2838487 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Washington, DC Device: Ipad, IPhone	Er, Sony was rejected because it used sony's in app purchasing API , which was a known no-no. The rejection happened before the policy change. Since the policy change, none of the booksellers have objected to the supposedly deadly change. That leads me to the conclusion that they think they can live with it. Maybe they know something we don't . The fact That the app can generate millions of sales does seem to indicate that apple be foolish for charging just 99 dollars and hosting costs. It would be like selling a two karat diamond for a hundred bucks. And of course buying a book on the iPad through the kindle app WOULD involve the Kindle app, since the purchase would begin by clicking on the Kindle Store link. Last edited by stonetools; 02-26-2011 at 10:33 PM.