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Originally Posted by stonetools
The point is that Apple (and Android) allow the booksellers to access the books on those platforms (Not sure about Blackberry).
Amazon, Kobo, B&N do not allow Ibooks on their devices. Dunno why that is, but there is an imbalance there.
Despite that , there are a lot of iOS devices out there. I would agree that Apple is not dominant now, but it is a major player.
AS is clear (except to those who don't want to admit), iOS is in a sense a more open platform than the one most favored here.
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This argument is completely spurious for a few reasons, firstly those devices are being sold as a single-function device and not using a wide range of apps as a prominent advertising feature.
Secondly there is nothing stopping apple doing a version of ibooks for any other multifunction device such as android, playbook, webos or even a desktop version and they have chosen not to do so. They haven't even got a version for osx so they clearly have no interest in ibooks being more open and any claim otherwise is simply laughable.