Thread: Publishers dont drive change in the ebook industry: Shatzkin on Apple's move
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Old 08-07-2011, 03:15 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by DMB View Post
[*]I can, if I feel so inclined, use the browser to go to an Amazon website, download Kindle for Mac (or some such) and buy ebooks for Kindle, all without extra payment to Apple.
The issue is how to get the book from the purchase-point to your iPad for reading: can you download it from the browser and then read it on your Kindle app? Or do you open the Kindle app, find it there because it's now in your account, and that's fine--but when you're searching for new ebooks, you need to close your ebook reader, open the browser, navigate to Amazon, search & buy there, then close that app & re-open the Kindle app to read it?

I don't know the details. I know that any impediment to purchase = less purchases, and that for some ebook retailers, the apps could be set to only allow viewing of books purchased through the app itself. Those can maybe be rewritten--or maybe not, depending on how the iOS deals with download & file storage.
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