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ProfCrash · 04-10-2012, 08:15 AM

And yet Apple has said that they might close IBooks if the Agency Model goes away because they do not want to be a wholesaler.

I just don't see Apple pushing itself in the e-reader market (They really don't highlight the e-reader aspect of their tablets and IPods) and they have not done that much with IBooks. 10% of the market is barely making a dent. I would be surprised if it was that much. Most the people I know with an IPad are using the Kindle or Nook app to read their ebooks and do not buy from IBooks. Purely anecdotal, I know, but I have yet to find someone in my circle who has bought an e-book from IBooks.

I would say that Apple is competing in the e-book market as hard as Sony is.

04-10-2012, 08:15 AM	#121
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	And yet Apple has said that they might close IBooks if the Agency Model goes away because they do not want to be a wholesaler. I just don't see Apple pushing itself in the e-reader market (They really don't highlight the e-reader aspect of their tablets and IPods) and they have not done that much with IBooks. 10% of the market is barely making a dent. I would be surprised if it was that much. Most the people I know with an IPad are using the Kindle or Nook app to read their ebooks and do not buy from IBooks. Purely anecdotal, I know, but I have yet to find someone in my circle who has bought an e-book from IBooks. I would say that Apple is competing in the e-book market as hard as Sony is.