Quote:
Originally Posted by DiapDealer
...I don't feel all that sorry for any vendor who wants to suggest that the sky is somehow "suddenly" falling. That the "new" rate is crippling. Sorry, but you've had over a year to prepare for a change you were warned would be coming. Nobody's being blindsided here.
|
B&N, Audible and PocketBook (to name three) "prepared for the change" by dropping the service. Again, there is NO WAY any eBook seller could compete if they have to add 30% to the cost of their books. That's more than exorbitant, it's basically extortion — and it gives Google and Apple a huge advantage in the eBook market (the spur of the moment eBook market at any rate).
As far as being "blindsided" it depends on how far back you go. Google in their (hypocritical) "do no evil" stage, invited vendors into their Play Store at very reasonable rates. This is a big part of how they caught up and surpassed Apple's "there's an app for that" early advantage. Now, when these companies are dependent on the platform, they "turn the screw." As I mentioned in an earlier message — at one point Google was "making hay" by comparing their terms to Apple's exorbitant ones (which they basically match now).
I've never bought anything from Apple, but I did buy a few eBooks from Google. That won't happen again.