Thread: iPad What will iPad do for e-books?
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Old 01-29-2010, 09:46 AM   #157
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Apple would only be shooting itself in the foot by refusing to allow apps from major corporations that are already demanding them (and therefore losing income gained through corporate licensing).
On the other hand, if they're serious about their e-book strategy as laid out to the publishers (raise ebook prices to 15 bucks for an e-book bestseller, Apple takes a smaller cut of the price) they'd be cutting their own throats to open the device to anybody else. If I can buy the book for $9.99 by clicking 'Kindle', why would I pay 14.99 by clicking 'iBook'?

At this point we just don't have any solid info. Last week, lots of people 'knew' that Apple's e-books would be DRM-free, and the more realistic ones figured they'd be using Adobe DRM. This week we 'know' that they'll be opening the app store to competing bookstore/reading apps. I certainly hope they will, just as I hope that somebody cracks their new DRM quickly, but it's just hope and guesswork at this point.
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