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Amazon's 'Kindle' App Updated to Remove Direct Kindle Store Links
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the idea that all 200 million iOS sold are out and working is idiotic - it is just a PR number for a blog - Wonder why should Apple be allowed to profit with iTunes on Windows without paying "rent"? It is after all the platform Microsoft built
So app and content providers like Amazon and others contributing massively to the appeal and demand of iOS devices and providing Apple with buyers means nothing?
Oh please, this isn't about making money, it's about the user's usability getting reduced. Obviously, Apple isn't hurting for money, so cash grabs like these are quite ludicrous.
I love how the really simple analogies miss out the huge purchase price of the iDevice. So that Wal-Mart is in a shopping mall I bought.
By your logic Audi should get a cut from the radio stations using "their hardware" in my TT!
Bottom line - the more Apple does to make the iPad less useful to me, the more likely it is I'll go elsewhere.
Nope, Kindle e-reader. Believe me, I HAVE done it - you have to convert the book to the proper format, unless you find a site that already sells the book in .prc format.
But like I said, for new stuff it's Amazon. But it's usually cheaper there anyway, so that's cool.
But you had me all excited about using iTunes to get around that. Dang.
If Apple was truly interested in strong-arming Kindle off of iOS why did they change the rules from the original?
If it was truly an evil, closed, strong-arming platform worse than anything conceived in modern technology, why did Apple acquiesce to some changes to its initial rule?
Ah these companies have such egos, I swear. Let them run to Android or something else, but they will see at the end that "they" are the ones who are loosing, not customers. I can still go to a store and buy a cheaper printed version of a magazine or a book.
Oh please, this isn't about making money, it's about the user's usability getting reduced. Obviously, Apple isn't hurting for money, so cash grabs like these are quite ludicrous.
And name me 5 successful companies that don't look for ways to maximize the cash they take in.
Yeah, I'm not seeing a real big case for stating that "you must purchase directly from Amazon in order to read it on the Amazon app" is illegal.
Nope. Not true. As has already been noted, you can load any .mobi file onto a Kindle. I've helped my mom do this with her Kindle. It's as simple as emailing the .mobi file to your Kindle account email address. Hardly a "work-around", and certainly very easy.
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a few decent books a week and i read about sales so i'm going to update. most of my kindle use is done offline anyway so i don't care about buying from within the app
I don't know about you but some of us have internationally recognised MBA's and run our own companies.
We just don't sell hardware to customers and then make the item they bought less useful to them.
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I've never used the email address, so that's something to try. I've either had to convert books to the .mobi format altogether (and in that case I then just put it on the Kindle via USB) or the book I wanted was available on Amazon.
It is not pre-conceived. Fact of the matter that now it is harder to go buy books from Amazon. It takes more steps and is more difficult to do. These means fewer books will be sold. Simple as that.
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Lot's of silly statements from people who obviously have no marketing, sales or distribution experience. If they did, they would stop being so silly and just sit back and watch the show as this new distribution channel get's ironed out by the companies involved.
No one is evil here... Apple, Amazon, or otherwise... they are all just trying to sort out what works. We've already seen several times over the history of iTunes where Apple has changed it's policies to better serve the content providers and it's customers.
But it's easier just to cry about the 30% cut and make other silly statements than to really understand what's going on here.
So, I guess when I come to the end of a sample, there is no link to purchase a book? Can anyone confirm?
If so, how inconvenient.
That I don't know, because I don't usually bother with samples. But I would guess the answer is no.
So, you'll just have to go to Amazon.com to buy the book. Or, get rid of the iPhone/iPad.
(Just kidding... but maybe not)
Do you know how many people used the link in the app to purchase books?
Even more simple is that unless iBooks offers the same content as Kindle, Amazon will remain the dominant ebook platform. Simple as that. I'm deeply skeptical this will take place in the next year.