On Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:47:31 -0400, Warp wrote:

> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> On Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:45:53 -0400, Warp wrote:
> 
>> > Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> >> What Apple wants to do is take 30% of the revenue from the book
>> > 
>> >   Do you have an actual reference to this? (I'm not saying you are
>> >   wrong.
>> > I just have never heard that the 30% share applies to books as well
>> > as apps. It would be nice to know for sure.)
> 
>> Well, I know it's the reason why Amazon and Barnes & Noble removed
>> in-app purchases from the apps.  Let me see if I can find one of the
>> articles (it probably was on The Register)....
> 
>> http://www.reghardware.com/2011/08/18/
app_of_the_week_ios_amazon_kindle/
>> is as good a starting point as any.
> 
>   I thought you were talking about selling books for the iPad, rather
>   than
> an app that has an in-app purchasing system for additional data.

No, I was talking about in-app purchases.  Sorry for not making that 
clearer.

Jim

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