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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross I showed you were wrong about Fictionwise and the Kindle, now it's up to you to show some actual information instead of just making statements, which, so far, have been wrong. So, go to those sites, and pos…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Shaun, UK I doubt they make $100M but that's the whole point. Apple have been very clever. They knew a lot of people would buy the iPad as an ebook reader but for whatever reason they couldn't secure distribution deals…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mynameisjoe Amazon is already paying 70% to the publishers. If they have to give 30% to Apple there is no profit in it for them. But it isn't really like this. We are talking about digital content, with no intrinsi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross The fact that they are there shows that, yes, they are happy to be there. A popular British expression is "crying all the way to the bank". C.
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Quote: Originally Posted by cmf2 Nor will Apple allow a rival App store, but I'm not disputing that. You haven't followed me, and I'm tired of explaining it, so I'll let it rest. Sorry, don't get what you are trying to say. Apple *are* allowi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jfanning And you would still be trying to mislead people. like I said, what is your issue with numbers? I would have them misled too, by clever use of all those tables and charts I keep including. C.
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Quote: Originally Posted by cmf2 As for the PS3 and Xbox. I don't think they are taking a 30% cut of Netflix subscriptions in an effort to raise prices so that their video services are favored. My opinion isn't based on the fact that the company …
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Quote: Originally Posted by emacs72 off-topic i quoted year end gaming division losses by Sony. here's the link yet again http://neogaf.net/forum/showpost.php...6&postcount=90 fiscal year 2010 (which ends in April 2011 for Sony, i believ…
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Quote: Originally Posted by noirdesir The point is that whether a certain behaviour is legal or not can depend on something like market share. But not in this case. Amazon can choose to be in the App store. Or they can choose to go it alone in…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Shaun, UK Amazon is not a publisher. They are a retailer and as such they compete directly with iTunes/iBooks which is also a retailer. If Amazon offered their books through In-App purchases at the same price as on the…
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Quote: Originally Posted by cmf2 Irrelevant, it's a different scenario. Apple's free to keep the app store to themselves, much like they have with iTunes and iPods, but the moment they open it up to other developers, they can't manipulate it to g…
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Quote: Originally Posted by noirdesir Yeah, and it was not MS's role to support Netscape's business modell. They could undercut as they wanted. MS successfully bullied Netscape because one had a browser, and the other had the whole goddamn ope…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gwydion I didn't know you can install apps on kindle or that you can buy ibooks outside iTunes Amazon launched an App development kit. Betcha they don't allow an iBooks store. C.
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Quote: Originally Posted by emacs72 third link of http://forums.appleinsider.com/showp...8&postcount=66 summaries year end reports up until 2009. quarter end results of subsequent years are over at http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/IR/financial/f…
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Quote: Originally Posted by noirdesir Assume Apple and Amazon pay the same to a given publisher for a book. Can Apple force Amazon to mark it up by 43% and themselves only add 10% and thus undercut Amazon? It's not Apple's role to support Amaz…
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Quote: Originally Posted by cmf2 But is Apple fair in charging 30%? Doesn't iBooks gain an advantage if Amazon is forced to mark up their books to accommodate Apple's 30% fee, when they are fully capable of handling the transaction themselves?…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Shaun, UK The Kindle App is toast! There is no way they are going to give Apple 30% of their revenue There is no way any publisher walks away from tens of millions of customers - who are all downloading books like c…
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Quote: Originally Posted by noirdesir Yes, I understand. But there are varying degrees and iOS is has just moved one step further away from an open platform. I am not happy if the original model gets shifted further into a direction that make…
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Quote: Originally Posted by emacs72 i took you to task to back up your figures with specific citations (you didn't) and you declined (as i knew you would) because you simply tossed off numbers to push your agenda (as expected). here are the re…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Firefly7475 Do you think the publishers will accept 30% less if the eBook was purchased through iTunes rather than directly though the Amazon store? I know publishers, and this one fact dominates their thinking: G…