Developer Blames Apple For Ruining eBook Business

An anonymous reader writes "A bookseller and app developer has blamed Apple for writing its final chapter, claiming the iPad maker had pushed it out of business. 'Apple has made it completely impossible for anyone but Apple to make a profit selling contemporary ebooks on any iOS device,' BeamItDown said. 'We bet everything on Apple and iOS and then Apple killed us by changing the rules in the middle of the game.' The company blamed Apple's decision to impose a 30% commission on books sold through apps for the unhappy ending."

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Re:Business 101

[Samalie]

You are also forgetting that the 30% comission applies only to in-app purchases, and that while they are forced to offer an in-app store, there is nothing stopping anyone from having a webstore too, and AFAICT from the agreements, there is nothing stopping these companies from offering a rebate of some sort.

So, $10 ebook, they get for $7. They sell in-app for $10, Apple gets $3, they get nothing.
$10 e-book, they get for $7. They sell on their webstore for $10, offer a 5% rebate as webstore-only credit. Dev gets $2.50, Apple gets fuck all.

These people are just whiny bitches, pissed off because their business model got fucked over by the WAL*MART that opened up shop. Nothing to see here.