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Developer Blames Apple For Ruining eBook Business

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the start-pointing-fingers dept.

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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  1. Business 101 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, that's why you don't put all of your apples in one basket (pun intended).

  2. Darth Jobs sez by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I have altered the deal. Pray I do not alter it further."

  3. Spinal Tap by snspdaarf · · Score: 5, Funny

    His eBook goes to (Chapter) 11?

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    Why, without your clothes, you're naked, Miss Dudley!
  4. Re:Your business plan is not my problem by VortexCortex · · Score: 3, Funny

    I have some buggy whip makers who want to talk with you.

    Get with the times, We call them Adult Novelty & BDSM suppliers now.

  5. Re:Link to their blog post by Lumpy · · Score: 1, Funny

    Dear iflowerreader devs....

    EULAS SUCK... glad to see a software company get their asses bitten by a EULA.

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    Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.