wraggster
February 3rd, 2011, 02:37
An anonymous reader writes"In a 'pray I don't alter it again (http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/02/technology/02apple.html&OQ=_rQ3D4&OP=70c005e9Q2FQ7EQ3Cd@Q7EnQ2AtqQ7BQ2AQ2AiQ25Q7EQ25 r44Q7ErQ25Q7ErQ25Q7Eidt)Q22Q2APQ2AQ24Q3EQ7ErQ25Czz Pd1)ieP)' moment for eBook sellers on apple iPad and iPhone devices, Apple is now requiring third-party eBook sellers like Amazon to also make their titles available through the Apple store, wherein the empire will take an additional 30% cut. 'Apple confirmed Tuesday that it would require app developers that sell e-books outside of their iPad and iPhone apps — through a Web site, for example — to also sell the books inside those apps. And purchases that originate in the app must be made through Apple, which keeps a 30 percent cut.'"http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/02/02/179215/Apple-eBook-Rules-Changing-For-Sellers