Oh, 35% is higher than many royalties for physical media. However, it's not the same rate that Apple iTunes was handing over to the record companies. (Thus, the difference in "Okay, you don't want our very generous offer? Fine. Whatever." Versus Amazon's, "You don't want us to keep gouging you, plus we get to do whatever we want with your price? Sucks to be you. We won't carry your physical books, either.")
And it's not even close to the same rate that, well, the e23 manager at the time (not SMarsh, I see now from records) quoted at me as being what they considered an industry standard.
(Further, there are several ereader apps available for the iPhone/iPod Touch, and the iPad'll add Apple's own... I dunno if Amazon is going to be that "go-to" for books if they keep limiting their selection like this. Though it's true Apple will be coming from a serious underdog position.)
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Date: 2010-02-05 06:06 pm (UTC)And it's not even close to the same rate that, well, the e23 manager at the time (not SMarsh, I see now from records) quoted at me as being what they considered an industry standard.
(Further, there are several ereader apps available for the iPhone/iPod Touch, and the iPad'll add Apple's own... I dunno if Amazon is going to be that "go-to" for books if they keep limiting their selection like this. Though it's true Apple will be coming from a serious underdog position.)