About iSH’s pending removal from the App Store

Re:About iSH’s pending removal from the App Store by my123 on Sunday November 08, 2020 @03:33PM (#25028734)

In quite some countries, book pricing is fixed by the publisher and cannot vary between websites according to the law. If AAPL takes a 30% margin, the whole model cannot work and you are much better off not selling anything.

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Re:About iSH’s pending removal from the App Store by threeseed on Sunday November 08, 2020 @03:44PM (#25028827)

I fail to see what the relationship between the publisher and the seller has to do with Apple.

Because in case you're not aware Amazon isn't some mom and pop store. It has enough clout to negotiate terms with publishers.

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Re:About iSH’s pending removal from the App Store by hk__2 on Sunday November 08, 2020 @03:54PM (#25028922)

> Because in case you're not aware Amazon isn't some mom and pop store. It has enough clout to negotiate terms with publishers.

Not everywhere, as GP wrote. In France, the price of a book is fixed: it sells the same price whether you’re Amazon or a small bookstore (you’re allowed to offer a 5% reduction max).

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Re:About iSH’s pending removal from the App Store by amenod on Sunday November 08, 2020 @04:27PM (#25029224)

True, but the amount the publisher gets is negotiable.

Not saying that 30% is acceptable, of course - I have no idea what the margins on books are.

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