Re:Aziz Ansari releases DRM-free standup special for $5
by mikecane on Tuesday March 20, 2012 @01:33PM
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>>>There's no requirement for a writer to submit content to Apple (iTunes store) or Amazon (Kindle store).
Maybe I wasn't clear. Sure, any writer can set up a site, but then you cannot give buyers the convenience they expect with automagic downloads to a Kindle, Nook, or Kobo device. (I exclude iPad. Apple made competing eBook apps download via browser. Which is not something eInk devices can do.)
Re:Aziz Ansari releases DRM-free standup special for $5
by iamscanner on Tuesday March 20, 2012 @03:04PM
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That automagical download and convenience you're talking about is one of the things you pay that 30% for. It's your call whether you want to go through that channel or not - no one's forcing you.
There's no requirement for a writer to submit content to Apple (iTunes store) or Amazon (Kindle store). A writer can format documents in .mobi, .epub and .pdf files and sell them through any digital storefront (either home brewed or something like leanpub among many others)
If a writer wants the exposure from being on the Kindle Store or iTunes Store, that's another matter. But there's no requirement that a writer sign up for such a distributor.