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Re:The App Store Is a Classic Example Of A Broken Business P... by racy_rick on Monday May 11, 2009 @01:53PM (#603884)
Appstore: Developer=70%, Apple 30%

KindleStore: Writer 30%, Amazon 70%

note: http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/amazon-takes-70-percent-o...

Re:The App Store Is a Classic Example Of A Broken Business P... by mahmud on Monday May 11, 2009 @02:14PM (#603928)
This weekend NPR's "On The Media" had this sad story about a Dallas Texas newspaper owner who was willing to bite the bullet and accept Amazon's 30% offer to his content if they dropped their other requirement: their right to re-license his content to others, on any medium, for the rest of eternity, for free!

That's right; they will pay the paper 30% for each content on the kindle, but they can sell that very content in other mediums, including print, and he gets nothing. The balls on Bezos!