Amazon is definitely not afraid to play cat and mouse with Apple, and comes in its latest update of Kindle for iOS to integrate the ability to download excerpts from books directly from the application. So far, no problem, but Amazon has also found a way to circumvent the prohibition to add a link to the store to buy the book. Instead, at the end of the free clip, there is now the opportunity to be directly send the link by email.
be recalled that Apple has decided to stop the circumvention of giants ebook that offered direct links to their shops. Different actors avoided with this trick to pay 30% commission Apple provided for purchases from the application. Apple suddenly decided after a grace period to terminate and therefore an ultimatum.
The major players in the ebook have to resign themselves to “rein in” their reading applications to stay on the App store without having to pay commission. As a result, applications can only read, but to buy direct.
Amazon has found a way to partially circumvent this limitation and to simplify things by sending the link by email. Clearly, it escapes the restrictions imposed by Apple, Amazon and so take the flaw to bypass the problem. From the application, we can now see the excerpts in search results, and download them. Once at the end of the extract, we find the following page:
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And in the email, there is of course a direct link to the store, but also to the book in question, as you can clearly see below. The title, clickable links directly to the page of the ebook in question, on the Amazon catalog.
For those who make these permanent back and forth between website and application will go to the Kindle store at the time of purchase is a real plus. Simply open the email notification that appears, click on the link and it is sent directly to the site to purchase.
So now do you see other applications reading Amazon not fit? Or Apple will he amend its regulations to prohibit this new bypass regulation
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