Interesting. Curious about the reaction to Google Play not allowing such an app. (I'm guessing restrictions on app stores are ok when Google does them)
Everyone with an app store wants to own the app store market. It is a land-grab to establish a monopoly.
Amazon has to be worried about this because if you own the app store, you choose the default way that people read books on the device. Which means that they can cut Amazon out of the book-selling business to that person.
Amazon doesn't want that. So they have been trying to make the Kindle work. And to install their bookstore as an app. And to try to make their app store viable. And so on.
It is all a long-term play to be in a position to not lose a core business when everyone switches to reading on devices.
The key difference on Android is, and has always been, that you can get apps from off of Google Play. Google's store is just a store with its own policies, and you can install apps from anywhere (including other stores) if you want.
Which is why there is an Android version of this, and no iOS version.
btilly|10 years ago
Everyone with an app store wants to own the app store market. It is a land-grab to establish a monopoly.
Amazon has to be worried about this because if you own the app store, you choose the default way that people read books on the device. Which means that they can cut Amazon out of the book-selling business to that person.
Amazon doesn't want that. So they have been trying to make the Kindle work. And to install their bookstore as an app. And to try to make their app store viable. And so on.
It is all a long-term play to be in a position to not lose a core business when everyone switches to reading on devices.
mkozlows|10 years ago
Which is why there is an Android version of this, and no iOS version.