“Amazon on Monday gave into Apple’s demands and pulled the Kindle Store button from its iOS app,” Electronista reports.
“Following similar moves by Google, Kobo, and the WSJ, Kindle readers using version 2.8 and up will now have to purchase the books on the web and only sync them through the iPad or iPhone,” Electronista reports. “Apple as of July officially allows only its own store to have a direct purchase link.”
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Electronista reports, “In return for the limited access, Amazon is bringing its magazine and newspaper subscriptions to iOS for the first time. Those who have active subscriptions will get new issues automatically and can download older issues through the archives, complete with the color images the Kindle hardware lacks.”
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