Apple’s eBook Store Probably Won’t Belong to Apple

Although it was n’t the most enticing of the flurry of rumor floated in theFT ’s Apple tablet report , the claim that iTunes might arise an eBook arm certainly upgrade eyebrow . It turns out , though , Apple might really outsource this one .

https://gizmodo.com/ft-claims-apple-tablet-possible-september-launch-5323446

This fromBusinessInsider , whose source eagerly pooped on the estimate of an Apple - flow book store :

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The answer is no , according to a seed connected to the tocopherol - book business . Based on our conversation with this person , it seems that any Kindle - killing theApple tabletdoes will have to come from third - company east - Word sellers , like Amazon ( AMZN ) , Barnes & Noble ( BKS ) , etc .

What pushes this over the line that divides brabble sideboard - rumors from rattling Interesting Things is a footling story that ’s been unfolding over at Amazon as of late :

The equipment team has the job of making the most remarkable purpose - built version twist in the worldly concern . We are going to give the twist squad competition . We will make Kindle Good Book , at the same $ 9.99 damage points , available on the iPhone , and other mobile devices and other computing gadget .

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That ’s Amazon honcho Jeff Bezos , explaining his comfortwith the idea of ironware from other society — including Apple , which already tacitly supports Amazon eBooks by way of a Kindle iPhone app — send customers to the Kindle storage . In the absence of an in - sign of the zodiac system , a Kindle app for the tablet just makes sentience .

https://gizmodo.com/jeff-bezos-wants-amazon-ebooks-on-more-devices-kindle-5292525

In other words , “ Jeff Bezos ’ bad incubus ” might in reality be Jeff Bezos , and not much of a nightmare at all . UPDATE : As commenters have observe , Apple ’s self-aggrandising precedent for something like this is hearable — an Amazon subsidiary . So ! [ BusinessInsider ]

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