— John Gapper at Financial Times The Kindle iPad...

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John Gapper at Financial Times
The Kindle iPad app allows readers to buy books at the Kindle store through the iPad browser.
Apple is now presenting Amazon with a choice. Either it withdraws its iPad Kindle app or it allows Apple to take a 30 per cent cut of any Kindle e-book purchases on the iPad.
The Apple-Amazon standoff is intriguing because it involves two companies run by innovative, secretive, control freaks – Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos. Mr Besoz’s response will be one to savour.

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They already did!! http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000579091
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The thing is, Apple deserves a one-time cut for every new user it signs up. Because his system does indeed make it much...
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That’s kind of odd. If I use an iPad and I use Safari to purchase a Kindle book on Amazon.com. You’re saying I can’t do...
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I thought Jobs was on a “leave of absence”.
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This doesn’t make sense because Apple isn’t talking about ebooks purchased through the...-...
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WHY I HATE APPLE!
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I’m a user stuck in...middle of this. I much prefer...I...
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