Apple iBooks Author
+Paul Carr trifft den Nagel auf den Kopf. Das ganze Rumgejammere, weil Apple den Verkauf von mit iBooks Author erstellten ebooks nur über den eigenen iBooks Store erlaubt, ist wirklich unnötig.
Apple Restricting Sales Of Ebooks? Uh, Yeah, That’s What Apple Does.
Following this morning’s launch of iBooks Author, there’s a growing rumble of anger over a term in the software’s End User Licence Agreement (EULA) which restricts how resulting ebooks can be sold.
Books produced by iBooks Author can be distributed for free on any platform, but can only be sold outside the iBooks store by entering into a financial arrangement with Apple. Would-be authors are crying foul at this egregious rights-grab. “How dare Apple restrict what people do with this awesome s…