iBooks Textbook Sales: Authors Set Pricing Up to $14.99, Apple Takes 30%, iBooks-Exclusive

Engadget highlights
the economics of publishing iBooks Textbooks to the iBookstore, noting
that paid downloads follow Apple's traditional App Store and iBookstore
model where the company takes a 30% cut of the purchase price of each
book. Authors are free to set their own pricing, although Apple has
placed a maximum price tag of $14.99 on the textbooks.





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