The other point that stops in app linking to products is that apple take their 30% but you have to sell at the same price through the app. Apple greed punishes the user yet again. Danny.
Sent from my iPhone On 02/05/2013, at 5:41 AM, Mike Arrigo <n0...@charter.net> wrote: > Most likely, at least for purchasing the books, you will have to go to the > site. Apple's policy is, if you want to sell something within your > application, you have to go through our system so we get our 30 percent of > the purchase. If you decide you don't want to do that, you cannot provide a > way to direct users to another place to make in app purchases within the app > itself. > Original message: >> Do you have to go to the store on the amazon site, or can you download the >> books from the app itself? and, if you do have to go to the store on the >> amazon site, will your books show up in the app? >> thanks, >> Cait > >> On 2013-05-01, at 2:08 PM, "David Griffith" <d.griff...@btinternet.com> >> wrote: > >>> There are loads of free Kindle books. The usual classic such as Sherlock >>> Holmes etc. >>> Just go to the Kindle store on the Amazon web site. > >>> David Griffith > >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net >>> [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of chris h (sky) >>> Sent: 01 May 2013 19:00 >>> To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility >>> Subject: Re: Kindle now accessible on iOS. > >>> Hello all >>> great news about the Kindle iOS app but is there a free book out there I can >>> try? Don't want to buy a Kindle book to start with plus I am not an avid >>> reader anyway. Cheers! > >>> On 01/05/2013 16:27, David Griffith wrote: >>>> As an update on my last post I did not hear the prompt for double tap >>>> for menu. >>>> It is not then necessary to go to the Home screen to get to controls. >>>> You simply double tap anywhere on the reading pane to bring up the menu. >>>> I now think that the app is very good. >>>> The even better news is that I loaded Bad Science - book in which >>>> speech has not been enabled on the physical Kindle and it read fine >>>> under voiceover. It appears therefore that there is universal access >>>> to Text to Speech under the Kindle iOS app. > > >>>> David Griffith > >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: David Griffith [mailto:d.griff...@btinternet.com] >>>> Sent: 01 May 2013 16:04 >>>> To: 'Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility' >>>> Subject: Kindle now accessible on iOS. > >>>> Kindle has announced that it has made the iOS app accessible to voiceover. > >>>> I have just tried the app and I think there may be limited cause for >>>> celebration. >>>> It is certainly possible to now download a kindle book and have >>>> Voiceover start reading the text of the book with a 2 finger upwards >>> swipe. >>>> In this sense it resembles ibooks. >>>> The fact that Voiceover can read the Kindle text now is certainly a >>>> major advance. >>>> In one sense the app appears clunky though. I could find no easy way >>>> of exiting the book reading window within the App. >>>> A work around appears to press the Home Key and then re enter the >>>> Kindle App from the Home Screen. On re-entering the app you appear to >>>> be put into a window which allows bookmarking and navigation of the >>>> Book you are reading by percentage. There is also a button to return >>>> to reading the book and a Home button to return to your library where you >>> can download your books. >>>> It would be far easier if there was a button accessible to Voiceover >>>> which could return you to this screen without having to exit to the >>>> iOS Home Screen. b > >>>> It will need a little more experimentation but limited celebration >>>> seems merited. >>>> If anybody else finds a way around the awkward moving from the >>>> reading pane to the app Home screen and book controls please post. >>>> David Griffith > >>>> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > >>>> To reply to this post, please address your message to >>>> mac-access@mac-access.net > >>>> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum >>> at either the list's own dedicated web archive: >>>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >>>> or at the public Mail Archive: >>>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. >>>> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >>>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > >>>> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure >>> that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and >>> worm-free. 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