Apple has been instrumental in higher prices for e-books and in slowing Spotify’s challenge to Amazon’s dominance of audiobooks.
Apple helped engineer a pricing shift that means many e-book best sellers cost more than they did a decade ago – on Apple’s Books app, Amazon and other digital stores.
Apple’s behind-the-scenes book influence shows how Big Tech companies can have unexpected power over what you buy, the prices you pay and the direction of entire industries.After Amazon released its Kindle device 15 years ago, it charged $9.99 for many popular new e-books. Subscribers who want more can buy an additional 10 hours of audiobooks a month for $11. You can also buy individual audiobook titles from Spotify.
And again because Apple won’t allow it, apps can’t tell you where you’re supposed to buy stuff from them if purchases aren’t available in the app.Audible and Amazon’s Kindle app are subject to the same restrictions as Spotify. The difference is that Amazon and Audible have already hooked a bunch of people.that it’s trying to give you a new alternative to Audible — but that some of its audiobook features and marketing are quashed by Apple’s restrictions.
If you’re buying audiobooks, it’s not a bad idea to compare prices — even on Audible’s website compared to its app., which gives you “credits” to download at least one top selling or new audiobook each month, you save money if you buy on Audible’s website and not in the app.
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