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biot on May 11, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple's 30% vig for ebooks just killed the iFlow R...

I was of course referring to a middleman between Random House and Apple. Whether Apple is also a middleman is a different discussion.

MatthewPhillips on May 11, 2011 [–]

How was iFlow Reader a middle man between Random House and Apple?

hollerith on May 11, 2011 | [–]

In that the owners of IFlow Reader tried to monetize by getting a piece of every ebook sale, and when that strategy failed, they decided to stop selling iFlow Reader.

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