Network of Good Intent – Too Many App Stores
February 8th, 2010 admin

Adam Hodgkin at Exact Editions asks – Too Many App Stores? The post is full of really good insights – Is there something about the investment and infrastructure needed to set up and run an App store that dictates a 30:70 deal? … building an app for the other guy’s store is a sign that you have either lost the market, know that you are going to lose the battle in the long run, or are not really concerned to establish a dominant software or hardware platform for books in the first place. However, it never really attempts to answer the question that is the …
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