iBookstore rejects Holly Lisle's writing course because she mentions Amazon
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Re: iBookstore rejects Holly Lisle's writing course because she mentions Amazon
#2Do we really want our information mediated/censored by this sort of corporate behavior?
Re: iBookstore rejects Holly Lisle's writing course because she mentions Amazon
#3so does this mean it would also against Apple's policy to distribute any books that broadly discuss any of the following topics: marketing, mobile & desktop software development, music, movie and magazine distribution...
Re: iBookstore rejects Holly Lisle's writing course because she mentions Amazon
#4The forced capitalization of the first word of submitted titles is becoming increasingly frustrating.
Please do not second guess users!
Re: iBookstore rejects Holly Lisle's writing course because she mentions Amazon
#5Do we really want our information mediated/censored by this sort of corporate behavior?
Absolutely not. This is where the line is drawn.
I've grown to accept Apple's App Store policies for the sake of keeping app quality high. However, when it comes to distributing content that people actually use to learn new things and enrich their lives, there is absolutely no room for this type of policy. To anyone who is selling their books via Apple: GTFO right now.
Re: iBookstore rejects Holly Lisle's writing course because she mentions Amazon
#6Sad, but expected from apple. Oh well, there's apple's book suicide. B&N is already dead with its 16gb Nook with only 1gb for user content. That really only leaves Amazon or full self publishing (on your site). Interesting how the winner wins sometimes ...
Re: iBookstore rejects Holly Lisle's writing course because she mentions Amazon
#7The forced capitalization of the first word of submitted titles is becoming increasingly frustrating. Please do not second guess users!
Yep, that's a little annoying. You clearly see the problem, but for anyone who didn't: I did use "iBookstore" (with lower-case i) when I submitted the article, not "IBookstore".
Re: iBookstore rejects Holly Lisle's writing course because she mentions Amazon
#8This reminds me of a joyful experience when using an online banking service just a few years ago. When signing up for an account, I don't recall where in the process it occurred but a prompt displayed that the words "insert" or "drop" were not allowed to be used as (or within) a username or password. Nope, we're not going to allow SQL injections here because simply because the words themselves are unacceptable!
If we ignore something, then we must be safe right?
Re: iBookstore rejects Holly Lisle's writing course because she mentions Amazon
#9Is there any actual proof for this? The article mentions briefly that part of her book was the problem but I don't see any actual letters from apple or even an in depth explanation of what happened. Just some impassioned outrage.
I'm not saying she is dishonest, maybe just misinformed or wrong. It seems like everytime stuff like this comes up it turns out there was important information left out.
Re: iBookstore rejects Holly Lisle's writing course because she mentions Amazon
#10Is there any actual proof for this? The article mentions briefly that part of her book was the problem but I don't see any actual letters from apple or even an in depth explanation of what happened. Just some impassioned outrage. I'm not saying she is dishonest, maybe just misinformed or wrong. It seems like everytime stuff like this comes up it turns out there was important information left out.
Scroll down to "Previous Posts in this Discussion" and click the links. She goes through the whole thing, including the actual email from Apple.