Hi Linda, Just so you can understand the process I’m talking about, I want you to download a book from https://www.gutenberg.org <https://www.gutenberg.org/> on your iOS device. (Just get a free book from them to try, and download it as a .pdf file.
The strategy you can then use is: Turn your books into .pdf files. Have people buy them from your website. Have your website sell the book to them. Use PayPal or a similar solution. There are also other websites out there already set up to sell your books for you. You don’t need an app then, and you don’t need apple either. It should work fine. The downside is that you won’t be uploading your book to apple. The upside is that they won’t be taking 30% from you either. Good luck! Rick > On Jul 16, 2018, at 5:46 PM, Linda Miller, DVM via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> First you develop a business selling ebooks that does not utilize the >> AppStore. >> You sell online and the ebooks are useable on macOS, Windows, Android, web >> browser. > > Your proposal sounds as if I should spend many years developing a company and > selling products for platforms that I am not really interested in (Windows > and Mac OS)...and then and only then offer an iOS version. Why? Why not just > iOS and Android? > > I did have a thriving business for about 10 years. The eBooks and apps were > first for the Palm OS. Then when Pocket PC's came out and Windows Mobile, > etc. SkyScape and I were in the same sort of business. It's original founder > and I were developing apps at the same time and emailing each other > occasionally. At the time, I had no interest in developing for desktop > computers. > > I even went to different veterinary schools and conventions promoting the use > of handheld computers in veterinary medicine. It was fun. > > Anyway, both SkyScape and I both had businesses selling eBooks that did not > utilize the AppStore. > > Here is a "proof" that I once had a business selling software that I created > or was reselling... > http://www.anmldr.com/cart/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=7 > > I first started developing for the iPhone when only web pages were the "apps" > that were used. There was no AppStore. Then most people had Apple products or > Blackberries and not so much Androids--it had not taken off at that time. I > stopped selling software and closed my (hobby) business as Palms and Pocket > PCs, etc. faded out and since Apple would not approve my app. > >> Selling content outside the AppStore via your iOS app raises all sorts of >> red flags. > > I don't know why you are thinking that there should be red flags about my > request though. SkyScape's app came out only a short time before mine was > finished. The same sort of verification process that they used was used in > my app. Theirs was approved and mine never was no matter how many times I > updated it. > > It was a hobby for me for my profession (I am a veterinarian). Now, I am > retired (early) due to vision problems and would like to start up my hobby > again. I have not kept up with it all and so I asked for some theoretical > help. > > Thank you, > Linda > > >> On Jul 16, 2018, at 4:00 PM, use-livecode-requ...@lists.runrev.com wrote: >> >> Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 06:41:47 -0700 >> From: Kee Nethery <kee.neth...@elloco.com <mailto:kee.neth...@elloco.com>> >> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> >> Subject: Re: Apple's 30%--anyway around it? >> Message-ID: <3222901f-54de-4e1d-af8e-eab37e195...@elloco.com >> <mailto:3222901f-54de-4e1d-af8e-eab37e195...@elloco.com>> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >> >> First you develop a business selling ebooks that does not utilize the >> AppStore. >> >> You sell online and the ebooks are useable on macOS, Windows, Android, web >> browser. >> >> Once that is fully functional, you add yet another reader, one for iOS. >> People who have already purchased content via some other mechanism, can view >> that content on iOS. >> >> Selling content outside the AppStore via your iOS app raises all sorts of >> red flags. >> >> Kee Nethery > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
