Yep. Note also that the royalty terms are apparently different, and significantly worse, than they offer for ebooks. With the Kindle 70% royalty option, you get 70% of your list price, no matter what discount they've applied, unless they're matching a lower price they found elsewhere[1]. With the app store, per the article, you get 70% of the discounted price, or 20% of the list price, whichever is greater.
It would appear that they intend to discount apps heavily, to try to get traction. Which is fine for something intended by the developer as a loss leader, but could really bite hard if applied to premium versions. But of course, they insist on access to the premium versions, if you want to use 'em to sell the loss leaders.
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Yep. Note also that the royalty terms are apparently different, and significantly worse, than they offer for ebooks. With the Kindle 70% royalty option, you get 70% of your list price, no matter what discount they've applied, unless they're matching a lower price they found elsewhere[1]. With the app store, per the article, you get 70% of the discounted price, or 20% of the list price, whichever is greater.
It would appear that they intend to discount apps heavily, to try to get traction. Which is fine for something intended by the developer as a loss leader, but could really bite hard if applied to premium versions. But of course, they insist on access to the premium versions, if you want to use 'em to sell the loss leaders.
[1] http://207-171-168-158.amazon.com/kdpforums/entry.jspa?categ...