Will Books Be The Next To Go In Apple's App Store Purge?
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Will Books Be The Next To Go In Apple's App Store Purge?Will Books Be The Next To Go In Apple's App Store Purge?Over the last month or so, Apple has clearly been on a mission to trim down the App StoreSafety barriersto applications that are useful and family friendly. First, it removed thousands of sex-themed applications, and it's also been making moves to crack down on overly simplistic 'cookie cutter' apps.#x But there may be yet another segment of the App Store on the chopping block: Books. According to a recent report, books represent 27,000 of the App Store's 150,000 applications, making them the most abundant type of application on the App Store.And they're becoming increasingly redundant.Before developers get alarmed, I should make it clear that I haven't heard anything about Apple removing the myriad book apps from the App Store. But given the impending release of Apple's own iBooks app alongside the iPad, and the recent App Store cleanup spree, I won't be at all surprised if they do somethingSafety barriersto change the way books are treated on the platform.There are a few reasons why Apple might want to do this.First and foremost, there's the user experience for new iPad users. One of the iPad's highly touted features is its ability to read books using the new iBooks application,hats, which serves as both a book store and a very nice looking eBook reader. But according to Apple's website, iBooks won't come pre-installed on the iPad. You can be sure that Apple will give its own application top billing on the App Store, but there will still be plenty of room for confusion.Imagine what will happen when a new iPad user boots up the device for the first time and decides to buy Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, but instead of doing it through the iBooks app, they simply run a search on the App Store. There are at least 25 different standalone applications featuring the book, selling for between 99 cents and five dollars. Each of these applications has its own book reading interface, many of which aren't nearly as polished as the iBooks app Apple has shown off. And every time the user downloads a different book from the App Store#x, they'll be using yet another new interface. ThatSafety barriersdoesn't seem like the sort of user experience Apple typically strives for.And then there's the issue of App Store clutter.相关的主题文章：
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