Apple Subscriptions Will Affect Amazon

Just two weeks after the launch of The Daily, Apple has announced a new subscription plan available to content publishers.

Computerworld points out: “The new model will affect Amazon.com and other booksellers with iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad applications, an Apple spokeswoman said…Publishers and content sellers must remove any links within their apps to outside-the-App Store purchasing options, Apple said, a requirement that means Amazon.com must eliminate the link to the Kindle Store that it currently provides in its iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad apps.”

Under the terms of the subscription model, Apple will handle the billing and will keep a 30% cut when they bring in a new subscriber.