​Comixology cuts Apple and Google out of digital-comics revenue

Amazon buys Comixology and promptly changes its Apple and Google apps to cut out the "middle-man" take --

​Comixology cuts Apple, Google out of digital-comics kickback - CNET: "....Comixology's Comics app for iOS is no longer able to make in-app purchases of any kind. iOS users must make all comics purchases from the Comixology website store and then synchronize the books to the iOS app. The Comics app had been one of Apple's top grossing apps with in-app purchases for several years. It ranked third on the iPad top-grossing chart for 2012, and was the top-grossing iPad app of 2013, with 14 percent of all nongame in-app sales. The old iOS app's comic-reading functions will continue to work, reports Bleeding Cool, but the store won't. For people who don't want to have to download their books to their iOS device, this could be a small time-saver. Comixology's Comics app for Android will continue to allow users to make in-app purchases, but instead of paying with your Google Play account, you must now go through Comixology's new system and pay with PayPal or a credit card...."

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