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Amazon Hedges Ahead of Pending Apple Event

Amazon Hedges Ahead of Pending Apple Event

In a sign that the party is coming to an end for Jeff Bezos, it was announced today that Amazon would be changing their royalty sharing model from the truly paltry 25-30% they were offering before to up to 70%. This comes with some strings as explained by Mashable:

To be able to get the 70 percent royalty deal, the list price for your title must be both between $2.99 to $9.99 and be 20 percent below the lowest physical book price; title also must be “offered at or below price parity with competition, including physical book prices”. The title also needs to be included in a broad set of features in the Kindle Store, e.g. text-to-speech. Finally, the title must be made available for sale “in all geographies for which the author or publisher has rights”

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AT&T Beefs Up 3G Network Under iPhone Strain

AT&T Beefs Up 3G Network Under iPhone Strain

Electronista writes about AT&T’s iPhone network congestion:

AT&T today began ramping up its 3G network plans in a newer direction by adding one of its earliest “second layers” to its Atlanta service. The approach gives about 90 cell sites in the area a second node each and helps balance the load of data on the network, particularly during peak hours when the one node would normally be full. Atlanta had already had a certain level of duplication but now is much more comprehensive.

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