iOS E-Reader Apps Remove Store Links

Apps like Amazon's Kindle app and Google's Reader have been faced with a dilemma. Within the App Store guidelines, it states that apps that sell products or services must do them within the app, not by sending the user to the vendor's website. However, until today, to buy books through these apps, the user had to go into Safari, buy the book, and then go back into the app to sync with his or her online account. This is an annoying process, and it would be much easier to simply buy the books within the app. Apple thought so too, so they set a deadline, and asked app developers to comply with the guidelines or be removed from the app store.

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