With Apple’s controversial new in-app purchases guidelines kicking in this month, the fallout has already started to hit the app store. The href="http://9to5mac.com/2011/07/23/did-apple-eject-google-books-from-the-app-store-for-violating-terms/">Google Books app is now strangely missing from the app store, rumor is because they wouldn’t meet Apple’s new rules. The href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903999904576466541528618056.html">WSJ is reporting that both their own app and ebook seller Kobo have stopped offering in-app purchases in order to keep their apps in the app store but not hand over 30% of revenue to Apple. For both of those services, purchases and subscriptions must be bought online, and then they’ll work in the app.
TechCrunch is also reporting that href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/25/ipad-books-hobbled/">the Nook and Kindle apps no longer have access to their web store from within the app, and you cannot create an account for these services inside the app.
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