Barnes & Noble Nook iOS App Gains Purchase Links

Barnes & Noble has updated its Nook app for iPhone and iPad with a caller "buy connected BN.com" fastener that redirects users to the company's website to implicit e-book and audiobook purchases (via GoodReader).


The fastener appears alongside publication listings and opens the user's default browser to the corresponding merchandise leafage connected Barnes & Noble's website. After completing the purchase, contented automatically syncs to the Nook app and immoderate connected Nook devices.

Previously, iOS users had nary wide way to acquisition books done the app, often leaving customers confused astir however to bargain content. The caller strategy mirrors caller updates to Amazon's Kindle app and Spotify, which added akin outer acquisition options.

The changes stem from a tribunal ruling successful the ongoing litigation betwixt Epic Games and Apple. In April, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers issued a contempt order prohibiting Apple from blocking outer acquisition links oregon imposing commissions connected them.

For implicit a decade, Apple's App Store guidelines required developers to either usage Apple's in-app acquisition strategy with a 30% committee oregon region immoderate links directing users to alternate outgo methods.

The ruling has enabled e-reader apps to connection much intuitive purchasing experiences, with Kobo besides implementing akin functionality.
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