We can still peruse books and see things like Bestsellers and Daily Deals, but instead of purchasing the books with the “Buy Now One-Click” button, we will have to open a completely separate window or tab to do so. Instead, they must go to /ebooks in a web browser and purchase them. Android users can no longer buy books in the actual Kindle app.

The message displayed to shoppers suggests it's Google's fault for not permitting eBook sales, but it's Amazon's decision to just pull the functionality.If you’re an avid Kindle user like me, and you own an Android phone, you’ll have noticed that within the last week, Amazon has changed the way the Kindle app works. But, as of June 1st, 2022, Google promised to actually enforce the policies and make companies respect its billing system rules, threatening to remove them if they did not comply.Īs a result, Amazon decided to stop allowing users to buy Kindle books via its apps, whether we're talking about the Amazon app or the Kindle one. Of course, as everyone knows, not all sellers have been abiding by this rule, including Amazon.

In doing so, Google gets a share of the sale. More specifically, as per Google's Play Console Help page, Google expects apps to use the company's own billing system to sell digital goods. While Google has similar rules for its Google Play Store, they have seldom been enforced. The company made this move in order to avoid paying extra fees on digital goods, as per the Apple App Store rules. In 2011, Amazon stopped offering digital book purchases via its iOS app.

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