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Re: AppleInsider

Steve Jobs to Eddy Cue, March 29, 2010

Exhibit
From
Steve Jobs
Sent
Monday, March 29, 2010 4:17 PM
To
Eddy Cue
Subject
Re: AppleInsider
Yep. What does Amazon do? Sent from my iPad
SJX-000020

About this email

Jobs asked Cue whether Apple would let anyone self-publish and whether it charged the standard 30% commission on a book aggregator's titles. Cue answered that half of Amazon's book count came from self-publishing.

The whole thread

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  3. Feb 10, 2010 Steve Jobs I'd pass. All the publishers know who we are, and the big guys would rather have you finishing the…
  4. Mar 29, 2010 Steve Jobs Yep. What does Amazon do? Sent from my iPad