Ngemuva kweminyaka ecishe ibe yimine selokhu kwenzeke konke lokhu kuzindla okuhlobene nentengo yokuthengiswa kwama-ebook esitolo Isitolo se-iBooks, iNkantolo Ephakeme isimemezele ekugcineni unecala, futhi futhi ku-Apple, ngesivumelwano sentengo esadalwa ngaleso sikhathi nabashicileli.
Kodwa-ke, asibhekene nesinqumo esisha ngaphambi kwesicelo esifakwe yi-Apple, kepha njengoba konke kugcinwa, kumane nje kungukuqinisekiswa kwesigwebo esanikezwa iNkantolo Ephakeme kulabo baseCupertino. Bakubone kufanele ukuthi ngeke basivume ngisho nesikhalazo esifakwe yi-Apple.
Emuva ngo-2012 yilapho kwaqala khona yonke le "soap opera", abalingisi bayo abaphambili yi-Amazon ne-Apple. Emuva ngaleso sikhathi kwakuyi-Amazon eyayizimela emakethe ye-ebook. Kungakho, ngokwesivumelwano, ukuthi abashicileli babengeke bakwazi ukusetha amanani ezincwadi zakhe. Kodwa-ke, i-Apple ibifuna ukungena emakethe futhi ngemuva kokunikeza amanani aphezulu okubuyela kulabo bashicileli Kubukeka sengathi bavumelana nalabo baseCupertino ukulungisa amanani, okuholele kwisikhalazo esifinyelele kule miphumela.
Ngaleso sikhathi, iNkantolo Ephakeme yakhipha inhlawulo yama-dollar ayizigidi ezingama-450 ku-Apple, okuyizigidi ezingama-400 ezazenzelwe ukubuyisela kubathengi bama-ebook ahlobene nalesi sakhiwo, izigidi ezingama-20 eziya kummangali kanye nezigidi ezingama-30 ngaphezulu ngezimali zomthetho.
Njengoba sikwazi ukubona, ekugcineni isihloko sama-ebook kufanele sibe isiqephu lapho Ukuphela kwento u-Apple angayenza manje ukungcwaba futhi akhokhe lokho okubekwe yiNkantolo Ephakeme.
