![]() ![]() Shelfie worked hard to sign deals with publishers and distributors, and to make the app easy to use. But then you'd have to use that separate app to read your Shelfie titles.)īut none of this was the company's fault. (OK, you could read them on Kindle Fires if you knew how to bypass the Amazon app store and install and configure an e-reader app that's compatible with the Adobe DRM. And if you were buying e-books instead of print books, you'd likely be buying them from Amazon (or Apple, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, etc.), and you wouldn't need Shelfie anymore.įinally, some of the e-books it provided were DRM-protected those couldn’t be read on Kindle devices. You certainly wouldn’t make Shelfie a regular destination for your e-book buying or library management. Occasionally Shelfie would send you an email saying that they've added more publishers maybe you’d try again sometime. You’d take a shelfie, find that it only had e-book deals available on a few of your books, maybe take advantage of a couple, and move on. Third, Shelfie’s model did not encourage frequent uses. Note that this is “from publishers that made a deal with,” not “titles actually available as e-books in Shelfie’s catalog.” Some publishers, like those majors, only licensed limited titles to Shelfie. A Shelfie chart from December 2015 shows that about 16% of “books on an ‘average’ shelf are from publishers that signed a deal with” for e-books. It only got selected titles from two of the “big five” trade publishers: HarperCollins, typically the most aggressive among the majors in trying new digital business models, and Macmillan. Second, Shelfie’s catalog lacked titles from major publishers. But it also was a hassle and lowered the value of your print book if you were to resell it. This process helped ensure that multiple people couldn’t use the same print book to get a cheap/free e-book. First, in order to claim your discounted or free e-book, you had to go through a multi-step process with the Shelfie app: take a picture of a book verify that it correctly recognized the book you photographed sign your name on the copyright page of the print book take a photo of that and send it in then download your e-book. Once this request is received, reviewed and accepted by our legal team, transfer of applications from to will be initiated.Yet Shelfie hit several obstacles. If you would still like to transfer your apps, please submit a formal notice of assignment of ownership from to via email to both and This notice must be signed by both parties represented in the notice (documents must be signed, scanned and sent via email). ![]() * If the original developer name is part of the packageName of the app, note that International App Stores will pick up this metadata and display the app in searches for app stores other than the US. The only use-case this can be accomplished is if the original app publisher self-signed the app and gives that cert to the new app publisher. If the original app was Amazon signed that signature cannot be transferred or used by the new app owner. * If the new app owner chooses to update the app note that updates will fail if users of the app published by the original developer attempt to update to the new app/developer version. Although the App Key transfers, the AAX dB loses any linking to the new dev and existing App Key - thus Reports will no longer function for the app. * Mobile Ads reporting will no longer function for the new developer account. At this point it looks like the transferred app will no longer to associate ANY Security Profile, or any API that needs a Security Profile. * Security Profiles are not associated - GC, ADM etc will no longer function for new app with existing Security Profiles. Transferred app will not be able to use GameCircle going forward due to: Leaderboards, achievements etc are not transferred if they are included within the app. ![]() * For Game Circle: Apps that get transferred, we only change the vendor association in MAS1NA (CIC DB). * gain access to Sales Reporting data on the transferred ASIN from the date and time of the transfer onward (no historical data prior to that point). * receive and maintain Earnings Reports on all months from the date and time of the transfer onward * accrue Earnings from the date and time of transfer onward ![]() * lose access to all Sales Reporting data on the transferred ASIN. * receive and maintain Earnings Reports on all months up to the date and time of the transfer * accrue Earnings up to and including the date and time of the transfer The better course of action is to simply request the Suppression of the Live app, then Submit the app as a new app submission in the new developer account.Īs a result of this transfer: The current app owner will: Most all Amazon API’s will cease to function after the transfer, permanently. We strongly discourage transferring an app from one developer account to another. ![]()
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