USB sharing of Stanza ebook app halted by Apple

By Editor on February 4, 2010 · Leave a Comment

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: USB book sharing has been stripped of from version 2.1 of Lexcycle’s Stanza app for the iPhone at the request of computing giant Apple.

Ereader applications developer Lexcycle’s previous versions of Stanza, offering complete novels available either under public domain or via Creative Commons licenses as well as content from popular magazines, enabled users to transfer content from their Apple device to their computer.

According to Stanza’s App Store page, the new edition removed the ability to share books via USB as required by Apple and blocked from discussing its conversations with Apple. Apple’s decision to block Stanza’s USB sharing has been speculated a shot at online retail giant Amazon.com, which acquired Lexcycle in the spring of 2009.