CNET Editor’s Self-Published Book Rejected by Apple

Last week, GalleyCat reported how the executive editor of CNET Reviews self-published his first novel–despite his agent’s advice. Just a few days later, and the book has become one of the first digital books refused by the Apple Apps Store.

Unlike many authors, David Carnoy published his book with a built-in e-reader application, which caused the App Store to reject his book based on an objectionable passage. In a recent essay, Carnoy described why he took his thriller Knife Music to BookSurge after running a Consumer Reports-style analysis of the major print-on-demand companies.

Read the rejection story here: “when Carnoy enlisted a software developer to submit the book to the App Store, Apple rejected the book for containing ‘objectionable content,’ citing a clause in the iPhone SDK that states: ‘Applications must not contain any obscene, pornographic, offensive or defamatory content or materials of any kind (text, graphics, images, photographs, etc.), or other content or materials that in Apple’s reasonable judgement (sic) may be found objectionable by iPhone or iPod touch users.’” (Via TeleRead)

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