Apple’s put it’s new app rules* into effect. Google’s app is gone and Kobo and B&N have pulled their buy links. Amazon’s latest update pulls the Kindle store links (though I don’t know what happens if you don’t download it). There seems to be confusion amongst users, who think this move is something the individual stores have initiated.

A man declared ‘fit for work’ by Atos dies of the condition they insisted shouldn’t stop him from finding employment. Which pretty much says it all, really, doesn’t it?

If DC’s new universe is disappointing you as much me (it’s whiter, maler, and targeted almost entirely at the audience they already have), you know what makes me feel better? Superhero Girl. Wonderella. ps238. Got any recs yourselves?

*If an app links to an online store it must also sell the items through the app, and Apple gets a 30% cut. This hits booksellers particularly hard due to the agency agreement the big publishers have forced on them, which means the publishers get 70% of every sale in return for being able to set the ebooks’ prices (which seems kinda lose-lose for the booksellers to me, but I guess it would be an even bigger lose if the publishers stopped supplying them with books altogether). End result: any books sold under the agency agreement through an ipod/iphone/ipad app nets them precisely no money, if not less.