Add one more headache for whoever is running Apple’s App Store approval process: edgy books.
Books aren’t a huge part of the App Store, but there are over 600 titles for sale, ranging from classics to Japanese comic books. CNET’s own David Carnoy has a new detective thriller out called Knife Music, but you won’t find it on the App Store.
That’s because 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.”
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