Shawn Blanc interviewed Chad Sellers, who runs Useful Fruit Software, the maker of Pearnote. The software is available on Amazon’s store as well as Apple’s. Here’s an interesting look into Amazon’s processes for developers getting their software to the company from Sellers:
Currently, I email it to them. They are working on an online submission system, but it doesn’t exist yet. It’s non-ideal, but they processed my latest update very quickly.
And here he is on licensing:
The licensing and upgrades are the same on Amazon as they are on my website. Amazon seems to treat licensing of downloads just like licensing of boxed software — they are simply delivering the file to the user.
Say what you will about the Mac App Store, but it seems a lot better of an experience for developers and users.