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Amazon Appstore is an app store operated by Amazon.com Services, LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon. The store is primarily used as the storefront for Amazon's Android-based Fire OS. including Amazon Fire tablets, and Amazon Fire TV digital media players, and can be sideloaded and installed manually on third-party Android devices. Some Android devices may also be bundled with Amazon Appstore as part of compensation agreements. It was also used as a source of Android software for runtime environments on BlackBerry 10 and Windows 11. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Amazon AppstoreA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: The Business of Android Apps DevelopmentThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The sales effect of “Free App of the Day” on Amazon Appstore: An empirical studyCited 6 times
- Go sideways: List of mobile app distribution platformsA closely related topic
- Go sideways: List of Android app storesA closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
📚 Books worth reading
The Business of Android Apps DevelopmentMark Rollins · 2011
The Business of Android Apps Development: Making and Marketing Apps that Succeed on Google Play, Amazon Appstore and MoreMark Rollins · 2013- 📕AMAZON ENTERTAINMENT : TIPS and TRICKSQuick GUIDES TEAM · 2018
- 📕Everything You Need to Know about Music, Prime Video, and Other Digital ServicesQuick GUIDES TEAM · 2018
- 📕Learning Android application programmingJames Talbot · 2014
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