Selling on apple app store and android market at same time

Question

I am trying to understand how it is possible to sell on the apple app store and android market at the same time? It seems there is a product ID per .folio, but if there are 2 different product ids for each store...how can I sell them?

Answer 1

You can use the same Product ID to sell the same folio (or the same folio renditions) in different stores. For your retail folio, use a lowercase Product ID, such as com.publisher.publication.monthyear. For the App Store, you specify this Product ID when setting up your in-app purchase. For Android Market (and later Amazon Appstore), you specify the same Product ID when setting up your in-app billing. When you publish the folio (or the folio renditions), you specify this same Product ID.
In my opinion, selling iPad 1024x768 folios on Android is problematic because the content will be scaled and letterboxed. Your customers will have a better experience if you set up renditions, such as 1024x768, 1024x600, and 1232x752. That way, your Xoom customers will get the 1232x752 folio, your iPad customers will get the 1024x768 folio, and your Fire/Galaxy Tab 7 customers will get the 1024x600 folio.