![]() The report added that by end-2016, China became the biggest market for these devices. "Millions of Kindle reading devices" were sold in China between 20, according to state media outlet China Daily. It did not give a reason for ending the service.Ĭustomers can still buy Kindle devices from other Tmall retailers, but not from its official online store.Īmazon said in a separate notice that although it announced "the adjustment of Kindle-related business in China", this does not change its long-term commitment to the market. This means that customers can no longer buy new e-books, although those that have been purchased can still be downloaded until June 2024 and will remain readable afterwards, it said. ![]() "Amazon will stop operating its Kindle e-bookstore in China a year from now on June 30, 2023," the company said Thursday in a statement on Chinese social media platform Weibo. The e-commerce pioneer has in recent years appeared to admit defeat to local Chinese rivals such as Alibaba and JD.com, ending its online retail operations for Chinese consumers in 2019.Īmazon's decision to pull the Kindle service comes about eight years after it first set up an official store for the e-book reader on Alibaba's Tmall platform.
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