On June 30, #Kindle中国电子书店停止下载服务#冲上热搜 attracted the attention of netizens.
According to the official website of Amazon China, from June 30, 2024, the Kindle China e-book store will stop the cloud download service, and e-books that have not been downloaded after this will not be able to be downloaded and read.
Amazon has published an exit schedule
The Kindle eReader was born in 2007 and is considered one of Amazon's most successful hardware products. Thanks to the use of an e-paper screen, the Kindle is considered eye-friendly and easy to read, combining the experience of a paper book with the convenience of an e-reader.
In February 2012, Amazon's China website officially launched the Kindle store, and Kindle users can directly purchase Chinese Kindle books. In 2013, Kindle officially entered China and became synonymous with e-books for a time, favored by many readers. In 2018, the development of Kindle readers in China reached its peak, with annual sales exceeding one million.
In 2022, Amazon released the "Kindle China E-book Store Operation Adjustment", announcing that it would stop the operation of the Kindle e-book store in China one year later.
Ten years after Kindle came to China, domestic brands such as iFLYTEK, Huawei, Palm Reading, Wenshi, and WeChat Reading have also appeared in the domestic e-book market, which has had a certain impact on Kindle's market share.
On June 30, 2023, according to the notice issued by Amazon's Kindle service account, the operation of the Kindle e-book store in China was officially stopped, and users can no longer purchase new e-books after that.
According to the notice, for e-books that users have previously purchased, they can be downloaded until June 30, 2024, and they can continue to read. E-books and personal documents stored on Kindle devices will not be affected. Kindle customer service in China will continue until June 30, 2024.
Netizen: It's really a bubble noodle cover
Some netizens commented: "You can use it as a instant noodle lid with peace of mind", "This is really a instant noodle lid".
Kindle has accompanied many people's youth, and has also left a lot of jokes, such as: "Half of the fate of Kindle is covered with instant noodles." In March 2019, Amazon's official Weibo launched an advertising copy, a Kindle was covered with a box of instant noodles, and the text next to it showed "Cover Kindle, the noodles are more fragrant", and even set a countdown with the Kindle's built-in clock function. This wave of marketing with "self-blackening" caused a sensation at the time.
Some netizens expressed their nostalgia and told their story with Kindle.
Some netizens said that thanks to Kindle's companionship over the years, it is really very easy to use.
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