Amazon to close Kindle e-bookstore in China 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. Amazon'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. "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. 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. It did not give a reason for ending the service, but said its remaining China businesses would "continue to innovate and invest". "As a global business, we periodically evaluate our offerings and make adjustments, wherever we operate," … [Read more...] about Amazon to close Kindle e-bookstore in China
