AMAZON.COM will close its Chinese kindle ebook store next year, ending the purchase of new books from the west online, reports London's Financial Times.
Kindle users in China will no longer be able to purchase books following the closure of its online bookstore in June 2023, said Amazon.
The company said that it had stopped supplying dealers with Kindle eBooks and offered a refund for customers who purchased a device in 2022.
Amazon did not give a reason for its retreat from the Chinese ebook market, once an important source of sales. In 2016, three years after Amazon started selling its devices in China, the country became the largest market for Kindle devices.
The company has since lost market share to domestic rivals that launched their own ereader devices, including Xiaomi, iFlytek and Huawei.
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Kindle users in China will no longer be able to purchase books following the closure of its online bookstore in June 2023, said Amazon.
The company said that it had stopped supplying dealers with Kindle eBooks and offered a refund for customers who purchased a device in 2022.
Amazon did not give a reason for its retreat from the Chinese ebook market, once an important source of sales. In 2016, three years after Amazon started selling its devices in China, the country became the largest market for Kindle devices.
The company has since lost market share to domestic rivals that launched their own ereader devices, including Xiaomi, iFlytek and Huawei.
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