Amazon To Kill Digital Publication Sales Via Kindle Newsstand (mediapost.com)

Amazon will no longer sell digital magazine and newspaper subscriptions via Kindle Newsstand, starting next year.

The tech giant is also phasing out its print textbook rental program, Publishers Weekly reports.

Amazon issued this statement to Publishers Weekly:

“Following an assessment of our print textbook rentals and our magazine and newspaper subscriptions and single-issue sales, we have made the difficult decision to discontinue these services.”
more at: https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/380839/amazon-to-kill-digital-publication-sales-via-kindl.html

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