MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - [GoodEReader Rumors] Boyue out of business soon?

kyôdai · 01-15-2022, 05:54 AM

The saga continues... Yesterday GoodEreader doubles down and announces yet again, that Boyue is probably dead:

-> https://goodereader.com/blog/electro...-might-be-dead

This article goes into more detail and sounds more believable then the others. But then again, it is now their third version of this story, so who knows...

In short, they now claim:

Boyue still exists, but because of the pandemic, ricing prices for e-Ink displays, a restructure of their business and deals that fell through, they had to cease operation.
They closed down their facilities and let go most of their staff. Ongoing business is handled by another company called Ruixin.
Some of the former Boyue staff founded a new company called Haoqingtech. They want to continue making e-readers and they are the ones who are launching this "Meebook P78 Pro" device (not Boyue). They want to use basically the same design / software and are even trying to buy the "Likebook" brand from Boyue.

01-15-2022, 05:54 AM	#11
kyôdai Groupie Posts: 172 Karma: 6298862 Join Date: Oct 2012 Device: none	The saga continues... Yesterday GoodEreader doubles down and announces yet again, that Boyue is probably dead: -> https://goodereader.com/blog/electro...-might-be-dead This article goes into more detail and sounds more believable then the others. But then again, it is now their third version of this story, so who knows... In short, they now claim: Boyue still exists, but because of the pandemic, ricing prices for e-Ink displays, a restructure of their business and deals that fell through, they had to cease operation. They closed down their facilities and let go most of their staff. Ongoing business is handled by another company called Ruixin. Some of the former Boyue staff founded a new company called Haoqingtech. They want to continue making e-readers and they are the ones who are launching this "Meebook P78 Pro" device (not Boyue). They want to use basically the same design / software and are even trying to buy the "Likebook" brand from Boyue.