This may be driven by the publishers wanting to sell direct? Or use dedicated apps.
For average eyesight on older people there is little difference between 227 dpi and 300 dpi for magazines and newspapers All other current 10.3″ eink vs Kindle Scribe. Both magazines and newspapers native print format doesn't work without landscape and scrolling on 10″ anyway. So they have to either do a reflowable format, or use the web version, or app version, or a different fixed layout for 10″. But many tablets are around the 8 to 9 inches (Apple mini iPad) or 10″.
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W has learned that the company is ending its print textbook rental program, which was established about a decade ago, and will phase out print and digital magazine and newspaper subscriptions as well.
The print textbook rental program will wind down over the course of the spring semester. Amazon’s digital textbook rental program will not be affected by the shutdown and it will also continue to sell new and used textbooks. Altogether, Amazon will still have about 2 million textbooks for sale or rent.
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So text book rentals gone. That market is served directly by publishers and dominated by Apple iPads. Many schools have mandatory iPads.
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A selection of magazines and newspapers, believed to number in the hundreds, will continue to be included in Kindle Unlimited.
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i.e. Subscription only.
That suggests it's Publisher driven, not exactly an Amazon decision.