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Old 12-16-2022, 08:26 AM   #4
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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.


i.e. Subscription only.
That suggests it's Publisher driven, not exactly an Amazon decision.
It is only the rental of physical text books that is being axed, as I understand it. The digital rentals are continuing.

It sounds as if some newspapers and magazines might still be available through Kindle Unlimited. But I love that at the moment I can buy e.g. a French newspaper and read it instantly and I will greatly miss being able to have these subscriptions.


I feel the Kindle Scribe's marketing could almost be construed as bait and switch.

"Kindle Scribe does not support handwritten sticky notes on manga, comics, graphic novels, magazines, or newspapers, though they are still available for download and look beautiful on the 10.2” 300 ppi display"
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