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Old 09-14-2009, 04:07 AM   #75
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Exclamation Recap

There had been a short discussion (there are no long discussions any more) on mobipocket on tighter regional restrictions. This lead me to a little rethink and recap of the Mobipocket demise.

As far as I counted Amazon took the following steps towards a potential shut down of Mobipocket:
  1. Halt all Software development - The latest software release way January 19th, 2009.
  2. Outsource customer service - The forums are not monitored any more, e-mail service is reported to handle only the most standard problems.
  3. No new Perry Rhodan subscription - The interesting twist here is the fact that the subscription runs for 50 weeks and is paid in full upfront.
  4. Disallowing new registration for non USA publishers - Which is what this thread is all about
  5. Tightening up regional restrictions - The new one which reduces attractiveness for non USA customers.

Did I miss anything? Of course for all but the first point one can find a perfectly legitimate explanation not involving a potential shut down of Mobipocket.

Martin

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