I could never see getting an extra device just to read books, so I never bought a Kindle and haven't kept up (much) with the eReader space. And of course since it was a proprietary platform I never invested any time publishing on it. Good thing. As this post makes clear, Amazon's decision to discontinue Kindle magazine subscriptions "is a major financial blow to a small publication like us." Amazon's announcement was made earlier this year. Your Kindle won't be a completely useless device; you'll be able to read "a curated selection of digital literature" (presumably made up of copies from Project Gutenberg). As one commenter says, "this is a direct result of big corporations having absolute control over consumers, you can't even reach people when you are providing a service as important as journalism." True - but journalism needs to learn not to buy into the platforms in the first place - a warning we've reiterated many times in these pages.
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