Microsoft Reader Shutting Down Next YearPC Magazine - Sara Yin - 16 Aug, 2011Microsoft, however, will shut down its eBookstore on November 8, 2011, so stock up now on those .lit files. Microsoft Reader launched in 2000, long before dedicated e-reader devices came into existence, and was one of the first applications ... |
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Microsoft cancels its Reader e-book appCNET - Steven Musil - 16 Aug, 2011Microsoft will discontinue support of its e-book reader app, the company quietly announced today. Microsoft is discontinuing Microsoft Reader effective August 30, 2012, which includes download access of the Microsoft Reader application from the ... |
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Microsoft Reader E-Book System Comes To Its ConclusionWashington Post - 16 Aug, 2011By TechCrunch.com, Microsoft is officially putting their MS Reader system to bed. First made available in 2000, before e-ink readers were more than a twinkle in some materials researcher's eye, the application was intended for the consumption of ... |
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Microsoft closes the book on MS Reader appEngadget - Amar Toor - 16 Aug, 2011We're wishing a heartfelt farewell to Microsoft Reader today, because the folks at Redmond have decided to pull the plug on their e-book application, more than a decade after it first launched. ... |
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Microsoft kills off its book ReaderTHINQ.co.uk - 16 Aug, 2011At a time when publishers are seeing a boom in the market for electronic content, Microsoft has decided to back out of the market with the cancellation of its Reader product. Launched in 2000, significantly before the eReader boom enjoyed by the likes ... |
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Microsoft Reader to be unavailable from Aug.30, 2012PanARMENIAN.Net - 16 Aug, 2011New e-books in its LIT format will be discontinued on November 8, and the app itself will be unavailable effective August 30, 2012, although existing customers will still be able to access it, ReadWriteWeb reported. Reader has been around since 2000, ... |
Microsoft to discontinue support for its e-book reader applicationComputerWeekly.com - 16 Aug, 2011Microsoft is to halt support for its e-book reader application in a year's time, with no new content to be released after November this year. Launched in 2000, Microsoft Reader was touted as a free, downloadable software application to enable users to ... |
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Microsoft discontinues support for ReaderUbergizmo - George Wong - 16 Aug, 2011Anybody out there who uses Microsoft Reader? Nope? Well, to the handful of you who use the app, unfortunately we've got some bad news for you. Microsoft has just announced in an official statement that no new ... |
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Microsoft Reader to be Discontinued [RIP Microsoft Reader; .LIT Format to Live ...TFTS (blog) - 16 Aug, 2011Microsoft has recently announced that its Reader System is at end-of-life. With the popularity of e-book readers and tablet computers, is it high time for Microsoft Reader to call it quits? Microsoft launched its Reader system back in the early 2000′s, ... |
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Microsoft suspending support on LIT format and Reader AppGood E-Reader (blog) - Michael Kozlowski - 16 Aug, 2011Microsoft is officially closing the chapter on their LIT format for reading books via the MS Reader Application by August 30, 2012. You will still be able to download the reading app until then and buy books. ... |
Microsoft Reader eBook software has a year left to liveMobiputing - 16 Aug, 2011Microsoft is discontinuing its eBook platform. Long before EPUB and Amazon Kindle books had become the de facto standard, the Microsoft Reader .lit format was one of the most popular eBook formats around. I read some of my first digital books using ... |
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Microsoft Reader E-Book System Comes To Its ConclusionTechCrunch - 16 Aug, 2011Devin Coldewey is a Seattle-based writer and photographer. He has written for the TechCrunch network since 2007. Some posts he'd like you to read: The Dangers of Externalizing Knowledge | Generation i | Surveillant Society | Choose Two | Frame Wars ... |
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