Microsoft Reader Shutting Down Next YearPC Magazine - Sara Yin - Aug 16, 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 - Aug 15, 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 - Aug 15, 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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RIP, Microsoft ReaderPaul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows (blog) - Paul Thurrott - Aug 16, 2011These days, I'm a fan and advocate of Amazon's superior Kindle eReading platform and it's amazing to watch it get better and better with each passing month. But years ago, one of the early innovators in the eReading space, believe it or not, ... |
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Microsoft Announces eBook Reader App ClosureITProPortal - Ravi Mandalia - Aug 16, 2011Microsoft Corporation on Monday announced discontinuation of its support for the e-book reader application. Redmond, Washington-based software giant has decided to end support for the Reader app for e-books. The company will not sell anymore content ... |
Microsoft closes the book on MS Reader appEngadget - Amar Toor - Aug 16, 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 - Aug 16, 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 - Aug 16, 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 - Aug 16, 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 - Aug 15, 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) - Aug 15, 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 - Aug 15, 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 - Aug 15, 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 - Aug 15, 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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