web3dom #9 - Kindle Withdraws from China: The Evil of DRM

The unpleasant truth: if your book has not been pirated at all, it’s not because the DRM is strong, but because the market demand is too small and there’s insufficient incentive for piracy.

Tears of an Era

Kindle China
2013.06-2023.06.30

On June 2 of last year, Amazon China issued a notice stating that it would close on June 30 this year. The announcement caused a huge stir in Mainland China, yet people in Hong Kong generally felt indifferent, not to mention those in Taiwan; I even doubt, more than a year later, now that Kindle China’s online…