Sony officially closes e-book business

As a pioneer of e-books, Sony has been rushing to the late set early, due to the backward content of the business, the business is unsustainable, Sony has announced the closure of the e-book business, sold it to the Canadian e-reader manufacturer Kobo. According to foreign technology media reports, Sony is in the process of business transfer, and announced that the UK, Austria and Germany Xperia and Reader equipment pre-installed Kobo reading applications. Sony Reader Stores across the world will be closed. In 2004, Sony launched the world's first mass-produced e-reader with an “e-ink” display, opening the age of e-books. In 2007, Amazon launched its Kindle e-book and rapidly surpassed Sony with its powerful content ecosystem. Recently, Sony also cut off VIAO's personal computer business and continued to lose weight to get rid of losses.

Judging from the current e-book market, it is only natural for Sony to abandon this aspect of the business, and it is even more sensible to give up the personal computer business. However, although throttling is one of the effective means for a company to turn a profit, it is not necessarily the best way. I believe that Sony fans do not want to hear similar news again.