Microsoft will discontinue support of its e-book reader app, the company quietly announced on Monday.
No new content for the pioneering app will be sold after 8 November, and the company will end support next year, Microsoft announced on its Reader site. "Microsoft is discontinuing Microsoft Reader effective August 30, 2012, which includes download access of the Microsoft Reader application from the Microsoft Reader website," it said. "However, customers may continue to use and access the Microsoft Reader application and any .lit materials on their PCs or devices after the discontinuation on August 30, 2012."
While sales will be discontinued, users will have indefinite access to purchased content housed on their device, Microsoft said. Microsoft also said it had no plans to offer an alternative app and that it would not help users migrate their Reader content to another e-reader device.
For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see Microsoft cancels its Reader e-book app on CNET News.
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