Amazon just blocked ALL Android users from purchasing Kindle ebooks, and this is why

Amazon has stopped Android customers from buying a brand new e book on the official Kindle app. The most important change got here into pressure right now (June 1), with billing choices not solely faraway from the Amazon Kindle app but additionally from the Music and Audible apps. This massive function removing is available in response to adjustments to the Google Play Retailer billing coverage.

Earlier this month Amazon additionally eliminated the flexibility to buy digital items from the Amazon Buying and Prime Video apps.

In an electronic mail to clients, Amazon mentioned the adjustments have been being introduced in to adjust to up to date Google Play Retailer insurance policies.

In a message addressing Kindle customers, Amazon mentioned: “Readers will now not have the ability to purchase or hire Kindle books or subscribe to Kindle Limitless via the Amazon app for Android: this transformation retains the app in compliance with Google’s up to date Play Retailer insurance policies.

“You’ll be able to at all times add to your library by shopping for or renting books via amazon.com from an online browser.”

Whereas the message doesn’t state which guidelines it is a response to, Google’s insurance policies imply apps on the Google Play Retailer have to make use of the search engine big’s billing system.

Which results in the Android makers taking a lower from each digital sale.

The e-mail to Kindle customers from Amazon goes on to stipulate methods Android customers can nonetheless get content material on their system.

Amazon says its official Android app can nonetheless be used to construct their studying listing, whereas Android customers may buy new ebooks by way of their net browser, in addition to recommending the Kindle Limitless service which provides you a limiteless library of over 1,000,000 ebooks to learn.

Alternatively, you may merely obtain the Amazon App Retailer for Android and obtain related apps from this market.

These apps shall be completely different to those discovered on the Google Play Retailer and can nonetheless supply in-app purchases.

So you will need to delete your previous Google Play Retailer variations of the Kindle, Music, Audible, Prime Video and Amazon Buying apps and exchange them with the downloads from the Amazon App Retailer.