[ianstormtaylor]

This is an incredibly, incredibly well done shutdown statement.

It explains clearly what happened; it isn't overly congratulatory to themselves; it puts a clear emphasis on how their users can export their data; it thanks those who helped them on the journey; it beautifully summarizes everything they built and stood for, from the solid typography, to the interactive timeline, to the team photos, to the simple, clean choice of a "Epilogue" as the title. And it'll be the perfect homepage come July 1st too.

Sad to see such a high-quality product shut down. I've looked to Readmill for design inspiration a lot over the past year.

[joelrunyon]

Really nice to see them handling it straight-forwardly instead of pretending like it's an epic win for users when it's a really an acqui-hire. Props to these guys for being honest.

[gone35]

This. This should be a model for what a shutdown statement should be: forthright, empathic, free of gratuitious spin.

Readmill's story ends here. Many challenges in the world of ebooks remain unsolved, and we failed to create a sustainable platform for reading. For this, we're deeply sorry. We considered every option before making the difficult decision to end the product that brought us together.