Changes

{{TLD|

{{TLD|

|logo  =

|logo  =

|status = Proposed

|status = Delegated

|manager  =

|manager  = [[Amazon]]

|country  =  

|country  =  

|language =

|language =

|category = [[:Category:Lifestyle New gTLDs|Lifestyle]]

|category = [[:Category:Lifestyle New gTLDs|Lifestyle]]

|community  =

|community  =

|priority = 575 - [[Amazon]]

|priority =  

|keypeople  =

|keypeople  =

}}

}}

'''.read''' is a proposed [[TLD]] in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]]. The applicant is [[Amazon]].<ref>[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/strings-1200utc-13jun12-en Reveal Day 13 June 2012 – New gTLD Applied-For Strings]</ref>

'''.read''' is a [[gTLD]] delegated to the [[Root Zone]] in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]] 5 December 2015. [[Amazon]] manages the string.<ref>[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/strings-1200utc-13jun12-en Reveal Day 13 June 2012 – New gTLD Applied-For Strings]</ref><ref>[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/delegated-strings Delegated Strings]</ref>

Amazon continued to come under scrutiny for its many applications for "[[gTLD#Closed Generic Strings|closed generics]]", that is, generic terms that it plans to use in a closed system, thereby making it the only registrant for an important online market. The application for [[.book]] [[.author]], .read, came under specific protest from Barnes and Noble, and other booksellers, which sent letters to ICANN.<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130228_booksellers_weigh_in_on_amazons_new_tlds/ Booksellers Weigh In on Amazon New TLDs, CircleID.com] Retrieved 1 March 2013</ref>

Amazon continued to come under scrutiny for its many applications for "[[gTLD#Closed Generic Strings|closed generics]]", that is, generic terms that it plans to use in a closed system, thereby making it the only registrant for an important online market. The application for [[.book]] [[.author]], .read, came under specific protest from Barnes and Noble, and other booksellers, which sent letters to ICANN.<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130228_booksellers_weigh_in_on_amazons_new_tlds/ Booksellers Weigh In on Amazon New TLDs, CircleID.com] Retrieved 1 March 2013</ref>