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Microsoft Plans To Add an Ebook Store To Windows 10 (mspoweruser.com)

Posted by msmash on from the for-bookworms dept.

Microsoft may have plans to give Windows 10 users the ability to purchase ebooks directly from the Windows Store. According to a report on MSPowerUser, Windows 10 Creators Update will feature a new book store interface that will support the purchase and viewing of books in the Microsoft Edge browser. The report claims that this feature will be coming to both Windows 10 Mobile and other Windows 10 variants on PCs and tablets. It's worth mentioning that Microsoft made EPUB support a feature of Microsoft Edge as part of its Windows 10 Creators Update Insider test builds last year.

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  1. Years late, millions short by tripleevenfall · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yet another soon-to-be short-lived MS attempt to be 5th or 6th to market with someone else's idea.

  2. Did you know by rossdee · · Score: 3, Interesting

    that there is a Kindle for PC that lets you read wBooks purchased from Amazon

    or soesn't it work on Win 10

    BTW I can also read books from the Kindle store on my phone and Fire Tablets

    1. Re:Did you know by Jason+Levine · · Score: 3, Informative

      Many libraries will also lend out Kindle versions of books. (They automatically expire and then can't be opened when due.) As an author, I love the Kindle platform. I make more money on the sale of a Kindle book than I do on the sale of a paperback. If Microsoft wants to even put a dent in Amazon's eBook empire, they're going to need cross-compatibility and a ton of titles to attract users and good royalty payment structures for authors. If their eBook store doesn't offer authors enough of a cut of sales, we'll all stick with Amazon. If not enough books are available, users won't use the service. If there aren't enough users, authors/publishing companies won't bother releasing their books on Microsoft's platform.

      Side note: I liked that Amazon gave me the choice of whether to include DRM or not. (I didn't include it.) Somehow, I can't see Microsoft's eBook story NOT forcing DRM on all of the eBooks.

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  3. First and most important question by Opportunist · · Score: 4, Funny

    Will we be able to disable/uninstall it?

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  4. a brief timeline for this innovation by nimbius · · Score: 5, Funny

    2009: Amazon releases kindle and an entire bookstore.
    2010: Google digitizes and operates the largest e-book store on the planet.
    2017: Microsoft gets excited about this new e-book technology its been hearing so much about and immediately declares it will offer a bookstore that only works with Microsoft products.

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  5. Windows is my tool by hoggoth · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Windows is my tool. I use it to work. I don't want a damn eBook store or ads on my desktop or a touch interface that I can't touch at my desktop. It's like someone put a f**ing little LCD screen in the head of my hammer that shows me ads while I pound nails.

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