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

    Will we be able to disable/uninstall it?

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  3. 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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  4. 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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