Microsoft to get its own ebook store in Windows 10 update

[froggyboy604]

Microsoft has almost matched its platform rivals Google and Apple in most digital content save for one. While it already does apps, games, videos, and music, it so far hasn’t done digital books yet. That, however, will be changing in the upcoming Windows 10 Creators Update. Spotted in an internal build for Windows 10 Mobile, Microsoft seem to be preparing its own built-in ebook store to complete its digital selection and give Windows 10 users a new way of consuming and buying content without having to resort to Android or iOS platforms.

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I feel it would be hard for Microsoft to get a lot of eBook buyers for its new eBook stores unless the eBook prices are a lot cheaper than Amazon, Apple, Google, and other stores.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

Is there really a need for this?

 

[froggyboy604]

Is there really a need for this?

I don't feel there is a need for this since there are already a lot of eBook stores from Amazon Kindle, Barnes and Noble, Apple, Google Play Books, Kobo and other ebook stores.

But, the Windows 10 eBook store can help Microsoft earn more money from schools, work places, and students who need to buy a certain book like Science book. A lot of school and work related books can cost hundreds of dollars depending on how many pages it have, and the subject of the books. Many fictional novels like "The Lord of the Rings" and Harry Potter also cost over 10 dollars.

I feel limiting the eBook store to Windows 10 may make some schools and workplaces not use the eBook store because a lot of schools, work places, and regular users still use Windows 7.

 

[2045]

This is actually pretty cool. As a Microsoft fanboy, I'd love to use my Windows phone or my Windows 10 tablet to buy ebooks.

 

[froggyboy604]

This is actually pretty cool. As a Microsoft fanboy, I'd love to use my Windows phone or my Windows 10 tablet to buy ebooks.

I prefer buying a physical used book, or cheaper new book if I had to buy a book. There are some textbooks and books which come with a PDF version of the eBook on a CD, or downloadable from its website. PDF is not the best file format for eBooks because you need a PDF reader like Adobe Acrobat or a web browser with a built-in PDF reader like Firefox or Microsoft Edge, but you can open PDF files on most popular operating systems like Windows, Linux, Mac, iOS, and Chrome OS instead of being stuck only using a Windows 10 tablet to read the book.

My local library now lends out free ebooks for people who own an Android, iOS, and Kindle eReader or tablet, and there are many physical books, DVDs, Blu-Ray, and stuff I can borrow for free.

It can be more risky buying an eBook from Microsoft instead of Amazon Kindle, iTunes, Barnes and noble and Kobo since Microsoft could shutdown their eBook store website in the future if there are not enough book buyers sort of like their PC Games for Windows store which they created a few years ago, and now abandoned because people rather use Steam and Gog for buying PC games.

Amazon, iTunes, Barnes and Noble and Kobo already have enough users to keep the website active, and they have been around for many years, so their store will more likely be open many years from now.