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This thread has not been around so long that I won't revive it. There has been little on Mobileread about Microsoft's venture into selling ebooks, but a few articles have appeared on various blogs. Apparently the ebooks are epubs with DRM, though which type of DRM is not specified. It appears that they can only be read in the Edge browser, and only on devices running Windows 10 Creator's edition and later. Apparently it will run on some Surface models. It seems to me it is almost certainly using some form of proprietary DRM. We seem to be looking at a variant of an "app-locked" ebook store, the variation being that this is locked to the Edge Browser, but also to Windows 10, and even then only to the Creator's Edition (which introduced ebook functionality to Edge) and newer. I was amused by one article which wrote gushingly of reading by the Pool, an interesting feat in direct sunlight with a non e-ink tablet. There was also a sarcastic reference somewhere to taking your Surface Tablet to bed.
I doubt this one is going to be a success, even with Windows 10's substantial user base. I for one will be avoiding this particular ebook store like the plague. Whilst the books are apparently at least in ebook format, I wouldn't be buying them in the expectation of later being able to remove the DRM. Whilst there is always the chance that some hackers will take a look and find the problem easy, or regard it as a challenge, I doubt this platform will attract enough readers to make this likely.
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