Microsoft has pulled Books from the Microsoft Store and is planning to offer customers who've purchased any ebooks via the Store refunds, as their books will no longer be accessible as of July, 2019: https://t.co/wXlRTkqyQ8

— Mary Jo Foley (@maryjofoley) April 2, 2019

…that didn't last long https://t.co/kl0gRAy5Wp

— Steve Troughton-Smith (@stroughtonsmith) April 2, 2019

역시 대인배 MS라고 할지... 이북 사업을 접으면서 서비스 사용이 불가능해지니 책값을 전부 환불해주고 메모나 책갈피, 밑줄 등을 그은 경우엔 추가 보상도 해준다고. 우리나라는... 우리나라는... ㅠㅠ https://t.co/EInEi5RArK

— 푸른곰 (@purengom) April 2, 2019

Microsoft is Closing Its Ebook Store, Edge Support - https://t.co/fOtD9nM4xq pic.twitter.com/rst59XWCrn

— Paul Thurrott (@thurrott) April 2, 2019

Microsoft announces it will shut down ebook program and confiscate its customers' libraries via @BoingBoing https://t.co/eqMH9TjZAO

— PostSecret (@postsecret) April 2, 2019

“When I was a bookseller, nothing I could do would result in your losing the book that I sold you. If I regretted selling you a book, I didn't get to break into your house and steal it, even if I left you a cash refund for the price you paid.” -@doctorow https://t.co/CszYaxi0y0

— Timothy Vollmer (@tvol) April 2, 2019

Microsoft announces it will shut down ebook program and confiscate its customers' libraries https://t.co/k2WIqJN8j8

— Xeni Jardin (@xeni) April 2, 2019

"Microsoft has a DRM-locked ebook store that isn't making enough money, so they're shutting it down and taking away every book that every one of its customers acquired effective July 1. Customers will receive refunds." via @doctorow https://t.co/C20Hal6h37

— Joshua S Fouts (@JoshuaSFouts) April 2, 2019

I do not—and never will—sell or otherwise distribute my writing with DRM.https://t.co/d2R9m0FxUI pic.twitter.com/ajhi5IgHfF

— Reginald Braithwaite (@raganwald) April 2, 2019

Oh, lovely. @Microsoft has a DRM-locked ebook store that isn't making enough $$ so they're shutting it down & taking away every book that every one of its customers acquired effective July 1. Customers will receive refunds. https://t.co/4tFJZQqYGM via @doctorow

— Craig Pittman (@craigtimes) April 2, 2019

“The idea that the books I buy can be relegated to some kind of fucking software license is the most grotesque and awful thing I can imagine:” (1 of 2)https://t.co/UeTC62C6Wp

— zeldman (@zeldman) April 2, 2019

“if the publishing industry deliberately set out to destroy any sense of intrinsic, civilization-supporting value in literary works, they could not have done a better job.” (2 of 2)https://t.co/UeTC62C6Wp

— zeldman (@zeldman) April 2, 2019

Microsoft announces it will shut down ebook program and confiscate its customers' librarieshttps://t.co/RIrOnaShYy pic.twitter.com/Hy4MI6v1gZ

— Masque of the Red Death (@doctorow) April 2, 2019

from the "do-not-trust-the-cloud-ever" dept:https://t.co/qTIWGGOtsE

— Mick Collins (@BroknHeadphones) April 2, 2019

And this is one reason (or many) why I'm skeptical about the future of ebooks. If a bookstore goes out of business, they don't come to your house and take back all the books you bought from them. https://t.co/50RLBq2gJF

— Shaun ?‍♀️ (@ShaunieDarko) April 2, 2019

Microsoft stops selling ebooks and will refund customers for previous purchases https://t.co/fBzSWVQL5C pic.twitter.com/hguHvig7IC

— The Verge (@verge) April 2, 2019

MS, 자사 e-북 스토어 닫아. 심지어 7월에 이미 구입한 e-북에 액세스하는 것도 막을 것이지만 이미 e-북 구입 고객들에게 환불할 계획. MS, 이같은 조치에 대한 이유 설명하지 않았지만 ZDNet은 회사가 디지털 뮤직 사업 철수처럼 핵심 사업에 더 집중하기 위함이라고 말해. https://t.co/PNCuND2GbS

— Wan Ki Choi (@wkchoi) April 2, 2019

잊어 버린 Microsoft eBook 스토어가 종료됩니다. https://t.co/zb37CyMfud

— editoy (@editoy) April 3, 2019

Microsoft is Closing Its Ebook Store, Edge Support - Thurrott https://t.co/8ZT37bRL3w // 마이크로소프트 전자책 스토어와 엣지 지원 종료하는군요

— lunamoth (@lunamoth) April 3, 2019

Microsoft has a DRM-locked ebook store that isn't making enough money, so they're shutting it down and taking away every book that every one of its customers acquired effective July 1. Customers will receive refunds. https://t.co/psXOzYpmES @doctorow

— Matthew Rimmer (@DrRimmer) April 3, 2019

One reason I have never bought an ebook and never will. And all my music is on CDs. https://t.co/Q7N8QZBg9B

— Bruce Bartlett (@BruceBartlett) April 3, 2019

Microsoft announces it will shut down ebook program and confiscate its customers’ libraries – Boing Boing https://t.co/ew9lCZ5Siz

— Annemarie Bridy (@AnnemarieBridy) April 3, 2019

"When I was a bookseller, nothing I could do would result in your losing the book that I sold you. If I regretted selling you a book, I didn't get to break into your house and steal it, even if I left you a cash refund for the price you paid."https://t.co/f5OrSm7tpF

— M. Lynx Qualey (@arablit) April 3, 2019

As books go digital, publishing becomes provisional. https://t.co/37CULWAr7v

— Jonathan Zittrain (@zittrain) April 3, 2019

" #Microsoft has a DRM-locked ebook store that isn't making enough money, so they're shutting it down and taking away every book that every one of its customers acquired effective July 1." https://t.co/8nclixCRSM

— Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (@schestowitz) April 3, 2019

“If I regretted selling you a book, I didn't get to break into your house and steal it, even if I left you a cash refund for the price you paid.” https://t.co/7C59ss5WFn

— James Kelleher (@etienneshrdlu) April 3, 2019

Honestly, nightmarish:

"Microsoft announces it will shut down ebook program and confiscate its customers' libraries"https://t.co/f5OrSm7tpF

— M. Lynx Qualey (@arablit) April 3, 2019

Why #DRM is evil: starting today, Microsoft is ending all ebook sales in its Microsoft Store for Windows PCs. "Previously purchased ebooks will be removed from users' libraries in early July," reports The Verge. "Even free ones will be deleted.https://t.co/ht5YEcFaHx

— Luigi (@grimmo78) April 3, 2019

Microsoft stops selling ebooks and will refund customers for previous purchases https://t.co/fBzSWVQL5C pic.twitter.com/TQcovc8uJo

— The Verge (@verge) April 3, 2019

Microsoft stops selling ebooks and will refund customers for previous purchases https://t.co/JYpwrzzQhV
マイクロソフトはアマゾンやアップルブックなどに対抗するすべを持たないとして電子書籍の取り扱いを停止するとのこと…やっぱり手元に長く置きたいなら紙媒体が最強だなぁ

— さく@次は超星オラ (@sakuagogo2) April 3, 2019

전자책 서비스를 종료하면서 (DRM을 풀어주는 게 아니라) 책을 삭제하고 환불하는 방향으로... 독자 입장에서도 안좋은 소식이지만 기업 입장에서도 모든 독자에게 환불하는 게 가능할까? https://t.co/T2aeRnySCc

— 귀신 간첩 호호할머니 (@hoho_beakbal) April 3, 2019

Microsoft stops selling ebooks and will refund customers for previous purchases https://t.co/ZZ9zfNO1l4

— Abhilasha (@FernFly) April 3, 2019

MSがストアへの電子書籍掲載を終了し購入代金の返金＆これまでに書籍にコメントなど残してる人には追加で25ドル払って利用者の端末からも削除するとか。
アプリやソシャゲアカウントならともかく、コンテンツまでストア側の都合で消すのは止められんのかね。https://t.co/qw0oAOh7Yg

— dynamis (でゅなみす) (@dynamitter) April 3, 2019

Microsoft exits the ebook business, and refunds customers for all previous purchases.

Because ebooks with DRM are *rentals* not purchases.

The world badly needs a digital bookstore that respects the sovereignty & privacy of readers.https://t.co/AzoiM3acPV

— 100 Million Books (@100millionbooks) April 3, 2019

Microsoft stops selling ebooks and will refund customers for previous purchases https://t.co/cQiEkuPtXS via @Verge

— Mandy M Roth, Author (@mandymroth) April 2, 2019

The Microsoft ebooks store you forgot existed is shutting down https://t.co/pymndkpVWg pic.twitter.com/UZVXBlcD3c

— Rich Tehrani (@rtehrani) April 2, 2019

So this isn't catching too much traction in the news cycle, but Microsoft is closing its ebook store. What I find interesting is that in doing so, they're revoking access to books you've already purchased. Sure, you'll be refunded for your library, but...https://t.co/F6gXAM6yGp

— James B. Jones (@TheJamesBJones) April 3, 2019