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posted by FatPhil on Thursday April 04 2019, @06:45PM   Printer-friendly
from the right-to-read-revoked dept.

Microsoft Kills Off Its Book Store, Offers Refunds to Everyone

Microsoft has decided to discontinue the books category in the Microsoft Store, with customers no longer allowed to purchase new content since April 2.

Furthermore, the software giant says that all books would be removed in July 2019, and users would be offered refunds for their purchases.

"Starting April 2, 2019, the books category in Microsoft Store will be closing. Unfortunately, this means that starting July 2019 your ebooks will no longer be available to read, but you'll get a full refund for all book purchases," the company announces [Ed's note: blank without JS --FP].

"While you can no longer purchase or acquire additional books from the Microsoft Store, you can continue to read your books until July 2019 when refunds will be processed."

All refunds will be offered with the same payment method that you used to purchase books from the store, Microsoft says. In case this method is no longer valid or if you purchased a book using a gift card, the credit is added to your Microsoft account and you can then spend it in the Microsoft Store. [...]

Also at the BBC.


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by PinkyGigglebrain on Thursday April 04 2019, @07:42PM

    by PinkyGigglebrain (4458) on Thursday April 04 2019, @07:42PM (#824659)

    On the one hand its a dick move by MS to take take away peoples books.

    On the other it is good that they are giving refunds, and actually refunding real money when they can is amazing.

    I usually loath MS in all things but without RTFA it actually sounds like they are trying to do right by their customers.

    I better get my bunker fully stocked, this has got to be a sign of the imminent start of The Apocalypse.

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