MODERN PROBLEMS: Microsoft is removing books from the Microsoft Store on Windows 10. “Microsoft has announced that starting today, customers looking to buy books from the Microsoft Store will no longer be able to do so. The book store, hosted within the Microsoft Store on Windows 10 and online, is going away. Customers who have previously purchased books from the Microsoft Store will be receiving refunds, as those customers will not be able to access their already paid for books after July 31.”
It’s nice that people are getting refunds, but if an ebook seller were to go bankrupt, there’s no guarantee that readers would be left with anything other than wasted money. Ebooks are great for one-time reads, but for anything you treasure — or need on hand for an emergency — paper is still the way to go.