Microsoft eBooks Store
Microsoft sold DRM-protected books inside Edge, then closed the store and remotely withdrew every purchased title while refunding readers.
Quick facts
- Existence state
- Officially Gone
- Peak stage
- general availability
- Research confidence
- high
- Last verified
What it was
A formally released ebook marketplace integrated into Microsoft Store and the original Microsoft Edge browser.
Windows users bought, annotated and read protected EPUB books through their Microsoft accounts and Edge libraries.
Existence timeline
Microsoft adds commercial ebooks to Windows 10 and Edge.
Readers purchase DRM-protected books through their accounts.
The Books category disappears from Microsoft Store.
Customers are told their libraries will be revoked.
Microsoft turns off the required licences.
The withdrawn libraries are widely cited in DRM debates.
Why it ended
Microsoft stopped sales in April 2019 and made all purchased books inaccessible in July because the DRM licences would no longer be served.
Last confirmed trace
Refund records, support notices, reporting and screenshots document a digital library designed to disappear with its store.
What it left behind
The closure became a concise warning that purchasing DRM-controlled media may provide access rather than durable ownership.
How we classified it
The archive unit reached normal public release or operation and is no longer obtainable in its original public form.
Verified normal public availability maps to 100 under Arrival Score V1.
Sources & verification
Last reviewed 2026-08-01. Sources are linked so readers can inspect the evidence directly.