[GTALUG] microsoft giving away science fiction ebook, free but DRMed

[James Knott]

On 11/18/2015 10:05 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> <http://news.microsoft.com/futurevisions/>
> This is a collection of short stories "inspired by microsoft".  You
> can download it for free, but only from ebook stores:
>
>     Amazon
>     Amazon (International Sites)
>     Barnes and Noble
>     iBooks
>     Kobo
>
> So free as in beer, not free as in speech.  I find that interesting.
>
> (I haven't checked that there is DRM but I'd be surprised if each
> store applied its own.)
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There are reader apps for Amazon, Kobo etc. that run on tablets.  That's
all you need.