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Free Microsoft Press eBooks - Now Available as EPUB and MOBI

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"From time to time Microsoft Press has been pleased to offer free downloadable eBooks available as either PDF or XPS files. We are now very happy to announce that five of these same eBooks can be downloaded in two additional formats, DRM-free EPUB and MOBI. These new formats enable you to read these eBooks on ereaders such as Amazon’s Kindle, Barnes and Noble’s Nook, Sony Reader and Kobo eReader, as well as on iOS devices such as the iPad. Of course these files can also be read with ereading apps for the various devices (and other reading applications like Adobe Digital Editions) on netbooks, laptops, and desktop PCs. The key difference between these formats and the previously-offered PDF and XPS files is that the text is “reflowable,” meaning that it recomposes depending on the width of the screen (or as you resize a Window). For reading on Kindles, Kindle apps, or the Mobipocket readers for various devices, use the MOBI files. For reading on most other ereaders and ereading apps, including Nook, Sony, and iPad, as well as on PCs, use the EPUB files."

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  • Thanks for sharing. I think, they are only available in EPub or Mobi format.
    For PC users, you can download Mobi pocket reader for reading the MOBI format.

    • +1

      The Amazon Kindle PC app also lets you view mobi files.

    • +2

      This is jus new formats, not new books. You can still download the books free as PDFs. These books have been free for a while.

  • thanks for sharing

  • any link for the original PDF's?

  • calibre is a great way to convert epub etc for all devices as well as having a built in reader. Kinda like iTunes for ebooks

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    Titles available:

    Charles Petzold’s Programming Windows Phone 7
    To get Moving to Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 by Patrice Pelland, Pascal Paré, and Ken Haines
    Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 by Ross Mistry and Stacia Misner
    Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2 by Charlie Russel and Craig Zacker with the Windows Server Team at Microsoft
    And finally, Katherine Murray’s Own Your Future, Update Your Skills with Resouces and Career Ideas from Microsoft

  • It looks like they are not the complete books, they all say "x Chapters of …" in brackets.

    • Downloaded one and yes it is complete one. the words in brackets seem telling how many chapters it has.

  • Thanks for sharing.

  • +2

    I feel very sorry for people who have to do Microsoft software development

    • +1

      Why?

      • why?

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