Although Microsoft invested $300 million in a Barnes & Noble spin-off on Monday, this isn’t the first time Microsoft played the e-book game. Typical for the company, it often has great ideas, but it ...

Software giant to discontinue downloads for the pioneering app, which launched well before the popularity of e-book reader devices. Steven Musil is a senior news editor at CNET News. He's been hooked ...

Microsoft is discontinuing its eBook platform. Long before EPUB and Amazon Kindle books had become the de facto standard, the Microsoft Reader .lit format was one of the most popular eBook formats ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25, 2001 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the release of two new tools focused on eBooks. The Dictionary Authoring Kit (DAK) 1.0 enables publishers and enthusiasts to quickly and ...