New formats for free Microsoft Press eBooks
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.
Here are the links. Enjoy!
Charles Petzold’s Programming Windows Phone 7 is available here as EPUB and here as MOBI.
To get Moving to Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 by Patrice Pelland, Pascal Paré, and Ken Haines download here as EPUB and here as MOBI.
Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 by Ross Mistry and Stacia Misner is here as EPUB and here as MOBI.
Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2 by Charlie Russel and Craig Zacker with the Windows Server Team at Microsoft is here as EPUB and here as MOBI.
And finally, Katherine Murray’s Own Your Future, Update Your Skills with Resouces and Career Ideas from Microsoft is here as EPUB and here as MOBI.
Comments
Anonymous
August 02, 2011
This is great news! Thanks a lot.Anonymous
August 02, 2011
Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 by Ross Mistry and Stacia Misner is here as EPUB file download is for win server 2008 and not SQL. FYI. bAnonymous
August 02, 2011
Thanks for the catch Bryan. Sorry for the error. Link is fixed. --CarlAnonymous
August 02, 2011
Thanks!Anonymous
August 02, 2011
Thanks for your post on the ebook format.Anonymous
August 02, 2011
Thanks-thanks. Now i can read them without hassle on my Kindle :)Anonymous
August 02, 2011
Awesome!Anonymous
August 03, 2011
+1Anonymous
August 04, 2011
Thank you Microsoft.Anonymous
August 05, 2011
Free ebooks in Kindle mobi format are Great news.Anonymous
August 06, 2011
I hope free download is forever.Anonymous
August 18, 2011
where is the link to download the pdf formatAnonymous
August 18, 2011
Varun, see this post: blogs.msdn.com/.../ebooks-list-of-our-free-books.aspxAnonymous
August 19, 2011
ThanksAnonymous
August 21, 2011
Ggreat news, ThanksAnonymous
August 26, 2011
Great news!!!! Please do it more times!Anonymous
January 23, 2012
:) thanks