Before you can open the cover of your new book, you must obtain a book activation code by phoning Microsoft.

Only one person may ever read your book.

It’s full of spelling mistakes and typos.

When you’re reading your book, the words can mysteriously disappear.

Libraries, which are for sharing books, are illegal.

You must acknowledge you have read and understood the Book License Agreement Hype (BLAH) before you can read your book.

Microsoft has the right to enter your premises to conduct book inspections to make sure your book is being read in accordance with the BLAH.

The Book Users’ Group General Alliance (BUGGA) calculates that the annual loss of revenues to Microsoft arising from BLAH violations in 2001 was $10.97 billion.

There are two versions of your book - the “Standard” and the “Pro” versions. In the standard version, those pages containing the most useful information have been stuck together.

Confidential information is inexplicably in bigger type that can be easily read by anyone glancing over your shoulder.

Sometimes the book just closes, turns blue and tells you that the word no. 14736539 is somehow wrong.

If your are looking at a word for more than one second, your phone will ring and the person is asking if you use help with that particular word or the entire book.

It is not possible use use normal bookmarks or just paper shreds. The only working ones are the Microsoft Bookmarks™

Every book has the same cover as well as the same table of contents. It’s because of the usability and it does not confuse the reader.

Every book has 640 pages. That’s enough for everyone!