Why can't I read my epub download on my PC

Got the Starbucks Pick of the Week (Night Circus), downloaded iTunes to my new PC, followed all directions on the Starbucks Pick card and downloaded the book sample into iTunes.
Can't open the epub file with any application at all, including Adobe Digital Editions. With ADE I just get blank pages, with other freebies I get an error message that DRM has locked the content.
Can only read it in iBooks? iBooks is only for iPads and iPhones?
Thanks.

If the book was downloaded from iTunes then it will probably have digital rights management that will require the iBooks apps, so you will need either an iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch in order to read it - there is currently no iBooks app/program for Macs or PCs. If it is DRM- free then you should be able to read it on other epub apps/programs, but as it's an extended sample of a paid book I'd expect that it will have DRM

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