Where do folks go to get DRM-free epub books when they're trying to avoid Amazon and Barnes & Noble?
I use bookshop.org and thriftbooks.com for my hard copies of things, but I LOVE my eBooks too.
Right now the only advantage to Amazon is that I can legally break the DRM, so the book is truly mine once I purchase it (I won't buy eBooks I can't unlock). But I'd really like to find alternate sources of DRM-free books. Ideas?
Here's a list of over 400 DRM-free ebook, digital comic, magazine, and RPG bookshops to help you get started.
All manually checked by me. All legit. All DRM-free.
@libreture you, are an absolute fucking hero.
Well done!
@hollie@social.coop Sometimes I'll buy straight from the publisher or from eBooks.com if it's offered without DRM. (eBooks also sells books with DRM, so you have to look at the listing to be sure.)
Also StandardEbooks.org is a good source for public-domain books that are proofread and formatted for legibility.
Sometimes you can buy right from the publisher, for instance:
https://www.akpress.org/ for radical books, or solarpunk/social alternative fiction from https://www.worldweaverpress.com/
@hollie@social.coop I'd also love more resources for finding epubs, but here's what I've got to contribute. Calibre is an open source program that you can search their databases for DRM free epubs. (I've had mixed results) There's also ebooks.com that has an entire DRM free section. But it's substantially smaller than the DRM content pages. openlibrary.org is a GIANT library of ebooks for rentals as well!
@KnittedMushroom Thank you! :)
