I recently got a boox go color 7 because I dont have space to buy physical books. the only platforms I can find that have a decent selection are ones like kindle where you dont get the book, only the ability to read it through their app. i want to use the built in reader on my device and I dont want to be able to get rugpulled by Amazon or lose access to my books when a smaller company goes under.

I'm fairly comfortable on the high seas but whenever a book is available without DRM I'd prefer to buy it so I can support the author. do you guys know any platforms with a good selection of drm-free ebooks? Manga too, but I'm pretty sure the only place you can get it in the us anymore is viz through an app. also as a side question, what format is best?

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[–] ImUsuallyMoreClever@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

Anna's Archive!

If you want to support the author you can still buy the physical book and donate it, or see if they have a patreon (or similar) to donate to.

[–] swelter_spark@reddthat.com 1 points 17 hours ago

Smashwords

[–] fujiwood@piefed.social 2 points 21 hours ago

https://standardebooks.org/

These are public doman ebooks that are free because they are old.

[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Baen library was one of the first back when amazon first started. They still do. You can even get free books. All books free or paid are drm free.

https://www.baen.com/categories/free-library.html

[–] unknown1234_5@kbin.earth 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

their selection seems a little lacking but free books is nice

[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

Louis McMaster Bojould is a great author who publishes through BAEN.

[–] CannonGoBoom@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

https://lemmy.world/post/42441458

This is a good list

[–] unknown1234_5@kbin.earth 2 points 1 day ago

thanks

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 6 points 1 day ago

I get mine from ebooks.com

Not all are DRM free, though, but there's a good selection available. It's up to the author/publisher whether to release them DRM-free, though, so it's not their choice.

For the DRM-free ones, you can just straight-up download the epub for them which is fantastic.

[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I find that searching for "[book title] DRM-free ePub" reliably gets results... And sometimes allows me to compensate the author.

Of course, I no longer care about compensating authors who don't publish DRM-free.

By which I mean I abstain from their work (obviously!)... even though a DRM-free version is nearly always a tantalizing click away.

[–] MrQuallzin@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

I no longer care about compensating authors who don't publish DRM-free

I'd direct those feelings at the publishers, not the author. Authors could very well have no control over the DRM their publishers use, and trying to go about distribution without a publisher (who can provide marketing and advertising) more often than not leads to their books not being read.

[–] unknown1234_5@kbin.earth 2 points 1 day ago

don't worry, if they won't sell me the book I have no issue pirating it. I'm looking for the ones that will, so I can compensate them for their work and (though one person doesnt make much difference) discourage the use of DRM.

[–] fizzle@quokk.au 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Just buy from wherever and then pirate the copy you read.

[–] unknown1234_5@kbin.earth 9 points 1 day ago

ive been doing that so far but I also want to support the people/platforms that will just straight up sell me the book so they dont go out of business. also, pirated copies sometimes have weird issues.

[–] Kronusdark@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Tor Publishing books are usually DRM free wherever you by them, so I think technically any ebook store can sell DRM free books, Make sure you check the product listing. I've gotten a couple off Amazon (although I don't recommend them for ebooks anymore because of the kindle lockdown)