Hi all,

I hope i’m allowed to ask this, but i was wondering; do you buy your ebooks free from DRM? If so, where can you buy them, preferably globally?

EDIT: thank you all for your valuable comments, it’s much appreciated! Have a great weekend :-)

  • reallyzen@unilem.org
    2·
    1 year ago

    Yes. I buy on ebooks dot com, where you can filter by the DRM-free critter. It is also a neat trick to discover new authors.

    I do this absolutely out of personal opinion on the matter, and would rather buy dead-tree-and-ink than a closed version (that won’t open on my e-reader anyway).

    The whole - and excellent - Murderbot Diaries series is DRM-free ! I wonder what/who make the decision on that matter.

  • JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee
    1·
    1 year ago

    I don’t know where to buy them DRM free, but I can usually buy a DRM book from Amazon kindle, for example, then just download the DRM free book from a website like oceanofpdf.org

  • M500@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I always try to buy physical copies of books. I will not buy a book with drm.

    I’d rather get a physical copy sent to my parents house in the us and then find a digital Copy without drm. That way everybody wins.

    (I don’t live in the US and it can be hard to find some books.)

  • DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz
    1·
    1 year ago

    I use Libby to borrow ebooks, they let you download epub version with DRM. Then I just strip the DRM with calibre and immediately return so i don’t take up the library copy anymore. Then I use the DRM-free epub I get from calibre to read whenever I have time, no 3-week time limit.