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Where do you buy (or get) e-books from besides Amazon? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by rwdf@lemmy.world to c/books@lemmy.world

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So I recently got an e-reader and have started collecting e-books for it, but a lot of books seem to only be available through Amazon/Kindle. I don't want anything to do with that company. Where do I even start looking? I have my local library apps and have scoured Project Gutenberg and some similar sites. While this is great for classics and older stuff, I want newer books too, specifically science fiction and fantasy. Have looked at author's websites but they typically link to Amazon or physical copies.

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[–] Dunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.org 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

https://standardebooks.org/ for public domain works.

and other ebooks i own are most likely from https://www.humblebundle.com/

[–] rwdf@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ah, yes, HumbleBundle! I forgot about them. Thanks!

[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 2 points 2 months ago

As an FYI, Some of the bundles lately have been fulfilled through Kobo, they’re still epubs and kobo’s drm is pretty easy to strip though.