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Bookshop.org launches Kindle alternative, sends e-book sales to local bookstores (eu.usatoday.com)

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[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm not dissing it, I'll rather do this than using Amazon.

[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

There are alternatives without DRM or at least with DRM that's easy to strip.

[–] intheirhead@feddit.nl 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Please do tell 😊

[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Basically anything that sells ePub, so Kobo.com, ebooks.com (this one has a drm free category), etc. DRM is decided by the publisher not the store so not everything will be available without protection.

If the book you want has DRM there's a Calibre plugin that is usually able to remove it.

[–] intheirhead@feddit.nl 3 points 6 days ago

great, thank you!