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Alright then, question time: I've looked into Kobo for my wife, who predominantly reads books in Spanish. Navigating the various offerings seems like a minefie

Alright then, question time: I've looked into Kobo for my wife, who predominantly reads books in Spanish. Navigating the various offerings seems like a minefield of digital rights and lockouts. Where would I go to legally buy Spanish language books no matter where I am physically located in the world?

dddw 6y ago
Https://www.kobo.com/es ?
- TavsiE9s 6y ago
  That's unfortunately the one we've already tried. For whatever reasons we can't seem to actually download the books that were purchased.
  - solstice 6y ago
    Are you sure? They do obscure the direct download links on the German kobo site (kobobooks.de), apparently preferring people to use their e-readers sync functionality. But last i checked I was able to download the kepub files after some browsing around in the web interface. I can't verify this now as the site isn't loading for some reason
    - solstice 6y ago
      Replying to myself here. it is indeed possible. On the website, go to "My account -> my books" (for me that's https://www.kobo.com/de/en/library https://www.kobo.com/de/en/library) where you see all the covers of your books. Directly underneath the cover are three dots "...". Clicking on them brings up a small menu with a download option. But now that I think about it, it might also have sth to do with the fact that coincidentally, all the books I bought on Kobo seem to be without DRM (publisher is Tor.com), so maybe that's got sth to do with it as well.
anthk 6y ago
Casa del Libro maybe. https://www.casadellibro.com/ebooks https://www.casadellibro.com/ebooks
- TavsiE9s 6y ago
  Thanks, will give that a try.
frio 6y ago
https://www.nubico.es/ https://www.nubico.es/ is what came with my bq Cervantes, but I can't vouch about whether the DRM is cross compatible -- though I'm sure with Calibre it can probably be stripped.
- TavsiE9s 6y ago
  Thanks, we will give that a try.
Consultant32452 6y ago
If you have a good local library system, they probably have a subscription service to an ebook provider that is not Amazon/kobo and will let you borrow ebooks for free, just like physical books from the library. Mine has a wide selection that includes Spanish language books.

dddw 6y ago

Https://www.kobo.com/es ?

TavsiE9s 6y ago
That's unfortunately the one we've already tried. For whatever reasons we can't seem to actually download the books that were purchased.
- solstice 6y ago
  Are you sure? They do obscure the direct download links on the German kobo site (kobobooks.de), apparently preferring people to use their e-readers sync functionality. But last i checked I was able to download the kepub files after some browsing around in the web interface. I can't verify this now as the site isn't loading for some reason
  - solstice 6y ago
    Replying to myself here. it is indeed possible. On the website, go to "My account -> my books" (for me that's https://www.kobo.com/de/en/library https://www.kobo.com/de/en/library) where you see all the covers of your books. Directly underneath the cover are three dots "...". Clicking on them brings up a small menu with a download option. But now that I think about it, it might also have sth to do with the fact that coincidentally, all the books I bought on Kobo seem to be without DRM (publisher is Tor.com), so maybe that's got sth to do with it as well.

anthk 6y ago

Casa del Libro maybe. https://www.casadellibro.com/ebooks https://www.casadellibro.com/ebooks

TavsiE9s 6y ago
Thanks, will give that a try.

frio 6y ago

https://www.nubico.es/ https://www.nubico.es/ is what came with my bq Cervantes, but I can't vouch about whether the DRM is cross compatible -- though I'm sure with Calibre it can probably be stripped.

TavsiE9s 6y ago
Thanks, we will give that a try.

Consultant32452 6y ago

If you have a good local library system, they probably have a subscription service to an ebook provider that is not Amazon/kobo and will let you borrow ebooks for free, just like physical books from the library. Mine has a wide selection that includes Spanish language books.