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Where does one go to buy ePUBs of popular books like, say, Brandon Sanderson’s works or Dune or older nonfiction like Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance?

harshreality 4y ago
kobo, google, and some smaller ebook sites (which might just serve as an interface to kobo's catalog like walmart did). They almost always use adobe digital editions drm, but that's removable by the buyer with effort. For free epub ebooks, there's overdrive and the library ecosystem; legal libraries also DRM-wrap their epubs.
- ascagnel_ 4y ago
  > legal libraries also DRM-wrap their epubs This is the one case where I'm OK with DRM -- you're receiving the library's book on loan (it's never your book), and they need a way to enforce the length of the loan.
83457 4y ago
Doesn't happen often anymore but (something).com actually provides a useful result. ebooks.com edit: actually, every something I .com is pretty good. Haven't done that since the early days.
InvertedRhodium 4y ago
100000_scifi_epubs_a-e.torrent usually has what I'm looking for.
drowsycorbie 4y ago
ebooks.com has DRM as a search filter so it is easier to find DRM-free ePUBs. Since you mentioned Sanderson, I believe Tor books (or is it Tom Doherty Associates?) actually publishes all of their books as DRM-free so there is a large selection of sci-fi and fantasy books to choose from. That being said, most mainstream stuff is just published with DRM enabled. Now for really older books that are public domain I like standard ebooks and project Gutenberg.
xavdid 4y ago
For Sanderson specifically, his books are DRM-free wherever they are sold (apple/google/etc). Same goes for TOR publishing. Past that, most books aren't available for DRM-free purchase. Breaking the DRM on an otherwise legally-purchased book is the next easiest thing. DeDRM tools are just a search away!
unhammer 4y ago
https://www.libreture.com/bookshops/ https://www.libreture.com/bookshops/ has a list, though what we really need is a search across all these sites – who here needs a weekend project? :)

harshreality 4y ago

kobo, google, and some smaller ebook sites (which might just serve as an interface to kobo's catalog like walmart did). They almost always use adobe digital editions drm, but that's removable by the buyer with effort. For free epub ebooks, there's overdrive and the library ecosystem; legal libraries also DRM-wrap their epubs.

ascagnel_ 4y ago
> legal libraries also DRM-wrap their epubs This is the one case where I'm OK with DRM -- you're receiving the library's book on loan (it's never your book), and they need a way to enforce the length of the loan.

83457 4y ago

Doesn't happen often anymore but (something).com actually provides a useful result. ebooks.com edit: actually, every something I .com is pretty good. Haven't done that since the early days.

InvertedRhodium 4y ago

100000_scifi_epubs_a-e.torrent usually has what I'm looking for.

drowsycorbie 4y ago

ebooks.com has DRM as a search filter so it is easier to find DRM-free ePUBs. Since you mentioned Sanderson, I believe Tor books (or is it Tom Doherty Associates?) actually publishes all of their books as DRM-free so there is a large selection of sci-fi and fantasy books to choose from. That being said, most mainstream stuff is just published with DRM enabled. Now for really older books that are public domain I like standard ebooks and project Gutenberg.

xavdid 4y ago

For Sanderson specifically, his books are DRM-free wherever they are sold (apple/google/etc). Same goes for TOR publishing. Past that, most books aren't available for DRM-free purchase. Breaking the DRM on an otherwise legally-purchased book is the next easiest thing. DeDRM tools are just a search away!

unhammer 4y ago

https://www.libreture.com/bookshops/ https://www.libreture.com/bookshops/ has a list, though what we really need is a search across all these sites – who here needs a weekend project? :)