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Can anyone recommend a site for buying DRM free books so I can read it with KOReader?

by fisian 2y ago

BHSPitMonkey 2y ago
I've purchased a lot of mine from Kobo. There's also Standard Ebooks if you want free, high-quality reproductions of public domain works.
- internet_points 2y ago
  Note that with Kobo you need to check. I bought one there once thinking it was DRM-free, it was not.
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wahnfrieden 2y ago
anyone know the answer for japanese language books?
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theshrike79 2y ago
Not for buying, but for free: https://standardebooks.org https://standardebooks.org
internet_points 2y ago
https://www.libreture.com/bookshops/ https://www.libreture.com/bookshops/ has a list of stores (and for Norwegian books there is https://ebok.no/ https://ebok.no/ ), but I have found no way to search "globally" (across sites like that) for DRM-free ebooks. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32442549 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32442549 has some more tips. Oh and https://bookshop.org/beta-search https://bookshop.org/beta-search now actually lets you check "DRM-free" when you search, which is a very good step in the right direction! I have a dream of https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=marginalia_nu https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=marginalia_nu taking up the mantle. Though I think anyone could make something that's better than what we have now, which is nothing.
troyvit 2y ago
The best solution I have found is to buy a DRM book, then download the DRM-free version from libgen. That may not be what you're looking for but it keeps me in Calibre.
_emacsomancer_ 2y ago
One can also remove DRM from books one purchased with Calibre+DeDRM plugin.[0],[1],[2] [0]: https://www.reddit.com/r/Calibre/comments/1c2ryfz/2024_guide_to_dedrm_kindle_books/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Calibre/comments/1c2ryfz/2024_guide... [1]: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=361503 https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=361503 [2]: https://forum.linuxconfig.org/t/calibre-and-dedrm-problems/8110 https://forum.linuxconfig.org/t/calibre-and-dedrm-problems/8...
vlowrian 2y ago
For books in German, Beam is a very good choice: https://www.beam-shop.de/ https://www.beam-shop.de/

Can anyone recommend a site for buying DRM free books so I can read it with KOReader?

by fisian 2y ago

Can anyone recommend a site for buying DRM free books so I can read it with KOReader?

I've purchased a lot of mine from Kobo. There's also Standard Ebooks if you want free, high-quality reproductions of public domain works.

internet_points 2y ago
Note that with Kobo you need to check. I bought one there once thinking it was DRM-free, it was not.

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wahnfrieden 2y ago

anyone know the answer for japanese language books?

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theshrike79 2y ago

Not for buying, but for free: https://standardebooks.org https://standardebooks.org

internet_points 2y ago

https://www.libreture.com/bookshops/ https://www.libreture.com/bookshops/ has a list of stores (and for Norwegian books there is https://ebok.no/ https://ebok.no/ ), but I have found no way to search "globally" (across sites like that) for DRM-free ebooks. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32442549 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32442549 has some more tips. Oh and https://bookshop.org/beta-search https://bookshop.org/beta-search now actually lets you check "DRM-free" when you search, which is a very good step in the right direction! I have a dream of https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=marginalia_nu https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=marginalia_nu taking up the mantle. Though I think anyone could make something that's better than what we have now, which is nothing.

troyvit 2y ago

The best solution I have found is to buy a DRM book, then download the DRM-free version from libgen. That may not be what you're looking for but it keeps me in Calibre.

_emacsomancer_ 2y ago

One can also remove DRM from books one purchased with Calibre+DeDRM plugin.[0],[1],[2] [0]: https://www.reddit.com/r/Calibre/comments/1c2ryfz/2024_guide_to_dedrm_kindle_books/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Calibre/comments/1c2ryfz/2024_guide... [1]: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=361503 https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=361503 [2]: https://forum.linuxconfig.org/t/calibre-and-dedrm-problems/8110 https://forum.linuxconfig.org/t/calibre-and-dedrm-problems/8...

vlowrian 2y ago

For books in German, Beam is a very good choice: https://www.beam-shop.de/ https://www.beam-shop.de/