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Do you buy DRM-free books? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Papanca@lemmy.world to c/sciencefiction@lemmy.world

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Hi all,

I hope i'm allowed to ask this, but i was wondering; do you buy your ebooks free from DRM? If so, where can you buy them, preferably globally?

EDIT: thank you all for your valuable comments, it's much appreciated! Have a great weekend :-)

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[–] reallyzen@unilem.org 2 points 1 year ago

Yes. I buy on ebooks dot com, where you can filter by the DRM-free critter. It is also a neat trick to discover new authors.

I do this absolutely out of personal opinion on the matter, and would rather buy dead-tree-and-ink than a closed version (that won't open on my e-reader anyway).

The whole - and excellent - Murderbot Diaries series is DRM-free ! I wonder what/who make the decision on that matter.

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I don't know where to buy them DRM free, but I can usually buy a DRM book from Amazon kindle, for example, then just download the DRM free book from a website like oceanofpdf.org

[–] silvercove@lemdro.id 1 points 1 year ago

I exclusively buy DRM-free books/games/videos. I don't pay for DRM.

[–] M500@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I always try to buy physical copies of books. I will not buy a book with drm.

I’d rather get a physical copy sent to my parents house in the us and then find a digital Copy without drm. That way everybody wins.

(I don’t live in the US and it can be hard to find some books.)

[–] DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I use Libby to borrow ebooks, they let you download epub version with DRM. Then I just strip the DRM with calibre and immediately return so i don't take up the library copy anymore. Then I use the DRM-free epub I get from calibre to read whenever I have time, no 3-week time limit.