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I'm looking to change my reading and buying habits away from Amazon and need an alternate source for my ebooks. Where can I buy ebooks that won't expire or have their licence revoked and will allow me to download a copy of that ebook I can store on my own system regardless of the websites status?

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[–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Calibre and DeDRM can strip Amazon's DRM and let you save the books forever.

https://github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools

You need a registered Kindle, but you don't need to actually use the Kindle to make it work. Just download the ebook from the Amazon website "for Kindle XYZ" and then import and convert the ebook in calibre.

[–] pezhore@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is unfortunately the closest answer to what the OP is asking.

To the best of my knowledge, outside of independent authors like Cory Doctorow selling drm-free from their own sites, I'm not aware of any place to shop for ebooks that are not tied to some online DRM scheme.

Humble Bundle books are another option, but it's highly dependent upon if you want what they're selling.

[–] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Baens library has been doing this for the past 25(?) years. They even have a free library. https://www.baen.com/catalog/category/view/s/free-library/id/2012

[–] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)
[–] Nikls94@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I kinda do both, I sail the sea for the book and if I like it I buy a print for the bookshelf lol

[–] cosmic_cowboy@reddthat.com 1 points 3 months ago

Anna's Archive is a good option if you're wanting to sail the high seas. Very easy to navigate, and almost all titles are available in multiple formats (I.e. PDF, epub)

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] ElectroVagrant@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Thanks for this! I think I may have come across it at some point but never bookmarked it for whatever reason, corrected that now!

[–] thisfro@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 months ago

You can borrow them forever from libgen or similar ;)