Ask HN: Where do you buy your eBooks or have eBook subscriptions?

17 points giancarlostoro | 5 comments | 12 Aug 22 18:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.236s | source

I want to see what other options HN readers use, especially any DRM free formats for eBooks, or slightly more affordable eBook formats.

https://libgen.is or my public library

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2. kingkongjaffa ◴[13 Aug 22 13:19 UTC] No.32449607[source]▶

Ethics aside, I’ve used libgen to preview thing and later bought the physical copy, so I never feel too bad.

I rarely hang up the skull and crossbones flag these days but when I do and I like what I sampled I buy a copy.

4. is_true ◴[14 Aug 22 11:47 UTC] No.32458479[source]▶

Me too. Particularly to check if a book is "ebookeable"*

*if it has too many images that are important to understand the subject I still prefer paper.

5. cosmodisk ◴[14 Aug 22 20:02 UTC] No.32462432[source]▶

I use pdfdriver for the same purpose.