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

17 points giancarlostoro | 1 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.
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vincent-manis ◴[12 Aug 22 19:43 UTC] No.32443053[source]▶
Mostly Kobo for fiction, sometimes Amazon; publisher sites for academic/technical books. I use Epubor for removing DRM. I don't buy ebooks that are only available in proprietary formats that require using a special app to read (some academic textbook publishers do this).
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margoguryan ◴[12 Aug 22 20:50 UTC] No.32443725[source]▶
What kind of DRM? What if I could, say, provide the actual credentials for the content and then strip it? Like an AZW3 file, whatever Amazon uses
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1. vincent-manis ◴[14 Aug 22 16:17 UTC] No.32460440[source]▶
Most publishers use fairly weak DRM. Epubor relies upon the appropriate reader program (Adobe Digital Editions or Kindle). I was using an open-source plugin to Calibre, but Epubor seems easier and more reliable.

I bought a book from Taylor and Francis that used VitalSource; I hadn’t been aware of this format; it is horrible. I couldn’t find a workable DRM stripper, but fortunately T&F gave me a refund.