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    KOReader: Open-Source eBook Reader

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    416 points charleshan | 11 comments | 31 Mar 25 19:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.415s | source | bottom
    1. fisian ◴[01 Apr 25 05:21 UTC] No.43543109[source]▶
    Can anyone recommend a site for buying DRM free books so I can read it with KOReader?
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    2. BHSPitMonkey ◴[01 Apr 25 05:59 UTC] No.43543315[source]▶
    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.
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    3. ◴[01 Apr 25 06:06 UTC] No.43543350[source]▶
    4. wahnfrieden ◴[01 Apr 25 06:07 UTC] No.43543353[source]▶
    anyone know the answer for japanese language books?
    5. ◴[01 Apr 25 06:45 UTC] No.43543571[source]▶
    6. theshrike79 ◴[01 Apr 25 06:50 UTC] No.43543606[source]▶
    Not for buying, but for free: https://standardebooks.org
    7. internet_points ◴[01 Apr 25 07:58 UTC] No.43544018[source]▶
    https://www.libreture.com/bookshops/ has a list of stores (and for Norwegian books there is 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 has some more tips.

    Oh and 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 taking up the mantle. Though I think anyone could make something that's better than what we have now, which is nothing.

    8. internet_points ◴[01 Apr 25 07:58 UTC] No.43544023[source]▶
    Note that with Kobo you need to check. I bought one there once thinking it was DRM-free, it was not.
    9. troyvit ◴[01 Apr 25 14:14 UTC] No.43547030[source]▶
    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.
    10. _emacsomancer_ ◴[01 Apr 25 15:19 UTC] No.43547849[source]▶
    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...

    [1]: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=361503

    [2]: https://forum.linuxconfig.org/t/calibre-and-dedrm-problems/8...

    11. vlowrian ◴[01 Apr 25 15:55 UTC] No.43548296[source]▶
    For books in German, Beam is a very good choice: https://www.beam-shop.de/