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Old 01-10-2014, 02:52 AM   #19
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I buy from several different vendors, but I prefer to use Kobo and keep most of my cloud library together. I also check Smashwords, Diesel, B&N, Sony, and sometimes ebooks.com as general retailers, although I have to be careful with B&N due to the oddball copy protection's restrictions. (Similarly, I have to keep a sharp eye on Kobo these days; they seem to have a problem with EPUB3 books. Specifically, that seems to be the common factor in their "no download button" books.) On rare occasions, I'll hit Amazon for a Kindle-format book, but that's either when it's an exclusive book or just a smashingly good deal. Other once-in-a-while sites include RPGnow for gaming fiction and Humble Bundle for their occasional ebook bundles.

Baen's a good publisher store, but you shouldn't ignore Angry Robot - they share the same dedication to DRM-free ebooks, even though Kobo sometimes applies DRM to AR books. I haven't been able to discern a pattern to that yet.

One publisher I can't seem to stay away from, despite how horrible their ebook code is, is Phoenix Pick. The upside is that they give away one free classic SF book a month, and they don't apply DRM. The downside is that their code is bloated beyond all reasonable expectations, to the point that sometimes it affects the display. (Their copyright pages are especially ugly.) Still, I like classic SF, especially for free, and I've gotten the knack of fixing their code.

Aside from that, it's pretty much a matter of buying straight through the authors. Matt Forbeck, Diane Duane, and Chuck Wendig come to mind as having good personal stores.
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