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Originally Posted by ATDrake
Also, for readers of Canadian and/or francophone sfnal fiction, x-link to the Kobo discounts thread for some Canada Day long weekend sales which have Canadian and French sf authors in them, as well as a daily rotating selection of sfnal authors in French translation for just $3.99 CAD with 5x bonus super points, if you're interested. There's Guy Gavriel Kay, Margaret Atwood, French authors Pierre Pevel, Fabrice Colin, and Pierre Pelot (including some of their actual Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire award-winning titles in the original language), and more among the lot, at the moment. |
eBooks in French
For readers living in France, or having usable access from other countries to the offer (I have no idea where outside France), the reseller
chapitre.com has a similar offer of
Bragelonne et
Milady books (and some others). One hundred books are thus accessible everyday for 0.99 euros a book. Many are translations from English (older and recent books).
The entry point on the web is for me:
http://ebook.chapitre.com/ , see
#GrosseOP. The books change everyday, though the same titles may come back. They do not say how long it will last (could be until August 2nd, when the official sales period terminates in France). Recall time difference: I do not know at what time the list of eligible books changes.
I just discovered that this same offer is also accessible from Kobo (at least when it knows you as French) at
https://store.kobobooks.com/. Theystate it stops next sunday at midnight (French time).
I would be interested in knowing whether this offer is accessible from other countries, through one of the vendors.
It never say whether the books have DRM. More precisely, the vendor may say "
Contenu protégé" , i.e. protected content (DRM), or just say "
nc", meaning "non communiqué", i.e. not communicated. Apparently, that is actually intended to mean that the book comes in several formats, some of which may have DRM. My experience, for what I bought (given the low price) is that they provide an ePub version without DRM. But I tried only books originally written in French, or translations from non-English languages. Maybe another user may confirm for translations from English.
It is strange that they will not tell when a book has no DRM, but they may be under "social" pressure not to do so. The major French publishers have power and a deep hatred of non-restricted culture (whatever the lies they may serve in the media).