eBook Stores and Sources in 2017/2018

[tubemonkey]

Amazon and OverDrive

[Apache]

As Harry Says, Baen and Amazon.
Apache

[Meka1069]

Amazon!


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[Seli]

Google.

With as secondary sources Humble Bundle, Weightless books, Kobo, and various publisher websites).

I don't think I would bother with many public domain books anymore, I have plenty in my library but never end up reading them.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by GeoffR

Baen: http://www.baen.com/baenebooks
Black Coat Press: http://www.blackcoatpress.com/e-books.html
Book View Café: http://bookviewcafe.com/bookstore/
Booktopia: https://www.booktopia.com.au/?ebooks
Closed Circle: http://www.closed-circle.net/ebook-catalog/
Feedbooks: http://www.feedbooks.com/
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/books
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/
Pan Macmillan Australia: https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/books/
Rebellion Publishing: http://rebellionstore.com/
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/
Soho Press: https://sohopress.com/store/

Amazon, Apple, Barnes and Noble, Phoenix Pick are too much hassle to bother with anymore, but I'll consider buying from any other retailer so long as the end result is that the publisher gets their money and I get a DRM-free or DRM-removable ePub.

Hmm... in the end we both wind up with DRM free ePubs, but for me it's easier to do one stop shopping at Amazon than to comb through a laundry list of sites to wind up at the same point.

I guess hassle is in the eye of the beholder though.

[Apparition B5]

This thread has been illuminating. Thanks.

For me personally, it's primarily Amazon Kindle these days, with a little bit of Baen and Delphi Classics.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by GeoffR

Amazon, Apple, Barnes and Noble, Phoenix Pick are too much hassle to bother with anymore, but I'll consider buying from any other retailer so long as the end result is that the publisher gets their money and I get a DRM-free or DRM-removable ePub.

Interesting. I find Amazon by far the most hassle-free retailer to buy books from. What problems have you experienced with them, Geoff?

[kyteflyer]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

I have to say, I've been happy with the books I've gotten from Standard eBooks. Their catalog is very small, but their work is very good. Just finished their Treasure Island.

Thanks for that link. I've not heard of Standard eBooks and have now made a bookmark

[MikeB1972]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Interesting. I find Amazon by far the most hassle-free retailer to buy books from. What problems have you experienced with them, Geoff?

He has a Kobo, I don't buy from Amazon for the same reason, more effort than it's worth to have everything installed needed to download, remove DRM & convert.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by MikeB1972

He has a Kobo, I don't buy from Amazon for the same reason, more effort than it's worth to have everything installed needed to download, remove DRM & convert.

Fair enough. I do that for all my books, because if there's one thing I've learned over the years it's never, ever, to trust anyone other than yourself to keep your books safe for you. I only consider a book to be "mine" when it's sitting, DRM-free, in my Calibre library. The process of getting it from the store into that happy state is easier with Amazon than with any other bookstore.

[MikeB1972]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Fair enough. I do that for all my books, because if there's one thing I've learned over the years it's never, ever, to trust anyone other than yourself to keep your books safe for you. I only consider a book to be "mine" when it's sitting, DRM-free, in my Calibre library. The process of getting it from the store into that happy state is easier with Amazon than with any other bookstore.

Oh I download and de-DRM them all, just don't see the need for the extra hassle of having Amazon software installed as well as Adobe.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by MikeB1972

Oh I download and de-DRM them all, just don't see the need for the extra hassle of having Amazon software installed as well as Adobe.

I use both because, although Amazon generally have the best selection and prices, from time to time there's a good sale at sites like Kobo (or other ePub bookstores) that I take advantage of.

[darryl]

Originally Posted by MikeB1972

Oh I download and de-DRM them all, just don't see the need for the extra hassle of having Amazon software installed as well as Adobe.

If you have Calibre and Apprentice Alf installed all you need is K4PC, a single program. Still, each to their own.

Originally Posted by HarryT

Fair enough. I do that for all my books, because if there's one thing I've learned over the years it's never, ever, to trust anyone other than yourself to keep your books safe for you. I only consider a book to be "mine" when it's sitting, DRM-free, in my Calibre library. The process of getting it from the store into that happy state is easier with Amazon than with any other bookstore.

Totally agree.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by darryl

If you have Calibre and Apprentice Alf installed all you need is K4PC, a single program.

Yes, and if (as I do) you have K4PC set up as your "Default Device" at Amazon, books get sent there automatically on purchase, so it's just a case of buying the book, running K4PC (which causes any bought books to download) and copying from there into Calibre.

[darryl]

I use mainly Amazon, with the occasional purchase from Baen and sometimes an authors website. I haven't bought from Kobo in some time. I would like to but I find them second rate compared to Amazon. Their prices are also too high. And yes, I know about the price match, but wny would I go to the hassle for every book I purchase. Amazon simply does it better. For Public Domain I use the usual sites mentioned here, though Standard is new to me. Thanks Zod! One PD source not mentioned here which I find useful is the following:

Adelaide University EBooks

So far as I'm aware this site includes books which are in the Public Domain in Australia. Some books available here may not be in the Public Domain in your Country.