MobileRead Forums
Register Guidelines E-Books Today's Posts Search

Go Back   MobileRead Forums > E-Book General > News
Reload this Page New Ebook retailer in USA

Notices

Reply
Page 1 of 4 1 234
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 01-28-2025, 01:08 PM   #1
Scoob
Groupie
Scoob doesn't litterScoob doesn't litter
 
Scoob's Avatar
 
Posts: 170
Karma: 100
Join Date: Sep 2024
Location: USA
Device: Voyage, K3, NST, Glow+ 2019, Glow 4, Sony Ereaders
New Ebook retailer in USA
This might interest anyone that wants to support their local independent book store with an ebook purchase rather than any of the Big 3 or other ebook seller. Bookshop.org is launching ebooks. Here's the link if anyone wants to check them out https://bookshop.org/info/ebooks
Scoob is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-28-2025, 01:45 PM   #2
Sirtel
Grand Sorcerer
Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Sirtel's Avatar
 
Posts: 13,982
Karma: 243829945
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Estonia
Device: Kobo Sage & Libra 2
Only with an US credit card, unfortunately.
Sirtel is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-28-2025, 01:47 PM   #3
JSWolf
Resident Curmudgeon
JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
JSWolf's Avatar
 
Posts: 80,727
Karma: 150249619
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts
Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3
And if the eBook has DRM, you have to use their app with it. No thanks.

Does anyone have a link to a free eBook so I can test this?
JSWolf is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-28-2025, 02:30 PM   #4
Fbone
Is that a sandwich?
Fbone ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Fbone ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Fbone ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Fbone ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Fbone ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Fbone ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Fbone ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Fbone ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Fbone ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Fbone ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Fbone ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 8,313
Karma: 103930826
Join Date: Jun 2010
Device: Nook Glowlight Plus
Bookshop.org replaced IndieBound as the independent bookstores online affiliate link-up.

They have no stated physical address and instead use a small mailbox rental business in Brooklyn.
Fbone is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-28-2025, 03:15 PM   #5
Quoth
Still reading
Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Quoth's Avatar
 
Posts: 14,975
Karma: 111111111
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Ireland
Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper
1. Seems to be only for USA.
2. Tied to their app, so you don't really get to have the ebook. Yes, B&N, Apple, Amazon do that, but Kobo and Google don't as they use ADE for DRM.

It seems ill-conceived and doomed without all the big publishers directly involved as an alternate to Amazon. Sony gave up. Apple went DRM free on mp3s. Publishers need to do that or Amazon will completely own the market. DRM doesn't stop pirates and Amazon has already over 90% of world wide English Ebooks and about 80% of USA online paper format sales.

Smashwords/Draft2Digital will outlast it.

it certainly doesn't support any of my local bookstores.
Quoth is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-28-2025, 05:37 PM   #6
JSWolf
Resident Curmudgeon
JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
JSWolf's Avatar
 
Posts: 80,727
Karma: 150249619
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts
Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3
Quote:
Originally Posted by Quoth View Post
1. Seems to be only for USA.
2. Tied to their app, so you don't really get to have the ebook. Yes, B&N, Apple, Amazon do that, but Kobo and Google don't as they use ADE for DRM.

It seems ill-conceived and doomed without all the big publishers directly involved as an alternate to Amazon. Sony gave up. Apple went DRM free on mp3s. Publishers need to do that or Amazon will completely own the market. DRM doesn't stop pirates and Amazon has already over 90% of world wide English Ebooks and about 80% of USA online paper format sales.

Smashwords/Draft2Digital will outlast it.

it certainly doesn't support any of my local bookstores.
You left out eBooks.com for not forcing the use of an app.

I did check the ISBN of one of the eBooks and it matched the ISBN of the same eBook at Kobo. So I'm thinking they use ePub. I don't know what can be done or not. I would need a free eBook with DRM to try.
JSWolf is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-28-2025, 05:48 PM   #7
DNSB
Bibliophagist
DNSB ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.DNSB ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.DNSB ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.DNSB ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.DNSB ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.DNSB ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.DNSB ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.DNSB ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.DNSB ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.DNSB ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.DNSB ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
DNSB's Avatar
 
Posts: 48,079
Karma: 174315300
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Vancouver
Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos
I checked their prices on several books. None of ones I checked were less expensive than Kobo. For example, Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed was $17.66 US compared to Kobo where the price I see is $12.99 Cdn. Checking Kobo US, the price showed as $12.99 US.

BTW, they do have a UK site at https://uk.bookstore.org for those in the UK.
DNSB is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 01-28-2025, 05:48 PM   #8
PeterT
Grand Sorcerer
PeterT ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.PeterT ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.PeterT ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.PeterT ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.PeterT ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.PeterT ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.PeterT ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.PeterT ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.PeterT ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.PeterT ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.PeterT ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 13,693
Karma: 79983758
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Toronto
Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour
Saw a comment on Reddit
Quote:
They’ve gone with developing their app using Readium LCP. Readium actively prevent content being used outside their own ecosystem and they hunted down and legally threatened anyone who’s ever tried to crack the DRM, inc the NoDRM devs.
PeterT is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-28-2025, 05:51 PM   #9
John F
Grand Sorcerer
John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 8,003
Karma: 71261339
Join Date: Feb 2009
Device: Kobo Clara 2E
Quote:
Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
You left out eBooks.com for not forcing the use of an app.

...
And booksamillion?
John F is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-28-2025, 06:57 PM   #10
cfrizz
Wizard
cfrizz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.cfrizz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.cfrizz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.cfrizz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.cfrizz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.cfrizz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.cfrizz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.cfrizz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.cfrizz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.cfrizz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.cfrizz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
cfrizz's Avatar
 
Posts: 1,576
Karma: 36389706
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Quincy, MA
Device: Samsung 54A, Kobo Libra H2O, Samsung S6 Lite
You can only read through their app or online, Not interested!
cfrizz is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-28-2025, 07:46 PM   #11
JSWolf
Resident Curmudgeon
JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JSWolf ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
JSWolf's Avatar
 
Posts: 80,727
Karma: 150249619
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts
Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3
Quote:
Originally Posted by John F View Post
And booksamillion?
They have a very poor selection of eBooks and searching for eBooks is very poor.
JSWolf is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-28-2025, 09:10 PM   #12
Lunar Ronin
Member
Lunar Ronin doesn't litterLunar Ronin doesn't litterLunar Ronin doesn't litter
 
Posts: 22
Karma: 202
Join Date: Jul 2023
Device: Nook Glowlight 4 Plus
Quote:
Originally Posted by Quoth View Post
1. Seems to be only for USA.
2. Tied to their app, so you don't really get to have the ebook. Yes, B&N, Apple, Amazon do that, but Kobo and Google don't as they use ADE for DRM.

It seems ill-conceived and doomed without all the big publishers directly involved as an alternate to Amazon. Sony gave up. Apple went DRM free on mp3s. Publishers need to do that or Amazon will completely own the market. DRM doesn't stop pirates and Amazon has already over 90% of world wide English Ebooks and about 80% of USA online paper format sales.

Smashwords/Draft2Digital will outlast it.

it certainly doesn't support any of my local bookstores.
Per The Verge, all five major publishers are involved, FWIW.

Also, per Engadget, Kobo devices may support bookshop.org titles by the end of the year.
Last edited by Lunar Ronin; 01-28-2025 at 09:22 PM.
Lunar Ronin is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-29-2025, 05:55 AM   #13
Quoth
Still reading
Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Quoth's Avatar
 
Posts: 14,975
Karma: 111111111
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Ireland
Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lunar Ronin View Post
Per The Verge, all five major publishers are involved, FWIW.
In any sense more than allowing the retailing? Obviously those five support Google, Apple, Kobo, Barnes & Noble (Nook), Amazon and ebooks.com but not Smashwords.

They'd need to do a lot more than "be involved".

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lunar Ronin View Post
Also, per Engadget, Kobo devices may support bookshop.org titles by the end of the year.
What does than mean? It can't mean direct on the device as that competes with Kobo shop.
If it means bookshop org uses ADE, then it's not Kobo specific.

Neither of those have been reliable sites for years, especially Engadget, but not as bad as goodereader.
Quoth is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-29-2025, 07:12 AM   #14
John F
Grand Sorcerer
John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 8,003
Karma: 71261339
Join Date: Feb 2009
Device: Kobo Clara 2E
Quote:
Originally Posted by DNSB View Post
I checked their prices on several books. None of ones I checked were less expensive than Kobo. For example, Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed was $17.66 US compared to Kobo where the price I see is $12.99 Cdn. Checking Kobo US, the price showed as $12.99 US.

BTW, they do have a UK site at https://uk.bookstore.org for those in the UK.
I see the ebook for $12.99 on bookshop.org(US). The pbook is $17.99.
John F is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-29-2025, 07:58 AM   #15
Quoth
Still reading
Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Quoth ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Quoth's Avatar
 
Posts: 14,975
Karma: 111111111
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Ireland
Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper
Quote:
Originally Posted by DNSB View Post
BTW, they do have a UK site at https://uk.bookstore.org for those in the UK.
Which humorously suggests I shop at the USA store.
Quoth is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply
Page 1 of 4 1 234

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Swiss eBook retailer in Calibre ePb Recipes 5 09-10-2018 10:01 PM
Nominate Your Favourite Ebook Retailer chazz14 General Discussions 21 08-14-2016 09:02 PM
Message from your ebook retailer, from the future Marseille General Discussions 24 12-17-2011 10:54 PM
Anybody's CC compromised after foreign ebook retailer? edbro Deals and Resources (No Self-Promotion or Affiliate Links) 3 02-06-2010 05:58 PM
Ebook retailer seeks advice lybrary Self-Promotions by Authors and Publishers 27 09-24-2009 06:35 AM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 08:06 PM.

Contact Us - FAQ - Guidelines - Privacy - Top

MobileRead.com is a privately owned, operated and funded community.