Lists (by country) of e-bookstores which do NOT use DRM or other encoding

adrianf · 06-16-2020, 11:04 PM

Hello,
Taking into account the Battle of the Giants through encoding of their books (amazon, apple, Noble&Barnes, etc.), so that commoners like us have to choose one single Master, is it not time to start a new forum, in which to update continuously lists, by country or language, or both (e.g., for Switzerland or Belgium or Canada) of competitors to the wannabe monopolists in the book market mentioned above, who, in turn, pledge to offer their books UN-coded for the foreseeable future?
Personally, I am mostly interested in books in English, French and German.
I guess, in the same new forum, different threads should be in different languages.
Thank you for considering this proposal.

pdurrant · 06-17-2020, 06:19 AM

This sort of thing is best done in a Wiki. It's so widely applicable, perhaps it should be in Wikipedia, although there'd be a constant battle with the Wikipedia insiders about notability and trusted sources.

But there is a MobileRead Wiki

And we even have a page for ebook stores

And it certainly needs updating to eliminate dead stores (e.g. Fictionwise). And highlighting which use DRM might be useful.

Have at it!

06-16-2020, 11:04 PM	#1
adrianf Enthusiast Posts: 49 Karma: 2300 Join Date: Jul 2013 Device: iPad+MacBookPro	Lists (by country) of e-bookstores which do NOT use DRM or other encoding Hello, Taking into account the Battle of the Giants through encoding of their books (amazon, apple, Noble&Barnes, etc.), so that commoners like us have to choose one single Master, is it not time to start a new forum, in which to update continuously lists, by country or language, or both (e.g., for Switzerland or Belgium or Canada) of competitors to the wannabe monopolists in the book market mentioned above, who, in turn, pledge to offer their books UN-coded for the foreseeable future? Personally, I am mostly interested in books in English, French and German. I guess, in the same new forum, different threads should be in different languages. Thank you for considering this proposal.

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06-17-2020, 06:19 AM	#2
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 71,507 Karma: 306214458 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Voyage	This sort of thing is best done in a Wiki. It's so widely applicable, perhaps it should be in Wikipedia, although there'd be a constant battle with the Wikipedia insiders about notability and trusted sources. But there is a MobileRead Wiki And we even have a page for ebook stores And it certainly needs updating to eliminate dead stores (e.g. Fictionwise). And highlighting which use DRM might be useful. Have at it!

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