▲ 58 ▼ Best place to buy ebooks other than Amazon? (sh.itjust.works) submitted 1 year ago by clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works to c/books@lemmy.world 38 comments fedilink hide all child comments I want to buy my first ebooks and I have two goals: don't pay Amazon, and give the largest possible cut to the authors. Is there something like Bandcamp for ebooks?
[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works [S] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children) I like the sound of that, thank you. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ozoned@piefed.social 2 points 1 year ago (2 children) I get all of my books through Better World Books. I buy them used as much as possible and they're always in fine shape. I then donate the books on if I don't want to keep them. I seriously love BWB. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works [S] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) I buy so many used books at local stores. I think I need to switch to ebooks just to limit the number of tons I'll eventually need to move! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ozoned@piefed.social 2 points 1 year ago I know friends love their ereaders. I'd need an open one, I refuse to get into the Amazon ecosystem. But I also LOVE physical copies. I think they'd probably be great for books I'm sure about and then buy a physical book later. But lots of ebooks are ridiculously priced compared to physical. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ozoned@piefed.social 2 points 1 year ago (2 children) I get all of my books through Better World Books. I buy them used as much as possible and they're always in fine shape. I then donate the books on if I don't want to keep them. I seriously love BWB. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works [S] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) I buy so many used books at local stores. I think I need to switch to ebooks just to limit the number of tons I'll eventually need to move! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ozoned@piefed.social 2 points 1 year ago I know friends love their ereaders. I'd need an open one, I refuse to get into the Amazon ecosystem. But I also LOVE physical copies. I think they'd probably be great for books I'm sure about and then buy a physical book later. But lots of ebooks are ridiculously priced compared to physical. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works [S] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) I buy so many used books at local stores. I think I need to switch to ebooks just to limit the number of tons I'll eventually need to move! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ozoned@piefed.social 2 points 1 year ago I know friends love their ereaders. I'd need an open one, I refuse to get into the Amazon ecosystem. But I also LOVE physical copies. I think they'd probably be great for books I'm sure about and then buy a physical book later. But lots of ebooks are ridiculously priced compared to physical. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ozoned@piefed.social 2 points 1 year ago I know friends love their ereaders. I'd need an open one, I refuse to get into the Amazon ecosystem. But I also LOVE physical copies. I think they'd probably be great for books I'm sure about and then buy a physical book later. But lots of ebooks are ridiculously priced compared to physical. permalink fedilink source parent