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What publishers and authors sell DRM-free eBooks? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 week ago by Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/books@lemmy.world

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I don't mind supporting authors, but I'd preferably like to avoid supporting DRM. What publishers or authors out there sell their books without DRM?

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[–] Limonene@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Greg Egan's books are on Smashwords, which is DRM-free. Most of them have the first chapter available on his website, which is good because some of it is REALLY hard sci-fi. I chipped a tooth reading Dichronauts (metaphorically speaking). Scale is more accessible. Diaspora is my favorite.

[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thanks! How's the quality on the rest of the website? Many books just look like sloppy erotic novels...

[–] Limonene@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Oh wow, I just now visited the rest of Smashwords, and yeah, it looks like mostly cheap romance. I've already read a lifetime supply of that as a kid, from fanfiction.