Do you buy DRM-free books?

silvercove, 10 months ago

I exclusively buy DRM-free books/games/videos. I don’t pay for DRM.

Papanca, 10 months ago

Exactly, that’s why i’m asking. Where do you buy them, and can you also buy modern titles?

silvercove, 10 months ago

For games I buy them at: www.gog.com

gaael, 10 months ago

Same here. I’m happy to pay for the games I enjoy playing as long as I effectively can own a copy. So i either buy them on GOG.com (or publisher website for some indie stuff) or find other ways to acquire them, because f**k vendor lock-in (looking at you Steam).

bobgray123987, 10 months ago

I have in the past, but I just do not have time to read right now. So I mostly listen to audio books that I get from Audible while I work.

If I do read, its work related and not for pleasure. Which sadly I’m behind on.

JackGreenEarth, 10 months ago

I don’t know where to buy them DRM free, but I can usually buy a DRM book from Amazon kindle, for example, then just download the DRM free book from a website like oceanofpdf.org

jmcs, 10 months ago

Anywhere that’s not Amazon, assuming the publishers are not being assholes. Usually between the American and the British edition you can almost always find a DRM free epub version.

reallyzen, 10 months ago

I’ve never seen that a publisher who’s locking it’s books would sell them different on different platforms. I just checked Andy Weir from his own website, it is all amazon / apple / google etc locked versions - or pulp-tree-and-ink.

But I’d be very happy to be wrong; have you got sites to recommend?

Papanca, 10 months ago

I’m not in the US or UK, and here i find that a lot of books come with DRM

Papanca, 10 months ago

So, this is a website where you proof you bought the book legitimately and then, they remove the DRM software for you? Or do i misunderstand it? How much would they charge for this?

JackGreenEarth, 10 months ago

It’s a piracy website, but if I’ve already payed for the book legitimately, I don’t feel bad about using it.