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?

  • ozoned@piefed.social
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    3
    ·
    3 days ago

    https://www.betterworldbooks.com/

    Better World Books is your online destination for books offering the widest selection of used and new books. We give booklovers across the world access to the power of knowledge at an affordable price and help them stay connected through reading. We better the world, one book at a time, by making a difference with every purchase made through donations and environmental programs. It’s simple: Buy Books. Do Good.

      • ozoned@piefed.social
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        2 days ago

        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.

        • Clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.worksOP
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          2 days ago

          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!

          • ozoned@piefed.social
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            2
            ·
            2 days 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.