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?

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[–] ozoned@piefed.social 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I like the sound of that, thank you.

[–] ozoned@piefed.social 2 points 3 days ago (1 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.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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 2 points 3 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.