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This is great news, but the lack of a filter for DRM-free—coupled with the inability to send any other types of titles to an e-reader—makes this pretty useless for a lot of us. An e-ink display really does make all the difference for me to be willing to read e-books.

Hopefully they improve the filters with time and it's not an intentional decision to appease publishers.

I recently discovered and have been enjoying libro.fm for audio books. Can anyone here recommend a good source of DRM-free e-books?

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Can't you use their app or books on your e-ink reader?

At the moment there is no way to download books neither from app nor website and not all ereaders support the installation of the app. I only found out about this by listening to a podcast the CEO recently did. Bookshop also wont refund ebook sales.

I have a Boox page. It's quirky, but I love that it has the normal Google play store and a great battery life.

Now I can use whatever app suits me, and I can buy my ebooks from whatever store has the best deal. Sometimes I'll find Kobo is cheaper than Kindle, for example.

Often I read older fiction that's out of copyright, I use the Moon+ Reader app on the Boox and it's as good as the Kindle except free.

Only if you have an Android ereader that supports installing apps.

That should be every e-reader except for Kindle, as far as I know.

No, Kobo and Pocketbook run Linux. Most of the Sony models too. Some Android readers like Tolino and Nook don't allow installing apps without jailbreaking.

Thank you (and the other poster) for the clarification!

Both Kobo and PocketBook readers use some custom embedded Linux distro. OnyxBoox uses Android, but its hardly universal.

ebooks.com will tell you whether a title has DRM or not. I've switched all my non-DRM buys to them. Unfortunately publishers dictate whether or not something will have DRM so the vast majority of books are DRM'd.

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