"As more and more readers turn to ebooks, libraries are forced to keep up with the trend, often having to pay onerous licensing fees just for the "privilege" of keeping the work in stock, and, often unknowingly, exposing their patrons' data." Read the full article about IDAD 2023: https://u.fsf.org/421#LearnLibre#EndDRM#Libraries#ebooks#DayAgainstDRM
"It's not easy being an anti-DRM activist, especially heading into 2024. Not content with locking down software and streaming media, the massive corporations peddling this unjust technology have even extended their reach into the world's libraries. OverDrive is the worst of these offenders..." Read the full article about IDAD 2023: https://u.fsf.org/421#LearnLibre#EndDRM#Libraries#ebooks#DayAgainstDRM
@Qwaint The Kobo is great! Big beefy online bookstore. And you can config it to turn off entirely after an interval, which makes it slow to start but preserves battery like the Kindle doesn't to my knowledge. I have both.
Added both Whetstone ⚔️ and Wayfinder 🚀 magazines to the list of DRM-free bookshops. 💜
Whetstone (pulp sword & sorcery) is going on hiatus until next year, but Spiral Tower Press have just released the first issue of Wayfinder (pulp space opera) to keep you busy.
Mal wieder neues Futter für die Leseratten: 37 weitere #eBooks sind bei https://ebooks.qumran.org/ eingetroffen und liegen zum Stöbern und Schmökern bereit. Darunter einige Kinderbücher. Ich wünsche angenehmen Lesegenuss!
Added Ghost Orchid Press to the list of DRM-free bookshops.
Founded by horror author Antonia Rachel Ward in January 2021, Ghost Orchid Press is an independent publisher of horror, Gothic, and supernatural fiction based in the UK.
"As more and more readers turn to ebooks, libraries are forced to keep up with the trend, often having to pay onerous licensing fees just for the "privilege" of keeping the work in stock, and, often unknowingly, exposing their patrons' data." Read the full article about IDAD 2023: https://u.fsf.org/421#LearnLibre#EndDRM#Libraries#ebooks#DayAgainstDRM