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This page lists stores where you can purchase eBooks. Some of the eBooks have DRM but many do not. Many of these stores also have some books they give away for free. You may also be interested in checking out our pages about Free eBooks and eBook Lending Libraries. Be sure and check the E-book stores table comparing these stores. Some of these stores also offer subscriptions.

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[edit] A particular book

If you know the ISBN number for the book you are looking for you can search for it on this page.

[edit] Dealers and Publishers

These sites will often have ebooks in more than one format. Be sure they support the format you need before you buy. Shop around, many dealers discount. Books sold by dealers and publishers in the section may or may not support DRM. Note that some eBooks listed on these sites may not be available worldwide due to publisher imposed regional restrictions.

  • Adult eBook Shop -- Specialist in adult erotic ebooks in all genres. Easy to use site with several popular formats including PDF, PRC & LIT. Excerpts and free ebooks available...
  • AKW Books -- Independent publisher of new, top-quality eBooks in all genres. Several popular formats including PDF, PRC, LIT, & EPUB. No porn or erotica. No DRM.
  • BookGlutton -- An eBook store for published and unpublished books. Books are read and discussed in a browser tool called The Unbound Reader - no format required.
  • BookHabit -- An eBook store for unpublished or self published books. The price begins at $2.50 and goes up as the book gets more popular. Books are available in Adobe PDF format.
  • BooksOnBoard -- One of the larger selections of eBooks in different DRM-protected formats, reasonably priced. Easy graphic tutorials online for new ebook readers.
  • Borders -- This site is primarily a rebadged Sony Connect site at the present time. They have Sony Reader eBooks.
  • Coolerbooks.com -- Features ePUB but sells books in other formats as well. They claim ADE format which could be either ePUB or PDF. They also have LIT.
  • eBooks.com -- Bookstore selling Microsoft Reader, MobiPocket, and Adobe PDF formats. eBooks.com has a new feature called eb20 (eBook 2.0) which is a format for eBooks that can be read in a browser. They offer this as an alternative reading device for books you buy. You buy the book in a standard eBook format but are entitled to also read it instantly with your web browser. They claim that the eb20 server improves the on-line reading experience for any browser.
  • eFollett - focuses on college text books. This site is actually a portal to local college eBook stores.
  • Eee PC books -- Has Adobe PDF formatted eBooks specifically designed for reading on an 800x480 pixel device like the Asus eee PC. They will work fine on any device that can read PDF with this size screen or larger.
  • immatériel.fr - French language and DRM-free ebooks mostly in PDF, but also ePUB and MOBI. Various subjects, including computer sciences, business and french literature.
  • Kindle Shops eBooks -- Go Green and buy a Kindle - KindleShops.com has various eBooks, newspapers, magazine, and text books.
  • Kobo - targeted at mobile devices including cellphones. Books are purchased and then read on iPhone, Blackberry, Palm Pre, or downloaded in ePUB.
  • Leer-e -- Spanish language eBooks. Books as low as €5.
  • Leqtor -- Spanish language eBooks. Seems to be mostly (perhaps all) ePUB.
  • Libreka.de - German source for eBooks, claims 100,000 eBooks.
  • The Ludwig von Mises Institute -- The research and educational center of classical liberalism, libertarian political theory, and the Austrian School of economics. Books and Articles are Adobe PDF or HTML. Many are free.
  • Lulu -- Lulu now offers ebooks in both ePub and PDF formats, with and without Adobe DRM, at publisher's choice. Some are free.
  • Lybrary.com features ebooks in all subject areas and is particularly well sorted in magic (magic tricks, mentalism, card tricks, illusions, sleight of hand, ...), gambling (poker, blackjack, craps, ...), and games (bridge, chess, sudoku, ...), where we can offer exclusive contents you will not find anywhere else.
  • MobileReference -- Publisher and seller of Travel Guides, Phrasebooks, Quick-Study Guides, Reference Materials, Fiction, Philosophy, and other e-Books designed for optimal navigation on smartphones, notebook computers, electronic Readers like Amazon Kindle and Sony eReader, and other devices where ease of navigation is important. Supported formats include MobiPocket and Adobe PDF.
  • NueVer Publishing –- Good range of indie eBooks and emagazines from $1 to $12(USD). Publishes a lot of new authors’ work.
  • Numilog -- Bookstore with DRM-protected books, Adobe PDF, Microsoft Reader, MobiPocket from many major publishers. Also some free eBooks. Et la première librairie numérique francophone (Also the first French-speaking digital bookstore).
  • OmniLit - Bookstore with wide selection of small press romance (generally DRM-free) and major publisher titles (generally with DRM).
  • Read Without Paper - Great eBooks from Australia & Around the World. Over 110,000 Fiction & Non-Fiction Titles in Adobe PDF and/or Adobe ePUB formats with DRM. Also audiobooks in Overdrive WMA and Overdrive MP3 formats. Book store designed for ECO_Reader but these ebooks and audiobooks are also compatible with PCs, laptops and many other devices.
  • Smashwords Smashwords is an ebook publishing and distribution platform for ebook authors, publishers and readers offering multi-format, DRM-free ebooks, ready for immediate sampling and purchase, and readable on any e-reading device.
  • The-Plot-Thickens -- Retailer of fiction ebooks with a growing online community where readers can discuss books with authors.
  • Walk Broad Publishing -- Specializes in illustrated children's eBooks. Currently they support Adobe PDF that has been custom sized to support 6" E-ink devices. They intend to add other formats in the future.
  • Web Warrior tools -- A specialized eBook site selling "how to" books for the Internet and other topics.
  • World eBook Fair - $8.95 a year subscription permits downloading lots of eBooks in PDF format. Mostly this is a collection of books that can be found free otherwise but may be hard to locate.
  • Sports eBooks –- The biggest online ebook store for eBooks for all sports.
  • Norton Ebooks -- "Norton ’s ebooks are the same as Norton’s paper books. ebooks cost much less than paper books—usually 50% less!"
  • Zinio -- A site featuring digital magazine subscriptions. They have a US or International list of magazines in multiple languages.

[edit] Dealers and Publishers without DRM

These dealers and Publishers do not sell any eBooks that have DRM (also called encrypted). They sell various formats so be sure that your reading device supports the format you purchase. They may also have free eBooks available. Several of the dealers in the general list above provide some DRM-free titles, for example FictionWise offers DRM-free MultiFormat ebooks. (Note this effort is in progress so please help in getting the dealers into the correct section)

  • AKW Books -- Independent publisher of new, top-quality eBooks in all genres. Several popular formats including PDF, PRC, LIT, & EPUB. No porn or erotica. No DRM.
  • 1889 Books -- Independent publisher of "strange fiction" only from the author MCM, illustrated children's books, young adult books, and adult books. Sells ePub format eBooks (also print editions), and offers free Adobe PDF with requests for donations.
  • Baen -- SciFi & Fantasy mainly. Many formats ( Sony Reader, HTML, RTF, Mobipocket/Kindle, Microsoft Reader, Ebookwise/Rocket -- all without DRM. Check out their FREE library.
  • Books For A Buck -- Various eBooks from $1 to $3.99. An eBook publisher rather than just a reseller.
  • Ebooks and more -- Ebook Store in Austria selling primarily self-help topics. Formats vary with the eBook but include EXE, HTML, PDF, DOC.
  • O'Reilly and Associates -- publisher of technical books aimed at software developers and computer systems administrators, either in dead-tree or DRM-free formats including EPUB, PDF, .mobi, and .apk.
  • Zulu Library -- From Zulu Express, they will also publish eBooks.

[edit] Authors Sites

Some authors sell eBooks directly from their web sites.

  • Richard Herley -- Copyright fiction 1978-2008 by Richard Herley. No DRM. Free; donation invited. MS-Word, PDF and plain ASCII available from this site, with links to most other formats, including ePub.

[edit] Software/Hardware manufacturers sites

These sites are often the only place you can find books for some of the less popular eBook formats but popular formats also have manufacture sites. However, for popular books, manufacturer's sites are less likely to discount eBooks than a dealer might. These sites tend to have eBooks for only the one or two formats that they support.

  • BookGlutton -- BookGlutton offers books through a free online reader called The Unbound Reader. BookGlutton also offers the only web-based HTML to ePUB converter via its Conversion API.
  • eBrochures -- Books and other documents in DNL format. Most are DRM-protected but usually can be sampled for free.
  • eReader -- Bookstore with DRM-protected books designed to be read on their own eReader software. They have a few free books here also. Commercial books are "ready to go" and usually are formatted a bit nicer. Most modern books and best sellers can be found at online bookstores, but not at the major free sites.
  • Franklin - eBooks, mostly references, for their eBookman product.
  • Microsoft -- The largest collection of Microsoft Reader eBooks available. They seem to have collected all the versions out there. Many are free.
  • Mobipocket -- Bookstore with DRM-protected books, in MobiPocket formats from many major publishers. Also some free eBooks.
  • Sony eBooks Connect -- Bookstore featuring ePUB eBooks. The easiest way to access this store is to download the PC software which also serves as a free reader. Note that Sony has switched, as of December 11, 2009 from their older LRF/LRX format to industry standard ePUB which opens the store to many more users.
  • Tome Raider -- Mainly reference eBooks, in a TR format, some free. They have both TR2 and TR3 books.
  • Walkbook -- eBooks in WOLF format. Many are free. They have books in English, French, and Turkish.

[edit] Specialized eBooks

These sites only have eBooks on very specific topics. They are not generalized eBook stores.

  • The Bible study software page covers specialized eBooks for Bible study and reading although many of the stores listed above also have religious eBooks.
  • Live Life Well Info -- Health and wellness and inspirational quotes ebooks in pdf format plus 2+ free hours of audio downloads
  • e23 -- DRM-free digital editions from Steve Jackson Games, mainly role playing games' sourcebooks, in Adobe PDF.
  • DriveThruRPG / RPGNow -- Role playing gamebooks, campaign supplements, and some gaming-related novels in PDF format. Some have no DRM; most have social DRM--purchaser's name & account # stamped on each page of the PDF.

[edit] Lists of Links

  • eBooks Just Published -- A blog (and RSS feed) announcing new releases from independent authors. Includes books for sale and free books, all are DRM-free.

[edit] Ebook Price Comparison Sites

  • Inkmesh -- An ebook search engine that aggregates and analyzes data from multiple ebook and audiobook sources (including MobileRead) and makes it available for search. Inkmesh also allows browsing ebooks by subject and filtering results by price and content type (ebooks, audiobooks, magazines etc). All search results display compatibility with the most popular reading devices and platforms, and individual ebook pages display detailed availability, Google Book Previews, ebook formats and price comparisons.
  • AddAll Ebooks -- A meta search engine which lets you search and find best eBook deals online. It simultaneously searches over 20 major, independent and free eBook sites. You can search for books by author, book title or keyword. The search can be narrowed down by format. There is also an option to limit your search only to your preferred eBook sites.
  • eBook Price Info -- A website comparing prices across ebook stores and good for find eBooks availability among the targeted stores.
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