E-book stores

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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.

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[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.

  • Ambrosia Publishing a store featuring Graphic Novels (Comic books) in CBZ, PDF, PSP, Nintendo DS, and iPod formats as well as traditional printed versions.
  • Books For A Buck -- Various eBooks from $1 to $3.99. An eBook publisher rather than just a reseller.
  • BookHabit - a eBook store for unpublished on self published books. The price begins at $2.50 and goes up as the book gets more popular. Books are available in 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.
  • CyberRead -- eBooks in four formats: Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat, Mobipocket, and Microsoft Reader.
  • Diesel eBooks -- Bookstore with DRM-protected books in Microsoft Reader, Adobe PDF, Mobipocket, and Palm formats. Some free eBooks.
  • eBookMall -- Bookstore with DRM-protected books in Microsoft Reader LIT, Adobe PDF, Palm and Mobipocket formats.
  • eBooks.com -- Bookstore selling Microsoft Reader, Mobipocket, and Adobe Acrobat 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.
  • EBooks About Everything contains books in Acrobat, Microsoft, MobiPocket, and Palm formats. Not every book is in all formats.
  • Fictionwise -- Bookstore offering DRM protected and non-DRM protected books. This store offers books in various formats, including secure (DRM) versions for MobiPocket, MicrosoftReader, AdobeReader, PalmReader and FictionwiseReader. They also offer many books in multiformat (non-DRM) including Adobe Acrobat (PDF), Microsoft Reader (LIT), eReader (-ER.PDB), Palm Doc (PDB), Rocket/REB1100 (RB), Franklin eBookMan (FUB), Hiebook (KML), Sony Reader (LRF), iSilo (-IS.PDB), Mobipocket (PRC), Kindle Compatible (MOBI), OEBFF Full VGA (IMP), OEBFF Half VGA (IMP). Also see Fictionwise.
  • The Ludwig von Mises Institute is the research and educational center of classical liberalism, libertarian political theory, and the Austrian School of economics. Books and Articles are PDF or HTML. Many are free.
  • 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 LIT, Mobipocket PRC from many major publishers. Also some free eBooks. Et la première librairie numérique francophone (Also the first French-speaking digital bookstore).
  • Packard Technologies has taken popular Christian study books and made them available in MobiPocket format. They have links between books.
  • Powells -- Bookstore with DRM-protected books, Microsoft Reader LIT, Adobe PDF and eReader formats.
  • Simon and Schuster -- Bookstore with DRM-protected eBooks published by Simon and Schuster. These books are available in Microsoft Reader, Adobe Reader, and eReader formats with DRM.
  • Smashwords -- Digital publisher of multi-format, DRM-free ebooks. Allows authors to set sampling privileges and pricing.
  • Ubibooks features MobiPocket books in several languages. They features the Cybook generation 3 reader.
  • Walk Broad Publishing -- specializing in illustrated children's eBooks. Currently they support PDF that has been custom sized to support 6" E-ink devices. They intend to add other formats in the future.
  • Webscription.Net -- Bookstore with unencrypted eBooks. Science Fiction and Fantasy, mainly from Baen Books. Available in HTML, Rocket/Ebookwise, Mobipocket, RTF and Microsoft Reader formats. Book prices mostly $4 to $6, with $15 monthly bundles bring per-books cost to $3 or less. Baen Free Library eBooks are also available here.
  • WH Smith - A brick and mortar Bookstore with Ebooks from England in PDF, LIT, and MOBI formats.

[edit] Authors Sites

Some authors sell eBooks directly from their web sites.

  • Sci-Fi Arizona -- Bookstore for books written by Michael McCollum. Books are in PDF sized for an eBook Reader, MS Reader, MobiPocket, and eReader. Books are from $7 to $10. Also has a painting gallery by Don Dixon.
  • Forti Books by Kathy J. Forti. Children's stories age 6 and up. In PDF format.

[edit] Software/Hardware manufacturers sites

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

  • 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.
  • Microsoft -- The largest collection of LIT 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.
  • Tome Raider -- Mainly reference eBooks, in a TR format, some free. They have both TR2 and TR3 books.
  • Walkbook has eBooks in WOLF format. Many are free. They have books in English, French, and Turkish.

[edit] Lists of Links

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