| Name |
Region(s) |
Sells Ebooks |
DRM-free |
Notes |
| A Book Apart |
world |
✅ |
✅ |
Distributes DRM-free ebooks and PDFs |
| Amazon |
US |
✅ |
❌ |
Only sells ebooks for the proprietary Kindle |
| Baen Books |
world |
✅ |
✅ |
From their FAQ: Baen is committed to remaining free of Digital Rights Management (DRM). |
| Barnes & Noble |
US |
✅ |
❌ |
Ebooks only available for Nook e-readers |
| Book View Cafe |
world |
✅ |
✅ |
From their reading page: All BVC books are DRM-free and can be loaded onto most devices. |
| Booktopia |
AU |
✅ |
❌ |
Requires Booktopia app or Kobo e-reader |
| Boss Fight Books |
world |
✅ |
✅ |
From their About page: Each book is released simultaneously in paperback and as an DRM-free ebook |
| Google Books |
world |
✅ |
❌ |
Only DRM-free if author requests |
| Hive |
UK |
✅ |
❌ |
Requires buyer to install and use Adobe Digital Editions |
| International Institute of Marine Surveying |
UK,AU,CA,IN,NZ,NG,AE |
✅ |
✅ |
Books distributed as PDFs |
| KaitenBooks |
world |
✅ |
✅ |
Independent Manga localiser and publisher, provides PDF, EBUB, CBZ and ZIP of images. |
| No Starch Press |
world |
✅ |
✅ |
From their FAQ: All of our ebooks are DRM-free. |
| Project Gutenberg |
world |
✅ |
✅ |
|
| Rakuten Kobo |
world |
✅ |
❌ |
Generally only available for Kobo e-readers. DRM-free at publisher request |
| Smashwords |
world |
✅ |
✅ |
From their FAQ: All books are DRM-free |
| Standard Ebooks |
world |
✅ |
✅ |
Provides generic .epub in addition to ebooks optimised for Kindle and Kobo |
| Star Fruit Books |
world |
✅ |
✅ |
Independent US-based Manga publisher. Some products have Digital versions, format varies but usually a CBZ or PDF, always DRM free. |
| Verso |
world |
✅ |
✅ |
eBooks purchased from the Verso website are watermarked and DRM-free. |
| Waterstones |
UK,EU |
❌ |
❌ |
Digital store has closed. Existing ebooks transferred to Kobo |
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