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Getting your e-books on to your device
Libreture's new OPDS feature helps you browse and download your books on a multitude of compatible devices.
Comics, graphics and file sizes
A quick look at the issue of file-size in digital comics distribution, storage, and the pricing model.
Updated Privacy Policy
Libreture has an updated privacy policy. Learn a bit more and find out why Libreture does things its own way.
Discover Indie Fantasy Bookshops
A series featuring great independent e-bookshops, continuing with a look at the Fantasy genre.
Latest Design Changes
A new design approach for Libreture helps streamline some common processes.
Read Along: Women and Science Fiction
Get reading some great science fiction by women in this read-along with Gemma Todd.
Discover Indie Crime Bookshops
A weekly series featuring great independent e-bookshops, continuing with a look at Crime.
It's Read an E-Book Week!
Save 50% off a Libreture subscription for 6 months by joining between the 4th and 10th of March, 2018.
Discover Indie Science Fiction Bookshops
A weekly series featuring great independent e-bookshops, this time it's Science Fiction.
Discover Indie Romance Bookshops
A weekly series featuring great independent e-bookshops, starting with Romance.
DRM-free Find: Narrow your view to expand your horizons
How limiting the range of books you browse can sometimes uncover gems you would ordinarily miss.
New Feature: Book Search
It's now quicker and easier to find a particular book on Libreture, thanks to our new search feature.
Omnibus e-books and clever pricing
How publishers combine e-books into bundles and boxed sets to increase sales and introduce readers to their series'.
Balance in my Book Collection
The women to men author balance in my book collection is rubbish. My plan to fix it.
Publishers must rethink their approach to technology
A brief post on why the publishing industry won't get anywhere with technology unless it addresses its own lack of knowledge in the field.
New Features: Wishlists and Recommendations
Two new features make it even easier to plan your book-buying, and share your love for a book with others.
Keep your e-reader safe with a Book Buddle
There are always plenty of accessories and cases for Kindle e-readers. But for other brands, try a Buddle.
Organise Your E-Books With Some New Features
A couple of new features went live on Libreture this week. They include 'Favourites' and 'Next 10'.
DRM-free Find: Seeing Double
A new horrifyingly poetic and disturbing psychological horror novel by Karen Runge and Grey Matter Press.
50% Off on International Day Against DRM
Get 50% off Libreture for 6 months on International Day Against DRM, 9th of July 2017. For a future without Digital Rights Management.
O'Reilly Closes Their Bookshop
O'Reilly Media, the technology publisher, is no longer selling print or e-books direct to customers.
DRM-Free Find: The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps and A Taste of Honey
Poetic fantasy and amazing worlds by Kai Ashante Wilson.
DRM-free Find: The Winds of Khalakovo
Flying ships, demons from the other side, and magical conspiracies by Bradley P. Beaulieu.
DRM-free Find: Arthur C. Clarke Award 2017 Shortlist
A look at which of the 2017 Arthur C. Clarke Award shortlist are available DRM-free.
DRM-free Find: Arthur C. Clarke Award 2016 Shortlist
Which books from the 2016 Arthur C. Clarke Award shortlist are available DRM-free? In other words, which ones can I read?
DRM-free Find: The Fisherman
Ancient magic, a creepy tale within a tale and... fishing, in John Langan's literary horror novel.
Who benefits from DRM?
A reminder of who benefits from DRM in e-books, and who pays for it.
Libreture is open for business
The new personal e-book library for hardcore readers is open for business.
DRM-free Find: Europe in Autumn, Europe at Midnight
European sci-fi that's as surprising to readers as it seems to have been for its author, Dave Hutchinson.
DRM-free Find: Yamada Monogatari
The niche reads that big publishers let pass by and the Japanese period demon hunter drama.
DRM-free Find: The Tales of Einarinn
The Long Tail and the Book Series. Re-launching an out-of-print series of e-books can introduce new readers to older works.
DRM-free Find: The Bullet Catcher's Daughter
A bookshop, a cover and a ripping yarn of disguise, deception and misdirection by Rod Duncan.
DRM-free Find: Much Secret Sorrow
L. J. Hutton's novel tells an alternative tale of Guy of Gisborne and Robin Hood.
Buying DRM-free e-books is about more than backups
Tracking reading habits is one of the more sinister aspects of Digital Rights Management.