Alternatives to Amazon & Kindle
Apr. 9th, 2025 05:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Barnes & Noble w/Nook. The only gimmick with them is you have to buy the books on their store in order to synch it with the app. From what I just read you can't buy straight from the app. I could be wrong. I'm unsure. The pros of supporting them is you don't support Google or Amazon and still have just as many books to choose from as either one. If I buy a book reader in the future it will be Nook.
Bookshop.org This company is a very good company to support from my understanding. Their mission is to help indie bookstores thrive in our current multi-billionaire overlord era. This is where you can buy from self-publishing writers and compete with Amazon. Only THESE GUYS give their money to help fund the failing bookstore industry. Their profits are donated to them and the bookstores that partner with these guys get full sale value from my understanding. If you are looking for books from lesser-known authors or to support that niche, I highly suggest giving them a look before going to Amazon for this reason alone.All you need to do is download an eBook reader like "calibre" of which I will link to the bottom of this. Oops. It has an app. I'll still leave the link up for if you download books from Google or other places that don't have an app.
Library Apps like Libby, etc Need I say more? The library and its apps are still a decent source for good reading material. This should be self-explanatory. It works with a library card and its free to borrow books from.
Amazon Kindle Alternatives: https://alternativeto.net/software/kindle/
Honestly that's a great link for me to bookmark anyways because I'm pretty regularly looking for alternatives to software programs. Especially in today's world.
If anyone else has any other suggestions that isn't owned by an evil multi-billionaire please feel free to leave them in the comments. Thank you!
Edit: Okay, never mind about Google at all. That license is on all the books now. So I only recommend B&N and Bookshop.org. Definitely bookshop.org first. :)
Bookshop.org This company is a very good company to support from my understanding. Their mission is to help indie bookstores thrive in our current multi-billionaire overlord era. This is where you can buy from self-publishing writers and compete with Amazon. Only THESE GUYS give their money to help fund the failing bookstore industry. Their profits are donated to them and the bookstores that partner with these guys get full sale value from my understanding. If you are looking for books from lesser-known authors or to support that niche, I highly suggest giving them a look before going to Amazon for this reason alone.
Library Apps like Libby, etc Need I say more? The library and its apps are still a decent source for good reading material. This should be self-explanatory. It works with a library card and its free to borrow books from.
Amazon Kindle Alternatives: https://alternativeto.net/software/kindle/
Honestly that's a great link for me to bookmark anyways because I'm pretty regularly looking for alternatives to software programs. Especially in today's world.
If anyone else has any other suggestions that isn't owned by an evil multi-billionaire please feel free to leave them in the comments. Thank you!
Edit: Okay, never mind about Google at all. That license is on all the books now. So I only recommend B&N and Bookshop.org. Definitely bookshop.org first. :)