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Organise Your E-Books
A couple of features to help you make the most of your e-books: Favourites & Next 10.
Feature Highlight 19th of October, 2020
Autumn Update on Libreture
A catch-up on what we're up to, what we have planned, and where we're going.
News 29th of September, 2020Getting e-books on to your device
Libreture's OPDS feature helps you browse and download your books on a range of compatible devices.
Feature Highlight 4th of August, 2020Read an E-Book Week Sale
It's time to save on all those e-books you have in your Smashwords wishlist. Discover over 45,000 discounted e-books from thousands of authors and publishers before these incredible deals disappear.
Special Offer 2nd of March, 2020Get your regular RPG fix from Bundle of Holding
Bundle of Holding presents bargain-priced, time-limited offers of tabletop roleplaying game rulebooks and RPG-related e-books to the discerning gamer.
Bundle 18th of February, 2020Indie E-Book Readers
A look at the Open Book Project's mission to develop an open hardware e-book reader.
News 31st of October, 2019Call The Epubizer
Thinking of buying e-books from independent online bookshops? Not sure what to do with them once you've bought them? The Epubizer is here to help.
News 11th of October, 2019Day Against DRM 2019
Get ready for this year's International Day Against DRM with a special offer from Libreture.
Special Offer 4th of October, 2019Top Ten E-Bookshops: August 2019
The top ten most popular bookshops on Libreture for August, 2019. Find your next favourite e-book!
Top Ten 13th of September, 2019Top Ten E-Bookshops: July 2019
The top ten most popular bookshops on Libreture for July, 2019. Find your next favourite e-book!
Top Ten 5th of August, 2019Top Ten E-Bookshops: June 2019
The top ten most popular bookshops on Libreture for June, 2019. Find your next favourite e-book!
Top Ten 16th of July, 2019Microsoft's e-book bye-bye
Microsoft closed its e-bookshop this week, but the damage has already been done.
News 4th of July, 2019Book Review: Books and Bone by Victoria Corva
Necromancers, healing, therianthropy and antiquarian magical libraries ... what more could a fantasy reader want?
Book Review 1st of July, 2019Top Ten E-Bookshops: May 2019
The top ten most popular bookshops on Libreture for May, 2019. Find your next favourite e-book!
Top Ten 4th of June, 2019Book Review: Evolution by Tenea D. Johnson
Evolution by Tenea D. Johnson provides dull pain as humans destroy themselves over and over, the same modern pressures we already know, but ramped up to an extreme position.
Book Review 23rd of May, 2019Book Review: R/evolution by Tenea D. Johnson
Thoughtful, precisely written, well-designed and powerful, Johnson’s R/evolution is an epic in a nutshell, a Tardis in a book.
Book Review 19th of May, 2019Top Ten E-Bookshops: April 2019
The top ten most popular bookshops on Libreture for April, 2019. Take a look at where people browse and buy their DRM-free e-books.
Top Ten 1st of May, 2019Book Review: Xiao Xiao and the Dragon Pearl
Xiao Xiao and the Dragon Pearl by Joyce Chng has princesses, dragons, swords, assassins and is set in Manchuria during the Qing dynasty period.
Book Review 19th of April, 2019Away from Amazon: an adventure into the wilderness
Buying DRM-free e-books, the hows and whys.
Interesting Reading 16th of April, 2019Top Ten E-Bookshops: March 2019
The top ten most popular bookshops on Libreture for March, 2019. Take a look at where people browse and buy DRM-free e-books.
Top Ten 10th of April, 2019Latest Humble Bundle: Blockchain & Cryptocurrency
Take a look at the latest e-book bundle from Humble and Packt Publishing.
Bundle 9th of April, 2019There are alternatives to DRM bookshops
Recent news about Microsoft's e-book closure highlights the need to buy from DRM-free bookshops.
Interesting Reading 5th of April, 2019Exciting Week for Readers
Next week is a big week for book lovers, with both Read an E-Book Week and World Book Day.
News 27th of February, 2019Featured Bookshop: Weightless Books
Our latest featured bookshop is the excellently-stocked and subscriber-friendly Weightless Books.
Featured Bookshop 1st of February, 2019Great News! A new start for small e-bookshops
Finally, we’re seeing the reappearance of e-book retailers who closed due to to EU digital VAT changes.
News 23rd of January, 2019Upload your Comics!
Store comics and graphics-rich titles with Libreture, thanks to support for PDF, CBZ & CBR formats.
New Feature 12th of December, 2018Revisiting balance in my book collection
How I've gotten along with reading books by women for a year.
Interesting Reading 18th of November, 2018Image Comics discontinues DRM-free digital issues
After five years, the popular comic book publisher has announced it will no longer sell DRM-free comics.
News 3rd of November, 2018Featured Bookshop: Tartarus Press
The latest featured bookshop is Tartarus Press, the small, British independent publisher of literary supernatural/strange/horror fiction.
Featured Bookshop 17th of October, 2018Featured Book: FIYAH Literary Magazine
The latest featured book is FIYAH, the magazine of black speculative fiction.
Featured Book 24th of September, 2018Get more from Libreture on International Day Against DRM 2018
International Day Against DRM is about making, organizing, protesting, and taking action to support the demolition of DRM - and Libreture is taking part!
Special Offer 18th of September, 2018Libreture subscriptions are changing
Libreture is launching a FREE account with 250MB of DRM-free e-book storage.
News 3rd of September, 2018Comics, graphics and file sizes
A quick look at the issue of file-size in digital comics distribution, storage, and the pricing model.
Comics 8th of June, 2018Updated Privacy Policy
Libreture has an updated privacy policy. Learn a bit more and find out why Libreture does things its own way.
News 26th of May, 2018Discover Indie Fantasy Bookshops
A series featuring great independent e-bookshops, continuing with a look at the Fantasy genre.
Featured Bookshop 1st of May, 2018Latest Design Changes
A new design approach for Libreture helps streamline some common processes.
News 30th of April, 2018Read Along: Women and Science Fiction
Get reading some great science fiction by women in this read-along with Gemma Todd.
Interesting Reading 26th of March, 2018Discover Indie Crime Bookshops
A weekly series featuring great independent e-bookshops, continuing with a look at Crime.
Featured Bookshop 10th of March, 2018It'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.
Special Offer 5th of March, 2018Discover Indie Science Fiction Bookshops
A weekly series featuring great independent e-bookshops, this time it's Science Fiction.
Featured Bookshop 13th of February, 2018Discover Indie Romance Bookshops
A weekly series featuring great independent e-bookshops, starting with Romance.
Featured Bookshop 3rd of February, 2018DRM-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.
Featured Book 21st of January, 2018New Feature: Book Search
It's now quicker and easier to find a particular book on Libreture, thanks to our new search feature.
New Feature 11th of January, 2018Omnibus e-books and clever pricing
How publishers combine e-books into bundles and boxed sets to increase sales and introduce readers to their series'.
5th of December, 2017Balance in my Book Collection
The women to men author balance in my book collection is rubbish. My plan to fix it.
Interesting Reading 24th of October, 2017Publishers 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.
Interesting Reading 9th of October, 2017New 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.
New Feature 26th of September, 2017Keep 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.
Special Offer 24th of August, 201750% 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.
Special Offer 2nd of July, 2017O'Reilly Closes Their Bookshop
O'Reilly Media, the technology publisher, is no longer selling print or e-books direct to customers.
News 29th of June, 2017DRM-free Find: Arthur C. Clarke Award 2017 Shortlist
A look at which of the 2017 Arthur C. Clarke Award shortlist are available DRM-free.
News 8th of May, 2017DRM-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?
News 5th of May, 2017Who benefits from DRM?
A reminder of who benefits from DRM in e-books, and who pays for it.
Interesting Reading 13th of April, 2017Libreture is open for business
The new personal e-book library for hardcore readers is open for business.
News 4th of April, 2017Buying DRM-free e-books is about more than backups
Tracking reading habits is one of the more sinister aspects of Digital Rights Management.
News 24th of October, 2014