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Top 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, 2019
Top 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, 2019
Microsoft's e-book bye-bye
Microsoft closed its e-bookshop this week, but the damage has already been done.
News 4th of July, 2019
Book 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, 2019
Top 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, 2019
Book 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, 2019
Book 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, 2019
Book Review: The Fury of Blacky Jaguar
The Fury of Blacky Jaguar by Angel Luis Colón is a frenetic, nose-busting, Glock-toting misadventure, a kind of noir-with-a-vengeance novella where the bad guys aren't as bad as the badder guys, and the femmes are more nicotine-stained than fatale.
Book Review 8th of May, 2019
Top 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, 2019
Book 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, 2019
Away from Amazon: an adventure into the wilderness
Buying DRM-free e-books, the hows and whys.
16th of April, 2019
Top 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, 2019
Latest Humble Bundle: Blockchain & Cryptocurrency
Take a look at the latest e-book bundle from Humble and Packt Publishing.
9th of April, 2019
There are alternatives to DRM bookshops
Recent news about Microsoft's e-book closure highlights the need to buy from DRM-free bookshops.
5th of April, 2019
Featured Book: The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard
The latest featured book is a beautifully-crafted space opera novella that takes us beyond the usual tropes.
Featured Book 26th of March, 2019
Read an E-Book Week Discount
Get 50% off all new paid plans for 6 months by joining Libreture during Read an E-Book Week.
4th of March, 2019
Exciting Week for Readers
Next week is a big week for book lovers, with both Read an E-Book Week and World Book Day.
27th of February, 2019
Featured Bookshop: Weightless Books
Our latest featured bookshop is the excellently-stocked and subscriber-friendly Weightless Books.
Featured Bookshop 1st of February, 2019
Great 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.
23rd of January, 2019
Upload your Comics!
Store comics and graphics-rich titles with Libreture, thanks to support for PDF, CBZ & CBR formats.
12th of December, 2018
Revisiting balance in my book collection
How I've gotten along with reading books by women for a year.
18th of November, 2018
Image Comics discontinues DRM-free digital issues
After five years, the popular comic book publisher has announced it will no longer sell DRM-free comics.
3rd of November, 2018
Featured Bookshop: Tartarus Press
The latest featured bookshop is Tartarus Press, the small, British independent publisher of literary supernatural/strange/horror fiction.
17th of October, 2018
Featured Book: FIYAH Literary Magazine
The latest featured book is FIYAH, the magazine of black speculative fiction.
24th of September, 2018
Get 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!
18th of September, 2018
Libreture subscriptions are changing
Libreture is launching a FREE account with 250MB of DRM-free e-book storage.
3rd of September, 2018
New Feature: 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.
New Feature 15th of July, 2018
Comics, graphics and file sizes
A quick look at the issue of file-size in digital comics distribution, storage, and the pricing model.
8th of June, 2018
Updated Privacy Policy
Libreture has an updated privacy policy. Learn a bit more and find out why Libreture does things its own way.
26th of May, 2018
Discover Indie Fantasy Bookshops
A series featuring great independent e-bookshops, continuing with a look at the Fantasy genre.
1st of May, 2018
Latest Design Changes
A new design approach for Libreture helps streamline some common processes.
30th of April, 2018
Read Along: Women and Science Fiction
Get reading some great science fiction by women in this read-along with Gemma Todd.
26th of March, 2018
Discover Indie Crime Bookshops
A weekly series featuring great independent e-bookshops, continuing with a look at Crime.
10th of March, 2018
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.
5th of March, 2018
Discover Indie Science Fiction Bookshops
A weekly series featuring great independent e-bookshops, this time it's Science Fiction.
13th of February, 2018
Discover Indie Romance Bookshops
A weekly series featuring great independent e-bookshops, starting with Romance.
3rd of February, 2018
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.
21st of January, 2018
New 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, 2018
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'.
5th of December, 2017
Balance in my Book Collection
The women to men author balance in my book collection is rubbish. My plan to fix it.
24th of October, 2017
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.
9th of October, 2017
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.
26th of September, 2017
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.
24th of August, 2017
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'.
29th of July, 2017
DRM-free Find: Seeing Double
A new horrifyingly poetic and disturbing psychological horror novel by Karen Runge and Grey Matter Press.
23rd of July, 2017
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.
2nd of July, 2017
O'Reilly Closes Their Bookshop
O'Reilly Media, the technology publisher, is no longer selling print or e-books direct to customers.
29th of June, 2017
DRM-Free Find: The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps and A Taste of Honey
Poetic fantasy and amazing worlds by Kai Ashante Wilson.
7th of June, 2017
DRM-free Find: The Winds of Khalakovo
Flying ships, demons from the other side, and magical conspiracies by Bradley P. Beaulieu.
9th of May, 2017
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.
8th of May, 2017
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?
5th of May, 2017
DRM-free Find: The Fisherman
Ancient magic, a creepy tale within a tale and... fishing, in John Langan's literary horror novel.
19th of April, 2017
Who benefits from DRM?
A reminder of who benefits from DRM in e-books, and who pays for it.
13th of April, 2017
Libreture is open for business
The new personal e-book library for hardcore readers is open for business.
4th of April, 2017
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.
9th of January, 2016
DRM-free Find: Yamada Monogatari
The niche reads that big publishers let pass by and the Japanese period demon hunter drama.
20th of August, 2015
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.
5th of May, 2015
DRM-free Find: The Bullet Catcher's Daughter
A bookshop, a cover and a ripping yarn of disguise, deception and misdirection by Rod Duncan.
30th of April, 2015
DRM-free Find: Much Secret Sorrow
L. J. Hutton's novel tells an alternative tale of Guy of Gisborne and Robin Hood.
9th of December, 2014
Buying DRM-free e-books is about more than backups
Tracking reading habits is one of the more sinister aspects of Digital Rights Management.
24th of October, 2014