# ebooks.com

6 Hacker News commenters recommended ebooks.com and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Online ebook store with a DRM-free section, so purchased epubs can be moved into Calibre and owned rather than locked to one app.

## Why people recommend it

- DRM-free ebooks you own (3 comments): "there are many vendors that sell epubs with weak DRM and presumably give money to publishers" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48810422)) "We also do the same at ebooks.com, there's a DRM free section too" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48715116)) "Tired of not owning what I buy." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47829040))
- Epubs importable into Calibre (1 comments): "I ended up migrating to ebooks.com and importing them into Calibre" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48810267))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [O'Reilly subscription](https://hackerapproved.com/p/o-reilly-subscription.md): 24 recommend
- [Bookshop.org](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bookshop-org.md): 15 recommend
- [Kobo Store](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kobo-store.md): 11 recommend
- [AbeBooks](https://hackerapproved.com/p/abebooks.md): 8 recommend
- [Humble Bundle Linux the Good Stuff Bundle](https://hackerapproved.com/p/humble-bundle-linux-the-good-stuff-bundle.md): 3 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.ebooks.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "ebooks.com", https://hackerapproved.com/p/ebooks-com/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).