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I want to buy my first ebooks and I have two goals: don't pay Amazon, and give the largest possible cut to the authors. Is there something like Bandcamp for ebooks?

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[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

eBay for E books? Huh, I wouldn't have guessed. I'm looking for a sales channel that pays the author, though.

Thanks!

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Other than buying from an author directly, I don't think there's any model that directly puts money in the authors pocket, it's all going through the publisher.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

I'd be almost as happy to buy it from the publisher, but their website is dogshit. The buttons don't work, the phone number listed is 123-456-7890 and there's no store.