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Kobo or Apple for e-books? What’s better for keeping profits local? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I want to buy open source drm free e-books however I see Kobo that is a Canadian subsidiary owned by a Japanese Company while Apple is American with some operations based in Canada, California is closer to British Columbia however they often use closed standards.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm confused, are you talking about buying the e-reader, or the books?

For books, you can try looking for much more local options: in Quebec you have a leslibraires.ca for example, which is a consortium of small libraries. Their books do have some form of DRM though, I believe.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Kobo supports OverDrive, which is a system that some (not all, but some) libraries use to manage ebook loans.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I've heard good things about Kobo, such as being compatible with self-hosted options.

Haven't used either personally