That may be an option in the US, but in Europe Amazon is often the only option t...

nils-m-holm · on Dec 31, 2022

I am in Europe and publish my books with Lulu Press. Works smoothly and royalties are fair. Not affiliated, just a happy customer.

Some of my books are also available as ebooks, but I specifically avoid Amazon, because I dislike their DRM and their "cheap book" policy. $10 for a textbook? Come on.

GrumpySloth · on Jan 1, 2023

My phrasing was unfortunate. I didn't mean "getting a book published...", rather "buying a book, which was published..."

openplatypus · on Dec 31, 2022

Go direct to Manning or PragProg. Go directly to Apress.

Fallback on ebooks.com.

I am in Europe. Not using Amazon.

input_sh · on Dec 31, 2022

For years I thought I wasn't using Amazon, finding this website called The Book Depository that offers free shipping to where I'm from (while Amazon charges ~$60).

One day I randomly looked up who owns it. Amazon subsidiary since 2011. Amazon is mentioned zero times on the homepage, zero times on the about page, zero times in Terms & Conditions, and once in a random help article.

So I've discovered I didn't go years without Amazon as I thought I did.