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DRM-free, AI-free, billionare-free, waitless ebooks from independent presses, sold to you by an actual human being who responds to emails, since 2010. https://weightlessbooks.com
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Thank you!

I also maintain a list of DRM-free bookshops over at @libreture.com.
The Ultimate List of DRM-free Bookshops
A regularly updated list of online shops that sell DRM-free ebooks, digital comics, magazines, and RPGs. Helping hundreds of readers a month discover over 400 DRM-free bookshops.
Libreture.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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There are a few indie ebook sites where you can buy books as downloadable epubs or pdfs. ebooks.com and Weightless Books are two of my favourites.
eBooks.com: Buy Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Textbooks Online
eBooks.com is a leading retailer of ebooks, with a vast range of ebooks from academic, popular and professional publishers.
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February 7, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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And it's not just Waymo. "Teslaโ€™s vehicles also rely on similar remote operators...New National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data suggest[s] Teslaโ€™s robotaxis are crashing three times as much as humans โ€” even with human monitors."
February 6, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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Just finished scheduling the original fiction for @apexmag.bsky.social issue 153 and WOW! This is issue is *heavy*. The stories are all fantastic, but I feel like I should apologize ahead of time for all of the heartache.
February 6, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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Who wants to give $10 just to make the number weird?
Weโ€™re only $5 away from $300/month in Patreon support, or just 2-3 patrons! Your support helps us pay queer authors fairly AND comes with early access to Issue 1.

Help us hit this goal before release day? ๐Ÿ‘€

๐Ÿช www.patreon.com/OthersideSpec
February 6, 2026 at 4:06 PM
According to this, there is a way, but it seems to require a paid Dropbox account. :( www.kobo.com/blog/how-to-...
How to email books to your Kobo
Learn how to get files onto your Kobo by attaching them to an email and hitting "send."
www.kobo.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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@remainsmagazine.bsky.social is very good. They usually sell out their limited print run. Good news. You can now get digital copies @weightlessbooks.bsky.social

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Remains Subscription โ€“ Weightless Books
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February 4, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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February 3, 2026 at 3:10 PM
New @apexmag.bsky.social issue is here! New fiction by @jordankurella.com and @mariahaskins.com and lots of other good stuff: weightlessbooks.com/apex-magazin...
February 3, 2026 at 12:43 PM
... plus 2 new titles!
Quotidian Bagatelle is a micro imprint of @foofarawpress.bsky.social, publishing stories under 250 words.
@adventitiouswords.bsky.social is a speculative fiction magazine devoted to stories that feel slightly off, quietly dangerous, or unexpectedly beautiful.
(2/2)
February 2, 2026 at 3:27 PM
February 2, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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Faceless by Ellie Montemayor
a 44-page print novelette
foofaraw.press
February 1, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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It's essential to understand that things have gotten MORE difficult to sell online independently.

Sure, you can sign-up to a 'marketplace', but owning your very own online shop means dealing with things like additional digital service taxes (different for every country you sell to).
Comixology: Amazon absolutely destroyed it
GumRoad: went full into NFTs and doxxed a client when he got pissed
Steam: pulled adult titles and has a really high wall for payouts
Amazon is well, Amazon
Patreon actively hates its users
Itch keeps dropping the ball

And this isn't counting paypro stuff
February 2, 2026 at 11:16 AM
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We're on the front page of @weightlessbooks.bsky.social! wahoo! Nice to be neighbors with @smallwondersmag.com (an extremely rad publication).
February 1, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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The price is the same on our site and @weightlessbooks.bsky.social, so it's a nice way to support us AND Weightless at the same time.

weightlessbooks.com/adventitious...
Adventitious Magazine 12-Month Digital Subscription
About Adventitious Adventitious is a speculative fiction magazine devoted to stories that feel slightly off, quietly dangerous, or unexpectedly beautiful. We publish original short fiction across scie...
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February 1, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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The great Alasdair Gray said, "work as if you live in the early days of a better nation" and we try to follow his rule. Sometimes the work means you don't work. Y'all, we do what we can & we will keep doing it.
January 29, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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In an effort to keep up with submissions and be open on a consistent schedule, we've decided that @apexmag.bsky.social will be open to short fiction subs on an every other month schedule. We will be open in Jan, March, May, July, Sept, and Nov. We're closed the other months.
January 29, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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Buying BCS ebooks or an ebook subscription at Weightless Books gets you BCS stories a week early (in this case, two weeks early for the Held and Skaftun stories) on your e-reader and helps us pay our authors a pro rate and our First Readers an honorarium. Thank you!
January 28, 2026 at 8:19 PM
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I try to stay out of the toxic replies on social media, but now I have a canned response for anyone who mentions Obamaโ€™s deportation numbers. Alt-text contains my full reply for anyone interested in using it.
January 28, 2026 at 5:46 PM
New issue of @bcsmagazine.bsky.social is here, and it's the science fantasy month special double issue! Featuring stories by @nassos.bsky.social, @rhiannonheld.bsky.social, @ewenmaer.bsky.social, and @eskaftun.bsky.social and cover art by Tyler Edlin: weightlessbooks.com/beneath-ceas...
January 28, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Yes, they're working on EPUB now as I understand it, and we'll have them when they're ready
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.

Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
January 27, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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If you like your horror artful and beautifully crafted, Remains is brilliant.
The former editor and publisher of Black Static and Interzone has a new magazine of horror short fiction and novellas, REMAINS, beautifully illustrated by Richard Wagner! 3 issues so far, new one forthcoming. Get them here: weightlessbooks.com/category/pub...
January 27, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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One of the many reasons we love indie bookstores is because of how they care for communities.

Another great way to support our community? Contacting our reps. @5calls.org is a great resource ๐Ÿ“ž
January 27, 2026 at 4:05 PM