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Bookshop Goes Digital 1 min read
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Bookshop Goes Digital

By Cary Littlejohn

Yesterday was a big day for Bookshop, the independent bookseller built as an alternative to Amazon. It's thrived in the realm of physical books, but it hadn't previously offered e-books. Well, it does now.

Indie Bookstores Will Soon Be Able to Sell E-Books
Bookshop, a site that lets independent, bricks-and-mortar bookshops sell their books online, is launching an app that will allow the sales of e-books, too.

Now the task for e-book fans is to find an e-reader that's not a Kindle. This is a tougher challenge because Kindles are great products and work seamlessly with Amazon's book offerings. But for those eager to divest from our over-dependence on Amazon, this is a great problem to have.

Here are some ideas from The Verge.

The best ebook reader to buy right now
We tested Kindles as well as their non-Amazon rivals.