Calibre has just started a new site for drm-free ebooks. Here’s what they say:
calibre introduces Open Books, a site for easy browsing of DRM-free e-books (e-books without DRM) that are not in the public domain. calibre has a cornucopia of features including library management, e-book conversion, syncing with devices, news download, e-book viewing etc, but to make the most of these features with your e-books you need to ensure your e-books do not carry DRM.
Open Books is a compilation non DRM e-books from various sources linked to enable readers to browse and download them.
Open Books invites you to submit links to DRM free e-books that you would like added to the database. Contact us with details of your DRM-free e-books on the calibre facebook fanpage or #calibreforum page. Please do not include links to books on Smashwords or Baen as we are already aware of them.
For DRM-free public domain books visit the Project Gutenberg website. The Project Gutenberg catalogue contains public domain e-books free of cost as well as DRM-free in various languages.
Open Books is a developing resource. We will be adding books regularly and will introduce a search function and other features as our collection of books increases.
Thanks to EbookNewser for the heads up.
Yay! Paul finally credited one of my stories!
This is work that Indie publishers should be doing themselves. They are losing the initiative imho.