Libreture
We're into 2026 and there are already plenty of fantastic new ebooks, comics, magazines, and RPGs to discover and wonderful independent and DRM-free bookshops to discover and support.
I've added 13 bookshops to the list since January. That makes a total of 543 live DRM-free shops where you can buy your digital reading.
With payment processor problems affecting almost everybody in the independent digital sales space, it's more important than ever to support the authors, artists and creators whose work you love. Scroll down for the latest new entries, and keep up-to-date with The Ultimate List of DRM-free Bookshops.
More bookshops soon,
Kevin
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New DRM-free Bookshops
Glacier Bay Books
Added 19 February 2026
Glacier Bay Books is a small independent manga publisher founded in 2019 in Oregon, USA.
They focus on indie & alternative manga, works in translation, contemporary literature and art, and the small press scene.
Glacier Bay publish the groundbreaking indie manga anthology Glaeolia, the first issue of which has been recognized at multiple venues as a best book of 2020. Their works have been featured at The Comics Journal and in Broken Pencil Magazine.
In addition to their own titles, Glacier Bay occasionally distributes others’ works in their shop, primarily small press and self published international comics.
Aneido Comics
Added 19 February 2026
Comics by Aneido.
Titles include the English issue of Now No One Lurks Beneath the Snow, and both the English and Japanese issue of The Murderer and Her Runaway Desire.
Haven Spec Magazine
Added 19 February 2026
Haven Spec Magazine features stories and poems for a 21st century audience.
Haven Spec love stories with a sense of adventure, stories that teach us, that touch us, that leave us wanting more. They plan to publish twelve issues in 2026, two of which (the DRY Issue and the WET Issue) are focused exclusively on the climate crisis and themes of displacement (very broadly defined).
The crisis facing our planet is immediate and all-encompassing, and it will affect people of color, people living in poverty, and the working classes most of all. The popular metaphor is going over a cliff, but Haven Spec prefer the tempest, the torrent, the flood. The waters are rising, but we can save ourselves.
It's not too late.
Gadda
Added 19 February 2026
Gadda is a TTRPG Designer, Vtuber, Cake Decorator, Chicken Tender, and Wife Guy.
They tend to make games that emulate stuff they like, in the vein of Funkopunk, because sharing what makes them happy makes them happy!
Lillie J. Harris
Added 19 February 2026
Lillie J. Harris is a cartoonist, illustrator & writer creating stories full of tension and empathy.
Creator of IF I HAD KNOWN..., The Broken Heart at the Center of Comics, and WILDERNESS.
Shiraki Press
Added 19 February 2026
Shiraki Press is a new independent publisher of short-form adult fiction with a hopepunk vibe.
Stories of hope, in spite of everything
These are difficult times, but we don’t have to suffer them alone. Join Shiraki Press as they publish stories that recognize the darkness while still finding hope, community, and joy amidst the chaos.
Books for Keeps
Added 19 February 2026
Taking children’s books seriously for over 40 years.
Books for Keeps celebrated their 40th anniversary in 2020. The magazine was first published in March 1980 and since then has reviewed many thousands of books for young readers, interviewed hundreds of authors and illustrators, and reported on every aspect of children’s literature and the interface between children and their reading.
With six issues a year and interviews, news and reviews published weekly on the website, the Books for Keeps readership is all those people, professional and otherwise, who are interested in the world of children’s literature. This covers teachers, students, publishers, booksellers, librarians, authors and illustrators as well as parents, carers and community groups.
Issues are free to download.
Underbelly Press
Added 19 February 2026
Underbelly Press is an online literary magazine that covets pieces oozing the raw, unfiltered heart of dirty realism.
Their lens is not only focused on one genre: they're on the hunt for all things experimental and innovative. Underbelly want the uncomfortable, unfiltered pieces that aren’t afraid to investigate the underbelly of existence. Narratives exploring the overlooked, the untold, the dark, dirty aspects of being human.
Underbelly Press offers a platform for voices craving to be heard, and for readers with a taste for all things gritty and raw.
Issues are free to download.
exp.
Added 19 February 2026
Established 2009, exp. is the independent video game magazine by Mathew Kumar.
Great for fans of Atari and their games from the late 70s. And Every Game I’ve Finished 14>24 contains fifty-two essays composing the very best of veteran video game developer and writer Mathew Kumar’s “Every Game I’ve Finished” project, published for the first timein one volume with commentary from the author.
Nightmareland Press
Added 19 February 2026
Nightmareland Press is the online shop for merchandise from the webcomic artist HamletMachine.
Comics include Starfighter, Mickey + Jessica, PainKiller, Lucifer's Garden and more.
Brief Ecology
Added 18 February 2026
Brief Ecology is an independent publisher of ecological news, essays, books, book reviews, and fiction.
Founded by Ben Lockwood, an ecologist and geographer, Brief Ecology publishes two monthly periodicals: The Eco Update features original environmental news, photography, and book reviews, while The Rotting Leaf is a literary space for new and original eco-fiction.
Ben’s writing has been published in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere. He also serves at the editor for both The Eco Update and The Rotting Leaf.
Sweet Shop
Added 3 February 2026
There’s a comic for everyone. Sweet Shop is coming soon to help you discover, buy, read, and share yours.
With publishers like Image Comics, Improper Books, Dark Hose Comics, Mad Cave Studios, Avery Hill, and many more already signed up, comic readers will have plenty to discover at Sweet Shop.
For publishers who support it, you'll be able to download DRM-free PDFs to backup your books. No strings attached.
COMING SOON TO WEB
NESFA Press
Added 14 January 2026
NESFA Press is the publishing arm of the New England Science Fiction Association.
Founded in 1967 by fans who wanted to do things in addition to socializing, NESFA is one of the oldest science fiction clubs in the North East US.
NESFA Press primarily publish:
- Books honoring the guest(s) of honor at our annual convention, Boskone®, and at some Worldcons and other conventions.
- Books in the NESFA's Choice series, which bring back into print the works of deserving classic SF writers such as Roger Zelazny, Cordwainer Smith, Zenna Henderson, Poul Anderson, C. M. Kornbluth, and James Schmitz.
- Reference books of science fiction and science fiction fandom.