So if I did want to buy a book in ePub without DRM, knowing the publisher published them (O'Reilly for instance) where would I go, from UK?

If I buy them off Google Play can I download the ePub?

(And no need to tell me about No Starch, yes if what I want is theirs I'm going straight to source, obvs.)

@flameeyes I've been buying books off Google Play and Kobo for awhile. If it's DRM-free you get an ePub. If not you get something you can drop into Adobe Digital Editions.
@reillyeon I might need to go and get Kobo to fix my account then. Since Play Books appears to not quite work. Or maybe I'll just go annoy someone to find me the product manager to get it fixed.
@flameeyes I can reproduce the issue. I'll go file a bug... *sigh*
@reillyeon thanks 😀 I lost that privilege some time ago now, but I see not much changed 😉
@reillyeon oh hey it works today! \o/ Thank you!