I tried a couple of times to find certain audiobooks, but seldomly had luck. There just does not seem to be a place that sells digital versions of audiobooks, similar to how bandcamp sells music.
And even putting on my eye patch and throwing out my fishing net I was not able to find a place to get them.
I do not want to use a subscription service, especially if it’s part of amazon.
Therefore it seems buying a CD and ripping it is the only option left.
- ProfessorYakkington ( @ProfessorYakkington@lemmy.ml ) English18•3 months ago
https://libro.fm/ you can buy audiobooks through independent book store and they are drm free. It’s great. If you want more of an eye patch solution. You could rip audio from YouTube. There tends to be a lot of books uploaded there.
Libro sounds promising, thanks for the tip.
- ProfessorYakkington ( @ProfessorYakkington@lemmy.ml ) English2•3 months ago
Yeah it is great – their sales are pretty good but they kind of hide it but I often pick up a bunch of books from there and then host them on my home server so my family can read the books I bought. Also good to support your local book shop if you can , in my opinion.
- Dark Arc ( @Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg ) English1•3 months ago
+1 for Libro, I’ve been very happy with their approach and the DRM free store
- Matt ( @Matt@lemdro.id ) English7•3 months ago
- Melatonin ( @Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 7•3 months ago
I’m sure your public library has some kind of online resource, Go ask them.
They do, but only for eBooks. Audio they only have as CDs.
- Gamma ( @GammaGames@beehaw.org ) English6•3 months ago
The library (via Libby)
Libby does not seem to be a thing where I live.
- Gamma ( @GammaGames@beehaw.org ) English1•3 months ago
Maybe Hoopla? I know my library supports both
- Dessalines ( @dessalines@lemmy.ml ) 5•3 months ago
1337x.to or pretty much any torrent site.
- Gunpachi ( @gunpachi@lemmings.world ) 5•3 months ago
I usually use audiobookbay.
- neidu2 ( @neidu2@feddit.nl ) 5•3 months ago
I’ve been using audible for years. Then I download the file and scrub the DRM so I can use a different audio book player, because while Audible is a good source, their player sucks ass.
- d13 ( @d13@programming.dev ) 3•3 months ago
I do this as well, but I use Libation: https://github.com/rmcrackan/Libation
Super easy, barely an inconvenience.
Then I use Audiobookshelf https://www.audiobookshelf.org/ to host the books and their Android app to play them.
- Sunny' 🌻 ( @Sunny@slrpnk.net ) 2•3 months ago
How do you scrub the DRM?
- neidu2 ( @neidu2@feddit.nl ) 3•3 months ago
I found something on github that does it - removes DRM and converts to mp3. Works like a charm.
- Sunny' 🌻 ( @Sunny@slrpnk.net ) 2•3 months ago
Nice find, thanks for sharing!
- SDK ( @SDK@midwest.social ) English3•3 months ago
- StrawberryPigtails ( @StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.org ) 3•3 months ago
In addition to all the suggestions everyone has put in, check your local bookstores. My local Barnes and Nobles regularly stocks audiobooks (or did, I’m not allowed in book or tech stores without “adult” supervision anymore :), both in audio cd as well as mp3-cd. If they don’t have what I’m looking for, often they can special order it. Just have to ask.
For me though, Audible is cheaper. I’ll buy the books, download them and strip the drm off.
- B0rax ( @B0rax@feddit.de ) 2•3 months ago
Spotify has surprisingly many audiobooks (at least in Germany).
In case you want to play them someplace else, you could download them with zotify.
- Sunny' 🌻 ( @Sunny@slrpnk.net ) 2•3 months ago
Not seen this one mentioned yet, but I’ve also never used it myself, but it looks ok; https://audiobookstore.com
- HurkieDrubman ( @pelletbucket@lemm.ee ) 1•3 months ago
audible still lets you download files from their desktop site. i use various services to decode them
- Luvon ( @Luvon@beehaw.org ) 1•3 months ago
Graphic audio sells cds as well as direct downloads of mp3s or m4bs chapterized, or even flacc for a surcharge.
They do dramatized audiobook recordings with full casts, music, sound effects, etc.
They are very good
- ctkatz ( @ctkatz@lemmy.ml ) 1•3 months ago
+10 on graphicaudio. I’ll admit I liked them a little better when they were adapting pulp novels but everything they do is high quality.
www.graphicaudio.net if you are in the us.
- ctkatz ( @ctkatz@lemmy.ml ) 1•3 months ago
believe it or not, the original best audiobook torrent site demonoid is still around. the variety isn’t as varied as it used to be but it’s probably one of the best public aduiobook torrent sites around.