Comment on Amazon is changing what is written in books

JOMusic@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Mic_Check_One_Two@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  And here’s a reminder that if you run a Plex server, there’s an app called Prologue which turns it into a fully fledged audiobook server.

  Plex doesn’t natively support things like audiobook bookmarks in m4b files, and tries to just play them straight through like a gigantic 4 hour long music track. But Prologue does support bookmark data. Prologue simply uses Plex’s service to access the files, (because admittedly, Plex is good for letting newbies remotely access their content) and then it ignores Plex’s built-in “lol just play it like music” instructions, and actually parses the files for bookmark data.

  As someone who couldn’t get Audiobookshelf to work properly, (something about not being able to access network drives via Docker), Prologue has saved my audiobook library by allowing me to just host it via Plex instead.

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  • VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Jellyfin supports audio books too, but if you’re self hosting anyway, you could just run audiobookshelf.

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    • Mic_Check_One_Two@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Yeah, I tired Audiobookshelf and gave up after fighting with it for a day or two. It refused to read or write any data on my NAS, so it couldn’t actually save/load any audiobook files.

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      • VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Rather annoying. You would think that it shouldn’t make a difference whether or not a mounted drive is present in the machine. I run everything I host in containers on a single machine, so I can’t say whether I’d have encountered such issues.

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• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Anything similar for ebooks?

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  • unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Calibre-ebook has a content server, simple setup

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I meant for buying ebooks w/o DRM.

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      • CarbonBasedNPU@lemm.ee ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        There’s not a lot of great options for buying eBooks outside of amazon imo. There are some options out there but so many people self-publish exclusively on amazon you very well could be better buying off physical copies (which are somehow often cheaper) and legally backing up your books by finding downloads.

        Here is a link for some that you can but online though.

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• localme@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Also downpour.com! I ditched Audible a long time back in favor of sites like these that don’t lock authors into crappy exclusives, provide DRM-free audiobooks for sale, and have actually decent deals with authors.

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• mjhelto@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Do you have a friend code we could put in if we do sign up for libro.fm? I don’t mind getting people free stuff for recommending awesome products!

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  • JOMusic@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Great idea, thanks! libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm723891

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• mjhelto@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Thank you for this! I made an account and may get the membership!

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• Narauko@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  At the very least back up your Audible library in a DRM free format with something like Libation.

  I am still using Audible because their web player works in my restricted office, and the authors get a couple of pennies from dragon, but have my library safely exported to ensure continued access and prevent fuckery like this.

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