Anything similar for ebooks?
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JOMusic@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
If you’re into audiobooks, I strongly recommend libro.fm It’s all DRM free downloads, so you never lose access.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Calibre-ebook has a content server, simple setup
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I meant for buying ebooks w/o DRM.
CarbonBasedNPU@lemm.ee 2 months 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.
localme@lemm.ee 2 months 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.
mjhelto@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Thank you for this! I made an account and may get the membership!
mjhelto@lemm.ee 2 months 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!
JOMusic@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Great idea, thanks! libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm723891
mjhelto@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I decided to do the subscription today so you should see at least one referral coming your way. Thanks, again, for the suggestion!
JOMusic@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Appreciate it! The last audiobook I picked up from Libro is Kara Swisher’s “Burn Book”. Not sure if it’s your thing, but was totally worth it for understanding more personal context around the big Tech CEOs from the last 25 years.
Narauko@lemmy.world 2 months 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.
Mic_Check_One_Two@reddthat.com 2 months 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.
VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Jellyfin supports audio books too, but if you’re self hosting anyway, you could just run audiobookshelf.
Mic_Check_One_Two@reddthat.com 2 months 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.
VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months 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.