But lets see the Positive side: Now the Nazis wont have to burn thousands of books, saving tons of co2 in their Plan to take over the world with propaganda. So, yay for the envoirment I guess
It’s kinda odd that all these years later, you’re still better off pirating than paying for anything digital. All these services solved piracy but we’ve now gone full circle.
JOMusic@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
If you’re into audiobooks, I strongly recommend libro.fm It’s all DRM free downloads, so you never lose access.
Mic_Check_One_Two@reddthat.com 1 month 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 5 weeks ago
Jellyfin supports audio books too, but if you’re self hosting anyway, you could just run audiobookshelf.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Anything similar for ebooks?
unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
Calibre-ebook has a content server, simple setup
localme@lemm.ee 1 month 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 1 month ago
Thank you for this! I made an account and may get the membership!
mjhelto@lemm.ee 5 weeks 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 5 weeks ago
Great idea, thanks! libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm723891
Narauko@lemmy.world 1 month 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.