link would be appreciated. I am new to this.

  • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
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    3 months ago

    The library.

    Tons of books on CD, takes minutes to rip.

    They also have audio books via streaming apps and digital players (like an mp3 player with a single book). With either of those you have to do the old school record the audio though, so I avoid them u less I absolutely have to.

    I also do mp3 rips of videos that are mostly just lectures, where visual isn’t critical.

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    If you live in the USA and have a library card, you can get audiobooks for free via libby with your library card number and login. If you’re looking for other sources, MAM is the goto.

    edit: correction, their website says it’s worldwide, which is nice.

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      3 months ago

      They offer DRM free audiobooks, and the prices with subscription tokens are really good, 10€ for any book.

  • Arkhive (they/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 months ago

    With my library card I got for free! With Libby and some web inspector magic you can rip them for offline listening too.

    If I really can’t find what I want I keep a myanonymouse account handy, and there’s the audiobookbay if I’m very desperate.

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      3 months ago

      Heads up about myanonamouse - they forbid VPNs during the initial interview, although apparently they allow VPNs after that.

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        3 months ago

        Something funny about all kinds of private trackers that demand you not use a VPN and reveal all sort of stuff about you. Just feels so backwards lol

  • katy ✨@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    3 months ago

    technically my audiobooks are just got from libation but that’s only because i purchased them a long time ago and wanted to save them.