Re:Cory Doctorow's new book on beating big tech at its own game
by pixelatedindex on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @02:49PM
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I actually think Audible is pretty good. I would feel better about buying from them if it wasn’t fully owned by Amazon. Are there any good alternatives out there?
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Re:Cory Doctorow's new book on beating big tech at its own game
by wlesieutre on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @03:13PM
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Speechify is trying, though the catalog isn't nearly as wide
Re:Cory Doctorow's new book on beating big tech at its own game
by cobbzilla on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @03:27PM
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try librivox.org, decent public domain coverage.
Re:Cory Doctorow's new book on beating big tech at its own game
by howardabrams on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @03:06PM
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Gutenberg has some. Perhaps I need to help by reading the classics out loud... into a microphone... and uploading them.
Re:Cory Doctorow's new book on beating big tech at its own game
by UtopiaPunk on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @03:59PM
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libro.fm is an option for buying books. You can purchase a subscription or buy individual books. Some of the money goes to support local bookstores, so that's kind of neat. They're also not Amazon, so that's kind of neat, too.
I'm a big fan of the Libby app, which you can acccess through your local library. If your library subscribes to the service (and it's likely they do if you live in the USA), then you just need to log in with your library card. https://libbyapp.com
There's also LibriVox, which is mostly a volunteer project. As its volunteers, the quality of the reading can vary widely, but you can sometimes find audio versions of older literature here that can't be found anywhere else. It's also free.
Re:Cory Doctorow's new book on beating big tech at its own game
by TylerE on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @06:12PM
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Just because a library subscribes to libby doesn’t mean you nessesarily get it. My local system does, but they went for cheapest plan that only includes children’s books.
Re:Cory Doctorow's new book on beating big tech at its own game
by pixelatedindex on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @10:09PM
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Thankfully my library uses Libby - I just wish they let you check out physical books too like how Overdrive used to.
Re:Cory Doctorow's new book on beating big tech at its own game
by entropicdrifter on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @04:03PM
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libro.fm is the website I use for audiobooks. The library is signficantly smaller but it's 100% DRM free, you can support a local bookstore with your purchases [1], and they have a subscription that gives you credits you can spend on audiobooks, very similar to Audible.
Re:Cory Doctorow's new book on beating big tech at its own game
by layer8 on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @06:06PM
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I use https://audiobookstore.com/.