Looking for a way to get audiobooks to listen to. Preferably in a format compatible with Apple Books app.
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That’s my go to for sure. But what do you play them on? I am trying to find an app that will play my downloaded audio books and won’t lose my place or restart the file every day when I want to continue
I used Smart Audiobook Player to listen to an audiobook recently and it worked great.
Can’t recommend this app enough. Pauses when you get map updates, easy to navigate, clean UI.
I tried maybe 5 audiobook apps and Smart Audiobook Player was the one I stuck with
Audiobookbay and smart audiobook player is my setup too. I probably got it from a similar thread. My only annoyance is using audiobookbay’s search can be annoying sometimes, but altogether I love both.
I wish it had a search function, but other than that it’s deffo been my audiobook player of choice for as.long as.i remember
I’ve listened to thousands of hours of audio books and this is my go to player for sure. I tried a couple other ones again recently and ended up coming back to this one. Simple and easy to use. It does have a problem moving books occasionally if they are in the root directory and not a sub folder. I just make sure my books are in sub folders when i get them.
audiobookshelf, though you need to self host it
What device are trying to play them on?
Just my phone, I have an Android
Have you heard of this one? Supposedly, it’s pretty good. https://github.com/PaulWoitaschek/Voice
If it’s just one large file I just play it on a podcast app (in my case Podcast Addict) and if it’s multiple I stich them together with ffmpeg before sending it to my phone.
I use apple’s Books app. If your audiobook is properly formatted, the app can remember your position, show chapters and cover etc…
Probably not the answer you’re looking for, but your local library likely has thousands of audiobooks available for free through an app.
My wife listens to all of her audiobooks via the library’s online service. She listens to them daily and she hasn’t bought or pirated any in at least a decade.
Yes I have Libby. It’s awesome but waiting for months before some audiobooks get available and only have it for 14 days is frustrating.
Piracy and libraries can mix. Once you have your file, use calibre or similar to strip out the DRM and then return the book immediately.
Raises the borrowings in the library’s records, showing use, lets someone else borrow the book, and now you don’t have to return your DRM-free copy.
Unfortunately, audiobooks are played right within the Libby App, so u can’t extract the audio. It works with e-books, but not audiobooks.
Dang I didn’t think of that.
Could definitely play it on a computer and link the sound to a recording device, although then you lose all the metadata like chapter info and get some loss. But as a personal copy, that’s arguably fine.
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I have sailed the seven seas since the 1990’s and IMHO, if you are in the US, the library system is the best answer for books and audio books.
The best way I have found is through MyAnonamouse, it’s a private tracker though, so you will have to go through their application process
As a note, their application process is super easy, free, and they do it every weekend. Not paid or super exclusive, just makes sure you read the rules basically
+1 for MAM, both their community and collection is excellent.
MAM
Not sure where to get them but this is the app you want to play them: https://www.audiobookshelf.org/
What I would love to find, and haven’t been able to, is a large collection of BBC radio dramas. They do at least one every day, but then they go down the memory hole, sometimes forever. Back in the AudioGalaxy days, I was able to get so many, but I’ve lost them all since. I don’t know who, if anyone, is collecting them now or how to get them.
mobilism is pretty good, they’re more for epubs but they have a solid amount of mp3, m4a and m4b audiobooks. Not sure which format apple books prefers but they’re worth a look
audiobookbay
