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Probably not the answer you’re looking for, but your local library likely has thousands of audiobooks available for free through an app.
Libby is the service my library uses. The state capital gives everyone a free library card also, so I get access to a much wider library than i would otherwise. Bullshit the restrictions publishers require, like forcing the library to buy a license for each “copy” of a book it loans, but libraries are still fighting the good fight more than anywhere else I know.
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.
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.
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.
Record it maybe? Not sure if that can work. But maybe you can let it play overnight, recorded in Audacity line-in or something?
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.