Ive been using audiobookbay.is/
this post was submitted on 05 Nov 2023
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This is the way
This is a way. Mando aside, the audiobook bay is better than spending money but it's not anywhere near as good as private trackers like anonamouse
They have not been working for me as of late have not tried in a couple days though.
It wasn't working over VPN for me either. I use protonvpn. Then I figured out if I connect to Netherlands, disable netshield and go to the .nl website, it works. I think it has something to do with tracker blocking that is not letting the website load.
I can't connect without tor personally
If your is device rooted, check the hosts file located at “/system/etc/hosts” If anyone has tampered with it, that's unusual!
Otherwise, I recommend using a privacy-hardened browser such as Mull. https://www.f-droid.org/packages/us.spotco.fennec_dos/ https://gitlab.com/divested-mobile/mull-fenix
For context, personally using ProtonVPN with a custom NextDNS for extra security.
Libby all the way.
I use Libby every single day. It’s free and linked with your library card. Sometimes books have waits, depending on your library availability, but there are still millions available. When I worked as an Amazon driver, this got me through the long shifts.
Check your local library. I used to visit my local library a lot before the pandemic when I lived closer to one. I borrowed audiobooks all the time and ripped them to my PC.
Audiobookbay or myanonamouse are my goto's.
MAM is private in name only.
Yes, but it's private enough to not get any DMCA letters.
I know it sucks but in the worst case if you really need a quick fix, Android ebooks readers like "fullreader" will read your existing ebooks through the android TTS
I tried searching for another app using better quality voices (some do use amazing AI voices) but they're of course not free and I couldn't find a working cracked version as they use a remote server for the AI
It lacks the tones and quality of a real voice actor, but until you find a reliable source...
ABTorrents is one of the good ones. Private though.
Private as in its a private tracker?
yes(?), but it appears to have open signups at the moment.
I have been thinking of maybe having some way that Audiobooks (split in mp3s) are available directly to stream using Podcast Apps like Pocket Casts.
I got to the point where I can split the M4B into Mp3s, and manually creating the XML File for the podcast. The only problem is where should I host it.
The project looks good. Will try if someday I decide to self-host stuff.
I've been using mobilism dot org for over a decade. A bit hit or miss, but I have myanonymouse as a backup
I devour audiobooks and it's very rare I can't find something between those two
fmhy.net
https://the-eye.eu/ https://eyedex.org/ had a massive collection of audiobook torrents. 1 torrent per letter of alphabet according to author last name. I assume it's still in there somewhere
I had some luck with this project https://gitlab.com/LazyLibrarian/LazyLibrarian I plan to re install soon.
might be too few for you, but audible gives you free books every time you sign up for trial. this applies to ALL their different domains. .au, .com, .co.uk, so forth.
then you just use inaudible and bam. free audio book
My suggestion is a little more old-timey. I worked at a number of Goodwill Stores (Thrift Store Chain). The stores I worked at all had a huge selection of audio books on CD, usually for only $1-2. If your car doesn't have a CD player, you can always choose to rip them to disk. These were well known, mainstream books. Finding niche titles might be harder.