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[โ€“] oliver@lemmy.midgardmates.com 14 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Went with Thalia here in Germany (still less books than Audible) and used OoenAudible to convert all my books to .M4B-files and also all MP3-files from Thalia into the same file type as well.

Deployed an own instance of Audiobookshelf then and bought the plappa-app on iOS to stream or download the books, also having CarPlay-support here.

A little bit complicated but the result is worth it - and new books are bought on Thalia from now on. Works for me and my use case!

[โ€“] simsalabim@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Thalia itโ€™s just another locust that should have been prevented merging with Mayersche / Weltbild etc. People seem to have forgotten that it was Thalia that completely destroyed the small bookstores a few years ago, not Amazon.

[โ€“] oliver@lemmy.midgardmates.com 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well, I am open-minded for alternatives here that are European-based and have a similar offer like Audible or Thalia. As for Thalia, you may be right but Weltbild dismanteld itself more than a decade ago forgetting to move with the times (I loved the stores) and Mayersche - well, I know people that also said they "destroyed the small bookstores". Depends on your own opinion though. So if you know any real alternative with European background where I can buy (German( audiobooks on a similar subscription-basis - give it to me! ๐Ÿ™‚

[โ€“] simsalabim@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

For audiobooks you should definitely look into your local library. They usually have a digital offering that includes fairly recent audiobooks. If they support overdrive, you can use Libby, otherwise thereโ€™s the Onleihe app.

Thereโ€™s also https://www.bookbeat.com/de/ which is European and you can do libro.fm. Libro.fm is from the US but you can choose to support a German or European bookstore with your purchases.

Then there are the streamers like Deezer (French) and Spotify (Swedish) though Spotify has some very shady business practices like https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy_over_fake_artists_on_Spotify

Iโ€™m aware that alternatives are scarce and Audibleโ€™s exclusivity scheme is making everyoneโ€™s lives harder.

Thanks for the update - Onleihe may be an alternative, BookBeat looks nice and libro.fm could be an alternative for English-only books. Must fit to my workflow (buying the books and putting them into Audiobookshelf) but I'll check this out. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป

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