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Thalia itโs 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.
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! ๐
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 thereโs the Onleihe app.
Thereโs 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
Iโm aware that alternatives are scarce and Audibleโs exclusivity scheme is making everyoneโs 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. ๐๐ป