Where can I find audiobooks?

Looking for a way to get audiobooks to listen to. Preferably in a format compatible with Apple Books app.

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https://audiobookbay.is/

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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
  
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  I used Smart Audiobook Player to listen to an audiobook recently and it worked great.
  
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  The last time I used it, Voice worked pretty well.
  
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  audiobookshelf, though you need to self host it
  
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  I started on smart audiobook player but I now host an audiobookshelf docker container which is great, it's like Plex for audiobooks.
  
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  What device are trying to play them on?
  
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  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.
  
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  I use apple’s Books app. If your audiobook is properly formatted, the app can remember your position, show chapters and cover etc…
  
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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.

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- 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.
  
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- 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.
  
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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.
  
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- 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.
  
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  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.
  
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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

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- 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
  
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- MAM is by far the best. MAM coupled with audiobookshelf is an Audible replacement.
  
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  Check out Smart Audiobook Player in the Gplay store. The free version is fab and the paid ads some bells and whistles.
  
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  This is my setup. Its stellar.
  
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- +1 for MAM, both their community and collection is excellent.
  
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MAM

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Not sure where to get them but this is the app you want to play them: https://www.audiobookshelf.org/

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Mobilism has been a go to for me. Someone recommended it here a while back. Its far from perfect but I only grab an audio book maybe a few times a year so it works for me.

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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

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audiobookbay

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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.

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- I hope that at least the BBC still have them, even if they're not always available to stream.
  
  Given the BBC's history of getting rid of stuff, it'd be nice to archive stuff so it never gets lost.
  
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Despite, knowing where I am currently, may I suggest Audible? Once you’ve stripped the DRM you can then put it into whatever format you want. There’s a Windows application called OpenAudible, I that’s what it’s called, that I use to strip the DRM and then transcode it into MP4.

It’s not free, I know, but they seem to have almost any audiobook you might want.

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