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

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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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Big ups to Smart Audiobook Player, definitely worth the $2 to upgrade as well. Not required, and you get a 30 day trial, but well worth it.

Voice is a decent FOSS audiobook player, you can find it in the FOSS repo managers (Droidify, Neo-Store, etc.)

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Can’t recommend this app enough. Pauses when you get map updates, easy to navigate, clean UI.

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Audiobookbay and smart audiobook player is my setup too. I probably got it from a similar thread. My only annoyance is using audiobookbay’s search can be annoying sometimes, but altogether I love both.

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This one for sure. Listened to the entirety of The Dark Tower series on this, over the course of months. Literally not a single issue or hiccup the entire time. 127 hours worth.

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I tried maybe 5 audiobook apps and Smart Audiobook Player was the one I stuck with

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I’ve listened to thousands of hours of audio books and this is my go to player for sure. I tried a couple other ones again recently and ended up coming back to this one. Simple and easy to use. It does have a problem moving books occasionally if they are in the root directory and not a sub folder. I just make sure my books are in sub folders when i get them.

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I wish it had a search function, but other than that it’s deffo been my audiobook player of choice for as.long as.i remember

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The last time I used it, Voice worked pretty well.

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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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Same for me. Smart audiobook was great on one device, audiobookshelf even better since being into selfhosting.

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Plex+Plexamp works great for audiobooks

For some reason the regular Plex player would restart tracks on me after being out of the app for a long time. But Plexamp seems to have that one under control.

Oh, also, while we’re talking audiobooks, check out Graphic Audio versions of your various books. They do a great job

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audiobookshelf, though you need to self host it

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What device are trying to play them on?

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Just my phone, I have an Android

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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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Unfortunately, audiobooks are played right within the Libby App, so u can’t extract the audio. It works with e-books, but not audiobooks.

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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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That looks great. Seems it would work well if you don’t want the server options that come with audiobookshelf.

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This is my setup. Its stellar.

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What are you listening to? I’m just about finished with Rebecca Yarros - Fourth Wing.

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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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