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Is there a place to buy audiobooks without DRM? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I don't have a problem with paying people for their labor, but I do want to have books that I actually own. I'm done paying for things that are locked into a particular corporate app. How do I buy ebooks and audio books that I actually own? Is this even possible in 2025?

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 days ago (1 children)

https://libro.fm/ is DRM free. Each purchase gives a link to the raw mp3 file and a share of each sale goes to a local bookstore of your choice. They also offer a subscription comparable to audible of you like that style.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Oh, wow, nice!

Hadn't heard of them and was expecting it to have a very, very limited catalog like a lot of other DRM-free options. But at least the author I searched for has pretty much most of their catalog.

Will definitely buy my next series from them.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

From what I've seen, Libro has one of the most expansive catalogs outside of Audible. What they don't have is mostly down to Audible Originals/Exclusives, sadly, there are a lot of those.