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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] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Makes me wonder. Can you read a book aloud and sell your performance?

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

Yes if the book is public domain, just not many people would buy it probably because people do this and release them for free on sites like librivox.org and archive.org

i think there's also tools to record a set of sounds using your voice then combine that with text to generate the audiobook using AI, but I haven't played around with and of them yet

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

thats a good point. If you own the pdf there should be something that can read it aloud.