Jill Minor
I just made a Kickstarter account, and supported a Kickstarter, and bought an audiobook, and set up a LibroFM account, and installed the app for LibroFM, and now I await the arrival of Cory Doctorow's latest audiobook, "Picks & Shovels: Marty Hench at the Dawn of Enshittification" narrated by Wil Wheaton which I will OWN OUTRIGHT @pluralistic https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doctorow/picks-and-shovels-marty-hench-at-the-dawn-of-enshittification?ref=thanks-copy
#Kickstarter #CoryDoctorow #PicksAndShovels #LibroFM #NewInternet #DRMFree
Jan 15, 2025 at 7:07pmWeb
Show threadTammy Garrison, MLISJan 15, 2025
@jillrhudy libro.fm is the best! Get the free ALCs for librarians!
Show threadJill MinorJan 15, 2025
@hauntedhideaway whaaaaaat???
Show threadTammy Garrison, MLISJan 15, 2025
@jillrhudy Advance Listener Copies. I registered as a librarian with them many years ago and got access. I don’t buy many books because of it.
Show threadCory DoctorowJan 15, 2025
@jillrhudy Yaaaay!
Show threadJill MinorJan 15, 2025
@pluralistic you inspired my whole ad-free non-tracking website; the least I can do is buy your book. You're the trailblazer and the rest of us are just following you into what I hope will be a far better internet.
Show threadCory DoctorowJan 15, 2025
@jillrhudy Thank you, Jill. I really appreciate it.
Show threadSarahATXJan 15, 2025
@jillrhudy @pluralistic
Yay! I love libro.fm! Everyone should stop using Audible🤘
Show threadIcePeeJan 15, 2025
@purplelotus13 @jillrhudy @pluralistic I have absolutely no doubt that http://Libre.fm is great, and in fact book marked it. However, for most cases, I find https://www.overdrive.com/ provides reasonable service. If you are patient.
Libre.fm

Show threadAm I?Jan 15, 2025
@jillrhudy
One of the coolest things about #LibroFM is that you too can help prevent enshittification by downloading your books and listening to them without their app.
On android I really like Voice Audiobook Player (Simple audiobook player)
https://f-droid.org/packages/de.ph1b.audiobook/
@pluralistic
Voice Audiobook Player | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

minimalistic - intuitive - fast

Show threadansible42Jan 16, 2025

@ami @jillrhudy @pluralistic I self host audiobookshelf which is a good way consolidate your library.

https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf

GitHub - advplyr/audiobookshelf: Self-hosted audiobook and podcast server

Self-hosted audiobook and podcast server. Contribute to advplyr/audiobookshelf development by creating an account on GitHub.

GitHub
Show threadJill MinorJan 16, 2025
@ansible42 @ami @pluralistic I gotta love the creativity. I’ve never purchased an audiobook until today because not interested in Audible, so I’ll keep this in mind!