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?

  • @jarvis@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31•2 months ago

    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.

    • Admiral PatrickEnglish
      6•2 months ago

      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.

      • @KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7•2 months 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.