A lot of people recommend AudiobookBay but FreeMediaHeckYeah warns to only use their torrents. Are there any known safe sources that provide direct downloads of audiobooks? Preferably something I don't have to sign up for.

And no, unfortunately I do not have access to a library at this time.

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[–] superglue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 days ago (4 children)

May I ask why you can't use the torrents on Audiobookbay? I use it and it works great. Torrents usually download in just a few minutes.

[–] mystify@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

It's just extra work to set up but I'm now realizing in the long run it'll be worth it, so I'll get on that. Thanks!

[–] flork@lemy.lol 3 points 2 days ago

Wow first I'm hearing of this, how can I add it to Prowlarr?

[–] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

Probably doesn't want to pay for a VPN.

[–] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

OP said "only use their torrents" and they want direct download options...

[–] superglue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I know, and I'm wondering why they dont want to use torrents

[–] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

Ah ok, I see. I read your response in the wrong way, my bad.

[–] fizzle@quokk.au 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ive used myanonamous for years, its a private torrent tracker. Obviously needs sign up though sorry.

[–] Milksteaks@midwest.social 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I just gotta say the sign up process during open enrollment is quite onerous. They want to have a meeting/interview with you on your main ip without VPN. If you have a seed box or use a VPN or proxy you have to contact them tell them the provider of said seedbox vpn proxy. The global and individual ratios are also kind of annoying to maintain.

If you only torrent a few times a month it's much easier to go with Anna's archive or audiobookbay. You can leech and seed as much as you feel necessary without having to keep ratios

[–] fizzle@quokk.au 2 points 2 days ago

Yeah. Private trackers are always a bit weird with their invasive signup stuff. Not gonna defend them on that front. I guess they're trying to ensure that you haven't been banned previously. It's daft but it's they're in charge I guess.

I will say though other private trackers seem to have a weird kiss-the-ring and beg forgiveness king of reverence for mods in their forums, but that doesn't seem to be a thing at MAM thank fuck. It's kinda sickening the weird god-status mods have in some trackers.

Maintaining a ratio at MAM is a whole different game to trackers that host movies and TV. You can't ratio-farm with the same methods. The trick is to just continue seeding things indefinitely. Even if you're not uploading and earning any ratio you still get bonus points and can convert them to upload credit.

It's true that if you only download things occasionally there's better alternatives - but that's ever the case with private trackers of any kind.

[–] privatepirate@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

I recommend Soulseek as well. You can find almost any audiobook on there, no VPN needed. Use Nicotine+ on desktop and Seeker on Android. iPhone users are out of luck though.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Librivox.org has most of the public domain stuff and cross posts to archive.org, my favorite so far is the sleepy hollow reading by Chip

https://librivox.org/the-legend-of-sleepy-hollow-by-washington-irving/

[–] The_Helmet_Stays_On@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago

You can find some on soulseek. Would need to create a username/password but no email required.

[–] i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

https://sh.itjust.works/post/583550

IRC is pretty good. There are bots that serve up e-books but many also have audiobooks. It’s direct download with a few extra steps.

[–] Teknikal@eviltoast.org 3 points 2 days ago

I didn't ever make an account there I just paste the hash into Tixati but yeah if your client doesn't support it you can also convert the hash to a magnet link on a lot of sites.

[–] Thor_Whale@lemmus.org 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Hoopla or Libby. Have a family member or a friend get a library card then give you the number. Download these apps and then use the library card information they give you. There you go.