#audiobooks

Sorry for the substack link, but this is unique information. The author is a library, particularly ebook/audiobook advocate, and got to interview the CEO of OverDrive, the company that runs Libby the library app and serves as a middleman between libraries and big publishers. If you want to be more informed about why your library pays 3 - 4 times as much as you do for an ebook or audiobook, it's essential reading. Several states are passing laws trying to improve the situation, but more concerted, widespread action is needed. #Libraries #LibbyTheLibraryApp #audiobooks #ebooks #books @bookstodon@a.gup.pe

A couple months ago I posted a clip of an app I made just for myself, and a bunch of you said “please release this.” So I did! Cava Reader is an ebook + audiobook reader for Android. You load an EPUB and its audiobook, and it highlights each word as the narrator says it, karaoke style. The speech recognition runs on your phone, so it all works offline. I made it because my brain wanders. When the words light up I never lose my place, and if I zone out for a second I just look back and the highlight is right there. (Same reason I always record my blog posts and post them next to the text. Friends with ADHD got me into that habit.) also I made this video myself, and I’m way too proud of the little piano sync at the end lol No account, no ads, your books never leave your device. There’s also a built-in library of 37 public domain classics you can read along with for free. Reading and listening are free, read along on the classics is free, and read along on your own books is free for the first 4 hours. After that it’s a one-time $9.99 for the Full app. No subscription. This is my first closed-source project and the first thing I’ve ever charged for. It’s the most effort I’ve ever put into anything, and it might be what finally stops me from dipping into my savings to keep Altbot running. If you do buy Full, thank you :) Google Play, or APK / Obtainium: https://cavareader.app Android only for now (sorry iOS folks, I don’t own a single Apple device to test on 😅 (for now… coming soon TM??)) #Android #Audiobooks #Ebooks #Accessibility #ADHD

Who are the newscasters (of any gender, in any language, from an era) with the sexiest voices? I'm asking for a creative project and I would love your recommendations. Bonus points if you can include a link to an audio or video example! #Voice #VoiceWork #VoiceCoach #Audiobooks #AudiobookNarrator #VoiceActor #AskFedi

I stumbled on this amazing french audio book project when I was looking to buy the Comte de Montecristo. It would be so great to start an audio book project for Swedish audio books and get funding from donations and perhaps Swedish government and culture foundations to pay for proper recordings. Primarily paying the readers/actors a proper fee. #audiolivres #audiobooks #ljudböcker #books

I’m taking recommendations for witchy books for this time of year! I’ll consider almost any genre but some of my favorites are historical fiction, dark academia, and fantasy. 📚 I’m out on dystopian stories right now because *looks at our timeline* #Bookstodon #Books #Reading #library #audiobooks

Good night! #3GoodThings

1. Finished Primal Mirror and started the last published book in the Psy-Changeling Trinity series by Nalini Singh. Next book scheduled for release on December 1 of this year. 🙌🏻
2. Towels washed, dried and brought upstairs. Also got some other adulting done.
3. Managed to finish a chapter in three different Braille books. Did someone add extra hours to the day? Sleep well and may your dreams be nothing but sweet. 🤗🫶❤️🫂 #GoodNight #Braille #AudioBooks #Reading

Good night! #3GoodThings

1. Finished 2 chapters in Braille. Sixty more pages to go in this one Braille book. 🙌🏻
2. Hubs and I finished another audio book. 📚
3. New laundry bag arrived today so I can leave clean clothes unfolded for a bit longer. 😏 Sleep well and may your dreams be nothing but sweet. 🤗🫶❤️🫂 #GoodNight #Braille #AudioBooks

Good night! #3GoodThings

1. Finished Resonance Surge and moved on to Primal Mirror in the Psy-Changeling Trinity series by Nalini Singh. Book 8 of 9! 📚
2. Got today’s laundry washed, dried, folded and put away. 😀
3. Hubs is off tomorrow. His days off were split this week. 💜 Sleep well and may your dreams be nothing but sweet. 🤗🫶❤️🫂 #GoodNight #AudioBooks #Laundry

Good night! #3GoodThings

1. Finished two chapters in Braille.
2. Finished Storm Echo in the Psy-Changeling Trinity series and have moved on to Resonance Surge, book 7!
3. It’s the weekend and storms are coming in but hubs does not have to get out in it. He mowed the yard immediately after supper. Sleep well and may your dreams be nothing but sweet. 🤗🫶❤️🫂 #GoodNight #Braille #AudioBooks

I updated my #python library that downloads #audiobooks from Libro.fm

Besides updating things so it works with the API once more, I modified it to skip books that have already been downloaded. Yes, this is an obvious change.

I also added a --force option to redownload everything if you want to.

Could the wavefunction collapse cause the observer rather than the other way around? #audiobooks #OkanaganReader #QuantumShorts2 #recordings #Video #YouTube This reading is Root Consciousness by Tony Tsoi, who has worked in product design in the high-tech industry for 25 years. Quantum physics has shown him that truth is more about what is possible than what is real. By communicating with the roots, Xiao-ming understands the tree. https://youtu.be/6yjeUfIEdyE rjb

I am currently listening to Tai-Pan by James Clavell. As soon as I‘m through with it, I‘ll be taking up a re-listening journey of THE DARK TOWER by Stephen King. All novels, one by one. #audiobooks #JamesClavell #StephenKing #TheDarkTower

I received this notice from Amazon today about my Amazon Affiliates account:

We are reaching out to inform you about your Amazon Associates account's closure.

...Because you are non compliant, Amazon will not pay you any outstanding commission income. Please be aware that any other related accounts may be closed without payment of any commission income. Amazon reserves all other rights and claims.

If you had configured this store ID to earn globally, we have closed your store ID in all those countries as well.

The violation(s) include the following:

• Your website/app/social media account does not qualify for inclusion in our program because the content promotes graphic sexual images and/or sexually graphic banner advertisements. Content of such nature constitutes disqualification as it is in violation of our Program Policies.

. . .

If you follow me or check out my feed, the "graphic sexual images" I post are A) the covers of audiobooks for sale on Amazon, and B) vintage 1950s pin-up art. What a bad girl am I.

Anyway, the email includes a link to a form to appeal the decision. I filled it out -- twice. Both times, the form returned a page of error messages; the message does not seem to have gone through and there are no alternate contact methods.

If you are a romance or erotica author or narrator, be forewarned.

Support the small indie creators you care about friends. We are in such tough spots.

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#Audiobook #Audiobooks #Bookstodon #Amazon #Audible

A job where your observing collapses the wavefunction in the direction your client wants. #audiobooks #recording #video #YouTube #quantum This reading is Powers of Observation by Charmaine Smith, who currently collapses the wavefunction in California. She likes to play with words and her cat, who outsmarts the box every time. The quantum concepts are the act of observation, math and wavefunction. After a while it gets to be a lot to think about. https://youtu.be/kx9C0ePVKa8 rjb

Good night! #3GoodThings

1. Finished Alpha Night in the Psy-Changeling Trinity series by Nalini Singh.
2. Laundry is washed, dried and brought upstairs.
3. Finished another two chapters in Braille. Bonus: 4. Another perfect day as far as weather goes. I’d be in heaven if each day was just like this. Sleep well and may your dreams be out of this world. 🤗🫶❤️🫂 #GoodNight #AudioBooks #Braille

Others probably already know this, but if you let your #Audible subscription lapse, you will not get titles back that were previously in the included in Audible Plus subscription thing or whatever if you re-subscribe. Just be sure to download and keep all your titles, even if you purchase with cash/credit because I've had to pay for titles twice even though I paid for titles in the past and the book is still published.

Tools to de-DRM your library.

1. Open Audible. I don't like this one much but Libation is not actively being developed. https://openaudible.org/

2. Libation. Not being developed, but still works, as of today. https://github.com/rmcrackan/libation

#Audible #DRM #Audiobook #Audiobooks

When I got up at around 7am after about eight hours of sleep, it was absolutely pouring down outside. So I did some of my work first, then warmed up and went outside. My timing was right, not a drop of rain on me during the run. And it was a good one, getting me to the end of THE WISE MAN‘S FEAR by Patrick Rothfuss… Now I‘ll have to decide on which audiobook to listen to next. And I landed on a cool number: 4,444 kms in 2026! Have a great Sunday, y‘all! #running #coros #apex4 #audiobooks #sleep

Looking for an Android app that will create binaural beats in audio streamed to the device by other apps - audiobooks via Audible, audio via YT etc. (Search engines return a morass of binaural beat app but nothing that works on the fly. I know I can download the streams then use Audicity or similar to change the frequency in one of the channels. I do not want to do this. 😉 ) #AndroidApps #BinauralBeats #Audiobooks #AgedCare #MemoryTherapy #Dementia #Alzheimers #LifeAsAnExperiment

Good night! #3GoodThings

1. Deliveries were all made and nothing missing.
2. Finished another chapter in Braille. This one in the 3rd book I’m reading in Braille.
3. Finished Ocean Light in the Psy-Changeling Trinity series and started listening to Wolf Rain. 📚 Sleep well and may your dreams take you to the stars! 🤗🫶❤️🫂 #GoodNight #Braille #AudioBooks #Reading

Good night! #3GoodThings

1. Finished a chapter in Braille
2. Hubs and I finished the audio book we’ve been listening to.
3. Groceries ordered and will be delivered tomorrow. So thankful for my Meta Ray-Ban Smart glasses to make sure I didn’t leave anything on the porch once the delivery is made since hubs will be at work. 🕶️ Sleep well and may your dreams be nothing but sweet. 🤗🫶❤️🫂 #GoodNight #Braille #AudioBooks