LibroFM

Here's my March wrap-up on #storygraph
This year, I'm trying to catch up on a backlog of children's and middle grade books from #librofm through their educators' ALC program.

Le parcours artistique de Matisse à travers les yeux de trois des femmes les plus importantes de sa vie. Attention, c'est en VO !
On vous rappelle que vous pouvez nous soutenir en achetant vos livres audio sur Libro.fm avec le lien suivant : https://libro.fm/librairieletigre

A deep dive into Matisse's life through the eyes of three of the most important women in his life. You can support us by clicking this link to buy your audiobooks: https://libro.fm/librairieletigre

Simply fabulous. Powerfully told, with compassion, lack of judgement, and a sincere desire to help. I loved this book.

Thanks to #librofm for the #ALC.

I have pre-ordered and look forward to listening to the audiobook of The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want by @emilymbender & @alex -- out May 13th

https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9780063418578-the-ai-con

m4b-tool is a great tool - weird that it's nix or docker (dependency hell with audio libraries, I blame the libraries) but amazing that it;

1) works
2) has smart defaults

I legally own an an unencrypted audiobook copy of Tress of the Emerald Sea as an m4b and one of my kids is old enough for it but his player only does mp3s - this makes easy work of splitting to mp3s =)

https://github.com/sandreas/m4b-tool

With #Trump running amok and #Audible's owner #Bezos failing to impress in resisting Trump, I'm looking for an alternative, nonUSA #Audiobook source.

Anyone done background research into: #Storytel (Sweden)?
Or #Kobo (Canada with Japanese parent company)?
#JohannesLarcher, CEO of Storytel?
#Ratuken (Kobo's owner)?

#LibroFm is AIUI unfortunately currently a US company.
I note too that Storytel currently has a US company listed on its EN webpage "Storytel Audiobooks USA LLC".

The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley is on sale at LibroFM.

A wonderful military SF page turner without the Jingoism that turns me off many books in the sub-genre. With a strong anti capitalist core.

Told from the point of view of a grunt that finds herself unstuck in time, there is much more to a mission than just the fighting. We slowly build a picture of the world through the mosaic of Dietz's disjointed experiences.

https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9781508280408-the-light-brigade

A time travel novel so good the Science Fiction Book Review Podcast reviewed it twice and gave it a rare 5 star rating.

SFBRP #394: First Review

https://www.sfbrp.com/archives/1558

SFBRP #416: Spolerific Review

https://www.sfbrp.com/archives/1644

@lukeburrage #BookSale #LibroFM @audiobooks @bookstodon #ScienceFiction #TimeTravel #AbudioBooks #antifa @Kameronhurley

Weirdly, when I logged into my #Audible account this morning to start the move to #LibroFM there was a new book in my library. One I hadn’t purchased or added.

It was “Reading the Bible again for the first time”

I had the option to remove it, which I did. But why the fuck was it even in there? I’m not even Christian!

Moved over from #Audible to #LibroFM this morning.

I’m sure it’s only a matter of time before they repeat the ebook shit show with audiobooks. And now I get to support local book stores as well. Wish I knew about them sooner.

Moved from GoodReads to TheStoryGraph as well recently. And getting ebooks from Kobo and Hive (who also support local book stores).

Both available novels in the Endsong trilogy by Sascha Stronach are on sale at LibroFM.

They universe is a mix of tech, biotech and magic and can be hard to follow. however, in a dark world the characters are delightfully queer and very antifascist.

The Dawnhhounds:

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/8a15344a-5478-4b04-90c6-7ae2208eea85

The Sunforge:

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/14b66158-058e-4506-a394-13997589cf1c

LibroFM:

https://libro.fm/search?q=Sascha+Stronach&searchby=author

#booksale @audiobooks #SFF #lgbtq #libroFM @bookstodon #bookstodon

Looking to replace #Audible (Amazon USA) as my #Audiobook supplier.

Was planning on #LibroFm (Seattle, Washington USA)

Now wanting a company based somewhere ... outside the USA.

Looking at #AudiobooksDotCom as it is owned by #StorytelAB (Stockholm, Sweden EU).

Anyone using this one or have another?

Need some hope in darker political times? Try the book I just finished: A #solarpunk, #hopepunk #novel of the #climate emergency, endorsed by Naomi Klein, Bill McKibben, Rebecca Solnit and Kim Stanley Robinson and written (and if you want the #audiobook, narrated) by Cory Doctorow @pluralistic A post-MAGA-near future Science Fiction https://craphound.com/category/lostcause/ Just what #MHFA (mental health first aid) recommends.
Get the DRM-free audiobook at #LibroFM support a local store https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm638118

@xtaldave @LewisWorkshop
There are many alternatives to Audible!

#LibroFM works on a credit system. Your subscription gets you one or two books per month and your subscription supports an independent bookshop of your choosing. You can also buy books from them, including ones on sale.

Many authors <cough, hello> sell books, including audiobooks direct to readers on or websites.

Your local library lends audiobooks … and authors get fairly paid for them.

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As I find myself rapidly catching up on my #podcast selection I’m delighted to fill out my listening with https://libro.fm/audiobooks/5184389278344-picks-and-shovels from @pluralistic (you know, the guy who coined the term enshitification).

What next from this list https://libro.fm/bestsellers ? #LibroFM

Got a really nice email from #librofm after I submitted a request:

"Thank you for supporting Books and Crannies through Libro.fm! I'm afraid that audiobook is currently available exclusively on Amazon's Audible and they prevent bookshops and libraries from offering it at the moment. I'm sorry about that. "

Sometimes you can't avoid AMZN but when you can it feels good.

My favorite #audiobooks from half a year on #Librofm:
- Jerusalem by Simon Sebag Montefiore
- Red Rising by Pierce Brown
- The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
- Relight My Fire by C.K. McDonnell

Do you have any recommendations for the next six months?

I used to love #downpour.com but for a year or two now I can't seem to find a book I want that I can actually buy with my credits ($15 each). They have books broken into serializations with about 3-10 hours of audio per credit, and tons of "premium" books (i.e. any I've searched for this year) that you can't buy with credits. It's the #netflix of #audiobooks.

And now they took $30 from me. I'm out. #librofm exists.