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The OverDrive audiobook advantage was twofold: free, obviously, and no DRM. For while there are audiobook purveyors that sell DRM-free audiobooks, the key word there is “sell”. Haven’t got to it yet, but while DRM can be managed (although it’s annoying), there’s really no getting around no longer free. Hoopla also needs an app and I struggle to find anything I’d like to listen to on LibriVox. It’s not the books, it’s the narrators.
And, especially given the direction Amazon’s going with Kindle books, I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see Audible move to an app-only experience. Which in itself is reason enough to boot me (I hope) into starting to convert my Audible library, at least those books I’d be happy to listen to while swimming.
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