Prologue has tagging issue as well, but to a lesser degree. I am using Plex now and the audio player Prologue and I have found it superior, but the whole Plex installation and ongoing maintenance might be a lot for some people. I like it more than Calibre becasue it respects your file system and doesn't make copies.įor the app, I like Bookmobile (iOS) for playing back audiobooks, though it is not perfect and does jump around when I forget to pause before turning off the car. I have a ton of tagging cleanup for both types of files after importing them. What kind of phones or computers are you using? Mac, Windows, iPhone, AndroidĪlfa ebooks manager (windows only) handles the organization part for both ebooks and audiobooks. posted by sciatrix to Media & Arts (6 answers total) 12 users marked this as a favorite

I really really really would love that functionality.

Is there something like Marvin for audiobooks? Kobo drives me up the wall because my phone doesn't seem to recognize the audiobook as a media stream so I can't easily pull up a playing book and pause it if, say, my spouse suddenly starts talking to me while I'm listening. I have a high tolerance to googling, work reasons to make friends with ffmpeg, and a lot of stubbornness here, but if there's a toolkit somewhere please let me know!ģ) app recs for apps capable of playing my audiobooks whether or not the books were purchased through the specific store of the app. I do have a Google drive account from a university that was unwise enough to grant users unlimited storage, so I can make my own cloud storage if necessary, but it would be great to be able to browse through my shit.Ģ) tips and tricks on de-DRMing the audiobooks I've already bought so I can keep my collection in one place and I'm not so vulnerable to various platforms' whims. I ran into Libro.fm on the audiobook thread currently on the Blue, and I see they do DRM-free downloads which is awesome! Love that! What I want here is three things:ġ) some kind of organizational platform or service where I can store and organize my audiobooks in a way where I can find my shit later, no matter where I bought them.

I have a high tolerance for slight kludginess and a deep affection for places that let me kick some money towards local bookstores.

Calibre audiobooks