Burk
Burk

Escaping The Amazon burk.io
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odd
odd

@Burk Great going! I’m in a similar situation, albeit a little simpler: I just have to quit Audible and stop buying Kindle books. I saw someone here link to a service that would convert your Audiobooks, but it required me to give the app my login information and I simply won’t do that. Wish I could get epubs from the kindle books and β€œopen” format audiobooks from the Audible audiobooks too…

Will check this article later on too.

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toddgrotenhuis
toddgrotenhuis

@Burk thanks, been working on my own list, but I like your break down and notes

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mdrockwell
mdrockwell

@Burk not sure if this is something that you’re interested in or not, but in the realm of wishlists, I’ve actually setup a WordPress site for my family and I for this. We all have access and can add blog posts for items we want. If we purchase them, we delete the post. But it’s functionally a shared wishlist site, perfect for Christmas and birthday shopping.

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jayeless
jayeless

@odd If you own a Kindle device, you can use a Calibre plugin to strip the DRM off your ebooks, at least! It might be against the TOS, but if it’s for your own personal use I think it’s ethically fine πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™€οΈ

@Burk Thanks for this list, I think it’ll prove handy for me too πŸ‘πŸ»

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philosopher
philosopher

@mdrockwell Why use a website instead of a shared todo list?

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odd
odd

@jayeless Thanks! Not that I would ever do that, but I’ll be sure to bookmark your post! 😊

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Burk
Burk

@jayeless Thanks! Currently downlaoding and converting all my Audible books to mp3. This is next!

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Gabz
Gabz

@Burk which books ? πŸ˜ŽπŸ˜ŽπŸ˜ŽπŸ˜ŽπŸ˜™πŸ˜™

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Burk
Burk

@peterimoore I like them a lot. Had a few issues with earlier firmware, but all seems to be good now. I am surprised at the lack of good options out there right now. If I had to pick again I would go with these I believe

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mdrockwell
mdrockwell

@rishabh it’s partially because of dog fooding WordPress.com, but it’s also because it can all be done from a browser β€” no need for everyone to use the same app and/or device OS.

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philosopher
philosopher

@mdrockwell I hear you. Something like TaDa list by Basecamp would have been great for you. Although the service is active, they stopped taking signups for new users a while back.

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philosopher
philosopher

@peterimoore Can you share the website for Amplifi system?

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philosopher
philosopher

@peterimoore My Airport Express is still going strong. Knock on wood.

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mcg
mcg

@Burk If you decide to buy audiobooks again, rather than library, libro.fm seems like a good alternative.

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Burk
Burk

@mcg Thanks for the link! πŸ‘

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Burk
Burk

@gpittman Excellent! Thanks!

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