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Libro.fm mentions (87)

• Is Christmas Carol not digital?

  Hi! My kids were just listening to the first chapter of A Christmas Carol offered on 24 Days of Yoto. Are they seriously not offering the rest of this as a digital download? Please tell me I'm missing it. The processing/shipping time of physical cards is not awesome to my city (like weeks) so for seasonal things like this it doesn't make sense for us unless I plan way ahead. I can't imagine they would miss... Source: 5 months ago

• Audiobook platform for schools? Have been looking in vain.

  Hello all, does anyone know of a platform specifically made to cater to schools? I think Audible used to have one, but it's either discontinued entirely, or no longer available in Europe. I've found a couple made within educational systems (e.g. UK system) but not available to other countries. The closest I've come so far is libro.fm for business - waiting to hear back from them to see if it's suitable. I'm truly... Source: 6 months ago

• It is important that ebooks be sold without DRM

  Big stores that sell DRM-free e-books: - https://www.ebooks.com/en-uk/drm-free/ - https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/ Audiobooks: - https://libro.fm/ - https://www.downpour.com/ Other lists and tips: - https://libreture.com/bookshops/ - https://aperiodic.net/phil/archives/Geekery/where-to-get-ebooks/ (Here in Norway we've so far been lucky, I've yet to see e-books with DRM. There's ebok.no which does watermarks, but... - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

• It is important that ebooks be sold without DRM

  Whenever I buy something, I start by trying to find a DRM-free version. ebooks.com has a whole section devoted to this (https://www.ebooks.com/en-us/drm-free/) and https://libro.fm exclusively sells DRM-free. Failing that, I mostly get things from my local library (via Libby). Conveniently, those all have weak DRM, so one could still build a personal library that way. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

• Cory Doctorow's new book on beating big tech at its own game

  A slight quibble: > They require mandatory DRM for every book sold, locking those books forever to Amazon's monopoly platform. If you break up with Amazon, you have to throw away your entire audiobook library. While it's true that your purchases are tied to your Amazon account, they are not tied to your audible subscription (if you have one). That's a nice touch. Even better, the DRM is trivially easy to... - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago

Open Culture mentions (7)

• Recent cult escapee seeking reading lists

  Take a gander at openculture.com and coursera.org for free classes. Source: over 1 year ago

• Websites for knowledge expansion

  Https://openculture.com/ maybe? Has lots of (free) content and resources on a wide range of topics from literature to movies. Source: over 2 years ago

• What are some useful/cool websites that you check on regularly, that are not social media?

  Openculture.com has a dizzying amount of public domain/free stuff for perusing, whether books, movies, music, or even some college courses. Source: over 2 years ago

• Useful Links

  Open Culture scours the web for the best educational media. We find the free courses and audio books you need, the language lessons & educational videos you want, and plenty of enlightenment in between. Https://openculture.com/. Source: over 2 years ago

• What useful unknown website do you wish more people knew about?

  Openculture.com Watch free movies! Learn languages! Take educational courses! All for free! Source: over 2 years ago