Downpour.com Reviews and details

Social recommendations and mentions

• What is the best platform to gift audiobooks to people who don’t use audible?

  Downpour.com allows people to download normal MP3s of purchases. They offer old-school CDs as well. So, no vendor lock-in there :). Source: 5 months ago

• Where to purchase audiobooks for long-term use on multiple devices? No subscriptions

  I agree about downpour.com - the vast majority (at least 99%) of the titles listed have no copy protection, so you don't have to worry about playing them only on a specific piece of equipment or specific software - any program and/or any device that will play MP3 or M4B files will work (plus you can play it online from their website). Source: 11 months ago

• Where to purchase audiobooks for long-term use on multiple devices? No subscriptions

  Downpour.com - multiple choices for downloads. Source: 11 months ago

• Recommendations on where I can buy audiobooks (to keep)

  Besides downpour.com, there is libro.fm which supports independent bookstores and has DRM free files you can download and use freely. Source: 11 months ago

• Recommendations on where I can buy audiobooks (to keep)

  Incorrect, downpour.com will let you download MP3s of audiobooks that you buy. Source: 11 months ago

• Guest Editorial: Cory Doctorow is a Bestselling Author, but Audible Won't Carry his Audiobooks

  I use Audible a lot, but I also use downpour.com a lot too. Good range, and MP3 downloads that I put straight into the Listen Audiobook app. Source: about 1 year ago

• Removing DRM from Google Play book

  Some other comments suggested Libro.fm and downpour.com as alternative audiobook sellers, but the book is not available on either of them. Source: over 1 year ago

• Any services cheaper than audible?

  Downpour.com most titles are DRM free (MP3 and M4B files). Source: over 1 year ago

• Transferring Libby audiobooks to an mp3 player?

  You can always BUY the audiobooks that you want in MP3 format from https://downpour.com. Source: over 1 year ago

• Where can I buy an audiobook that doesn’t force me to use that company’s app?

  Downpour.com is also DRM-free. Tender is the Flesh is $17.09 without a membership. Source: over 2 years ago

• I'd like to buy an audiobook. I'd like it in mp3 (or ilk) so it can be transferred to my other gadgets. Is that what I'll get; if not, please make a recommendation. (I have an Audible app on my phone from my free-trial which came with one book. I ended my subscription when the free-trial ended.)

  You can use other stores like downpour.com to get mp3 books, but as otehrs have said Audible uses the aax file format. Source: about 3 years ago