That’s not to say that they wouldn’t say it’s permissible (because, of course, legally it is), but it’s never been a feature and explicitly supported. And there’s never been anything formatted in WMA DRM with rights granting playback on Macs or other Apple devices that actually directly played without conversion or stripping of the DRM, because it has never been supported on Macs and other Apple devices. They’ve had MP3 audio books all along (none of those are DRM protected because there is no universal, non-proprietary MP3 DRM). If you listen to DRM-free audiobooks and have an Android device, check out the app. I plan to seek out other sources of DRM-free audiobooks to supplement those I listen to in Scribd. Smart AudioBook Player just plays audiobooks and does it well. In many ways, I like it better than the Audible app, which has badges and other stat tracking features I don’t care about. I’ve been using the app for about 2 months now, and I’ve found it to be stable. It does have a widget, and it appears in the Notifications area for easy starting and stopping. I like the unhurried aspect of audiobooks, so I’ve never used that feature, but I know other people who like to speed things up. You can rewind manually in 10 second or 1 minute intervals.Īlthough I’ve never used it, you can speed up playback. I usually need a few seconds to remember where I left off. The app automatically rewinds 30-60 seconds when you start a new listening session, which I like. I don’t usually listen to multiple books at once, but it’s a nice feature. You can have multiple books at various stages, and the app keeps track of each book separately. You load the books into a dedicated folder, so they aren’t mixed in with your songs. With Overdrive, I had to actually do math. Since I like to track my reading status on Goodreads, that’s a handy feature. One of the features I really like (and required the upgrade) was the percentage finished of the book. I probably haven’t taxed the app to its fullest, but I liked it enough to upgrade. It has great reviews and offers a 30 day trial of the full version (which costs $1.99 as an in-app purchase). Once I processed the implications of DRM-free audio books (Hooray! I can check out long books!), I started looking for an audiobook player app and found Smart AudioBook Player. Plus it often takes me longer than three weeks to finish an audiobook, so I was only checking out short ones (less than 10 hours). Yes, I’d known that fact on some level, but I still listened to the books in the Overdrive app, which is okay but not great. It finally dawned on me late last year that Overdrive MP3 audio books are DRM-free.
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