/AudiobookHub

Software resources for improving audiobook management

AudiobookHub

Software resources for audiobook management. Especially Audible-centric, including organization and removing DRM from Audible files

Guides

Non-audible

Audible APIs

Interfaces for internal Audible API

Listening

Self-hosting online:

Backup, decrypt, convert, organize

  • Libation: audible audiobook manager. Download, decrypt, organize, search, and tag. Free. Open-source. Windows, Mac, and Linux. GUI and CLI.
  • inAudible: remove Audible DRM, edit files, and convert files. Installers available
  • Book Lib Connect: A standalone Audible downloader and decrypter
  • AAX Audio Converter: Convert Audible aax files to mp3 and m4a/m4b
  • OpenAudible: cross-platform audible audiobook manager (free, $12, $18.95 shareware, $18.95, $18.95 per year, $19.95 per year or $49.99 for lifetime)
  • Audible Plus Converter: Windows, Mac. $15/quarter, $30/yr, or $60 lifetime
  • OSAC: Open Source Audible Converter. Convert audible's proprietary AAX audio files to MP3, AAC/M4B, or FLAC
  • AAXtoMP3: Convert Audible's .aax filetype to MP3, FLAC, M4A, or OPUS
  • Audible-CLI: A command line interface for the above audible Python API

Scripts to make audible's site more usable

uBlock Origin (ad blocker), custom filter to remove "Virtual Voice" titles:

www.audible.com##li.productListItem.bc-list-item:has-text('Virtual Voice')

Browser entensions

DRM Removal

Behind the scenes, most if not all resources below use these for their heavy lifting (although they aren't the easiest to use directly)

  • FFmpeg: A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video. Includes the ability to use your activation data to strip DRM from .aax files
  • audible-activator: Retrieves your activation data (activation_bytes) from Audible servers
  • audible-tools.github.io: free service which resolves audible activation bytes. Nuget pkg. How to use

File editing and manipulation

AudioBookConverter (Code on github): convert. Also advanced chapter support for combining and splitting