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Move away as in find another audiobook vendor? Or simply retain access to your existing collection?

Audiobooks from Audible can be downloaded via the UI. They will have DRM, but it's possible to remove.

If you have audiobook files without DRM you can listen to them via any app that plays audio, but there's also at least one OSS project that aims to fill audiobook UI niche [1].

[1]: https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf

1. audiobookshelf - https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/

2. MicroVMs with Tailscale for VPN exit nodes (to bypass various georestrictions)

3. whoogle-search - https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search

4. gitea - https://gitea.com

Usually, for electronic devices I start with the Open Source Projects recommendations or first class support items... They usually have good hardware quality e.g. for a smartphone, I look at lineage devices first and then check out reviews for these, that work for me from looking at the specs.

For your purpose, there is no such audio player, I know of. The best devices I know atm are:

  - iPod Nano 7th gen 16GB
    - Pro: Size, Bluetooth, UI
    - Con: Battery, Storage, Formats, req. iTunes, no Wifi / NFC, No Upgrades
  - iPod classic (mod with iFlash Quad and 2200mah battery + iKokkia Bluetooth)
    - Pro: Storage, Battery, UI, Hackable (kind of)
    - Con: Size, Formats, req. Itunes, No native Bluetooth/Wifi/NFC, No upgrades
    - Maybe you should think of RockBox to have more freedom
  - LG G5 H850 (optional with Bang & Olufsen Hifi-Plus module) + Audiobookshelf + Substreamer
    - Pro: Formats, Battery, Storage, Bluetooth/Wifi/NFC, Hackable
    - Con: Size, UI (I did not find a Server/App nearly as good as iPod)

Let me cite my comment from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32042780:

I use m4b-tool[1], tone[2] and audiobookshelf[3] together with an LG G5 H850 smartphone[8] with Bang & Olufsen Hifi-Plus Module for Audio Only and I am pretty happy with this config. For Music I use Navidrome[5] and Substreamer App[7]. Maybe I'll try out Jellyfin[4] or maybe Plex[6], but I really don't wanna go closed source.

I also thought about writing something self hosted in C# to have ONE solution for audiobooks, podcasts and music and started a small private project, but this will take a while until it is ready to release something...

You may ask: Why an LG G5 H850? Well, its relatively small and cheap (about 50 - 80 bucks used) it has an audio Jack, USB-C, you can change the battery, it can hold up to 2TB microSD storage, has an HiFi Plus module for audio enthusiasts and a descent screen. Besides that it can run lineage os...

Note: I'm the author of the first two projects :-)

[1]: https://github.com/sandreas/m4b-tool

[2]: https://github.com/sandreas/tone

[3]: https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf

[4]: https://jellyfin.org/

[5]: https://www.navidrome.org/

[6]: https://www.plex.tv

[7]: https://substreamerapp.com/

[8]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG_G5

I use m4b-tool[1], tone[2] and audiobookshelf[3] together with an LG G5 H850 smartphone[8] with Bang & Olufsen Hifi-Plus Module for Audio Only and I am pretty happy with this config. For Music I use Navidrome[5] and Substreamer App[7]. Maybe I'll try out Jellyfin[4] or maybe Plex[6], but I really don't wanna go closed source.

I also thought about writing something self hosted in C# to have ONE solution for audiobooks, podcasts and music and started a small private project, but this will take a while until it is ready to release something...

You may ask: Why an LG G5 H850? Well, its relatively small and cheap (about 50 - 80 bucks used) it has an audio Jack, USB-C, you can change the battery, it can hold up to 2TB microSD storage, has an HiFi Plus module for audio enthusiasts and a descent screen. Besides that it can run lineage os...

Note: I'm the author of the first two projects :-)

[1]: https://github.com/sandreas/m4b-tool

[2]: https://github.com/sandreas/tone

[3]: https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf

[4]: https://jellyfin.org/

[5]: https://www.navidrome.org/

[6]: https://www.plex.tv

[7]: https://substreamerapp.com/

[8]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG_G5

I have recently found Audiobookshelf which is pretty impressive. It still lacks some features (like Upload progress bar) and polish but is totally usable.

https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf

There's audiobookshelf.

https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf

I still use my iPods because love to keep my music and audiobooks at home (not in the cloud).

After a lot of research I'm currently testing self hosted solutions:

- Navidrome [1] + Substreamer [4]

- Audiobookshelf[2] + Audiobookshelf-App [5]

- Nokia 1.3 phone [3] without sim (<100$, small, headphone jack, Changeable battery, microSD slot)

Just in case someone finds this interesting: It looks promising to me, but I've not tested the audio quality in detail, which might be a huge difference to the high quality output of iPods.

[1] https://www.navidrome.org/

[2] https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf

[3] https://www.nokia.com/phones/en_int/nokia-1-3

[4] https://substreamerapp.com/

[5] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.audiobooks...