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The Way Of Kings

Book 28 was Writing for Impact, written and read by Bill Birchard.

The author uses scientific research to walk through strategies for writing with impact. A great read no matter what you’re writing.

#LibroFM has it on sale: https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9781400241507-writing-for-impact

#bookstodon

Season 3 Episode 3: AI and the Creative Arts

In this episode, we discuss AI in the creative arts! We have some very strong opinions about a recent book scandal, new music creations and bringing actors back from the dead. (AI was not used for this description)

Listen Below!

Listen on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6MNQ4IZqHgjjUWcshAPb6x?si=fQuuYPjwRRqEgmOH6GBb_Q

Listen on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/9-zzGNiMlgg

Also listen at the following places:

Things Discussed In This Episode

Song banned from Swedish charts for being AI creation

AI-created track blocked from Sweden’s Official Charts after racking up millions of streams on Spotify – Music Business Worldwide

AI novel that won literature contest has awards taken away – Dexerto

Liza Minnelli is among the artists who collaborated on a new AI-generated album

An Update on Libro.fm’s Response to AI Narration

Chicago Sun Times – 2025 “Summer Reading List“

Seemingly AI-generated band The Velvet Sundown have over 400,000 monthly Spotify listeners

Publisher cancels horror novel’s release over AI claims

Disclaimer: Links to Bookshop.org are affiliate links and the store will receive a small commission if you purchase through those links.

@PetraPanda @everyone

Arrrgh ... I've got the name wrong.
AIUI libro.fm is an ethical US company.
But I've done no deep dive on it.

Below is what they wrote about themselves on the Apple webstore page - but again I haven't researched. Though "employee owned" sounds good.
#LibroFM
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/libro-fm-audiobooks/id1057776523

The Complete Guide to 2026 Runaway Hit Operation Bounce House

One of this year’s most highly anticipated books is now one of its biggest hits: Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinniman. Why is everyone talking about this sci-fi release, and what is it about? Here’s a quick, complete guide to author Matt Dinniman’s standalone debut, what makes it so exciting—and why you should listen to […]
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https://blog.libro.fm/complete-guide-to-2026-operation-bounce-house/

#Audiobooks #audiobookrecommendations #audiobooks #dungeoncrawlercarl #librofm

Omg, this book. A love letter to women and the various types of relationships b/w women (cis, trans, non-binary folk included). I wanted to ingest this book physically and make it part of my soul. Beautiful book. And the narrator! Sigh.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Thanks to #librofm for the #alc.

#audiobook #bookstodon #stories #fairytales

Percy Jackson Audiobooks: The Complete Series Guide & Reading Order

If you’re a book-lover or fantasy fan born anytime after, say, 1994, there’s a good chance you’re well acquainted with the name Percy Jackson. The 12-year-old boy who discovers he’s a demigod is the star of a series that spawned a universe: Percy Jackson and the Olympians. In 2005, when the author Rick Riordan—a crime […]
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https://blog.libro.fm/percy-jackson-audiobooks-complete-series-guide-reading-order/

#Audiobooks #audiobookrecommendations #audiobooks #howtoreadpercyjackson #librofm

Warbreaker

The Most Anticipated Audiobooks of 2026

With each passing year, more and more people discover the joy of audiobooks. Since Edison Research started tracking listening habits ten years ago, the number of U.S. readers who listen to audiobooks has increased by 167 percent. And publishers are responding to that growing interest with more—and more diverse—audiobooks at our disposal. Now, we have […]
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https://blog.libro.fm/most-anticipated-audiobooks-of-2026/

#Audiobooks #audiobookrecommendations #audiobooks #bestaudiobooks2026 #librofm

The Bride Wore Size 12

Size 12 And Ready To Rock

Big Boned

Size 14 Is Not Fat Either

I ditched #Audible a while ago, but I finally got around to buying "Little Brother" by @pluralistic on #LibroFM today.

Elantris

#Amazon #Didit
Das Amazon-Konto starb vor wenigen Monaten (nach Auslaufen des Prime Abos endgültig gelöscht). Ersetzungen
#Shopping > #OTTO und individuelle Hersteller
#Audible > #LibroFM
#eBooks > #Kobo (Thalia verseucht alles mit #Adobe DRM, das ist genauso Sch... wie #Kindle )
DeadTree #Bücher > Thalia Buchhandlung (der Backkatalog ist fantastisch, haben sogar zwei fehlende Cherryh's aus den 1980ern für mich aufgetrieben!)
#PrimeVideo > Viki.com (siehe vorherigen #Streaming #Didit Toot).
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Embracing the Shadows: The Best Dark Romance Audiobooks

Any romance reader can tell you that “romance” is too broad of a term to accurately describe their reading habits. Just like IRL romance can’t be cleanly defined, stories about love and sensuality can’t be constrained. For every relationship dynamic, kink, and fantasy, there’s most likely a subgenre exploring it. But of all those subgenres—romantasy, […]
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https://blog.libro.fm/dark-romance-audiobooks/

#Audiobooks #audiobookrecommendations #audiobooks #darkromance #librofm

The Well of Ascension

Nach einigen Jahren #degoogle und #unplugTrump bleibt gar nicht mehr viel umzuziehen für #DIDit...

Aber heute hab ich den Schritt gemacht, #Audible zu löschen. Ersetzt habe ich es durch #Bookbeat und insbesondere #LibroFM (https://libro.fm).
Letzteres klingt fast zu schön um wahr zu sein. Und ab 26. Feb sinkt (!) der Preis ihres (optionalen) Abo-Modells.
Manko: Deutschland noch relativ unterrepräsentiert, sowohl bzgl. Hörbücher alsauch bei den unterstützbaren lokalen Buchläden.

I have literally became addicted to #librofm. To the peeps that mentioned this to me and or in general, thank you.

On Payed Online Audiobook Library Subscriptions

For a long time you could choose between one credit or two credits per month with Audible, and you were limited to that one or two books. With time they increased the price, but they also added plenty of books that were included with the membership. At this point, if you're not looking for a specific book you barely need credits anymore.

An Audible Plan With Temporary Ownership

Audible has a Standard plan. With this plan you spend 9 USD per month and you have access to one new book per month. You are free to read as much, or as little of the book as you desire. If you stop paying for this plan you lose your collection of books.

Storytel

I believe that this plan is designed to compete with Swedish/European Storytel. Storytel too has a subscription model where you do not own books, but rather borrow them. You don't pay for the books though. You pay for reading time. If you want to, you can read a dozen books at once, but once you run out of reading time you must upgrade, or wait for the next month's reading allowance to open up. You can read ebooks and audiobooks.

Spotify

Whilst Spotify is similar to Storytel I would never consider it as an option. For me, 12 hours per month is not worthwhile. I read more than twelve hours per month. I don't need access to the music catalogue either.

Kobo

Kobo has three plans. You can choose just to have e-books, or just audiobooks, or both, and there are no limits to the number of books you can read simultaneously. The choice is limited.

The Limitations

With Audible Standard the limitation is reading just one book in a month, and not owning it if you cancel your subscription. With time you may amass a library, that you never own.

With Storytel you pay an extra franc for going through iOS rather than Android and you can choose between 15, 30 or 45 hours per month. This ranges from 8 CHF per month to 15 CHF per month on Android. You have the freedom of reading dozens of books, but end up with nothing if you cancel the subscription.

The Kobo plan sets no limits on books borrowed, or reading time so it could be seen as the best option. In theory we're dealing with Fnac when using Kobo in Europe.

And Finally - Libro.fm, Books Books Books and Audiobookshelf

Audible was a fantastic site, before it was used by Amazon. As soon as it was bought by Amazon I felt like I was helping a GAFA company, rather than decent human beings. When I buy books I want to support the local economy and small companies that care about my custom.

In the process of writing this post I came across Libro.fm and Books Books Books. Libro.fm is an online book shop that gets you to select a local book shop to support. In this case I am supporting Books Books Books in Lausanne and I feel much better about it. Instead of helping a monopoly I am supporting local people.

What's even better is that I can buy a book, and within a few seconds I can download it and add it to Audiobookshelf and listen to the book via my self-hosted audiobook library.

In a mature market we don't need to use the American first mover anymore. We can use the local current mover instead. The selection might not be as broad, but the local benefit is.

Heart of the Sun Warrior

If you like audiobooks, check out LibroFM!

https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm145370

#LibroFM

Another good one: https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9780062897572-sea-people

#SeaPeople #LibroFM #Audiobook #History

BTW, there's a sale on this audiobook right now:
https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9780063335448-an-african-history-of-africa

#AfricanHistory #LibroFM #Audiobook

Daughter of the Moon Goddess