Ask HN: Best audiobooks you've listened to recently? (Cosmic horror/non-fiction)
(ycombinator.com)
I have a long flight coming up and I’m looking for audiobook recommendations — fiction or non-fiction. If it’s fiction would be interested in cosmic horror or sci fi genres.
I have a long flight coming up and I’m looking for audiobook recommendations — fiction or non-fiction. If it’s fiction would be interested in cosmic horror or sci fi genres.
Audiobooks vs. Printed Books: a debate as a reader and an author
(newsandreviews.substack.com)
On Monday morning this week I started a dot point list of notes I wanted to hit in this week’s bad review, then I looked up and it was lunchtime and I was 1200 words into something much, much bigger.
On Monday morning this week I started a dot point list of notes I wanted to hit in this week’s bad review, then I looked up and it was lunchtime and I was 1200 words into something much, much bigger.
I threw away Audible's app, and now I self-host my audiobooks
(arstechnica.com)
We’re an audiobook family at House Hutchinson, and at any given moment my wife or I are probably listening to one while puttering around.
We’re an audiobook family at House Hutchinson, and at any given moment my wife or I are probably listening to one while puttering around.
Show HN: Searchable library of free audiobooks
(booksearch.party)
This is an open beta, currently listing (4610 Books):
This is an open beta, currently listing (4610 Books):
Generate audiobooks from E-books with Kokoro-82M
(claudio.uk)
Kokoro v0.19 is a recently published text-to-speech model with just 82M params and very high-quality output.
Kokoro v0.19 is a recently published text-to-speech model with just 82M params and very high-quality output.
Why my new audiobook is everywhere except on Audible
(pragmaticengineer.com)
Currently, Audible’s position is hurting audiobook authors. My audiobook isn’t on Audible due to a mix of their monopolistic pricing practices, and the company’s own complacency in how long they take to approve new titles.
Currently, Audible’s position is hurting audiobook authors. My audiobook isn’t on Audible due to a mix of their monopolistic pricing practices, and the company’s own complacency in how long they take to approve new titles.
Audible's Monopolistic Practices
(pragmaticengineer.com)
A year after The Software Engineer’s Guidebook was published, the audiobook version is here! The good news is it’s available on ALMOST all major audiobook platforms:
A year after The Software Engineer’s Guidebook was published, the audiobook version is here! The good news is it’s available on ALMOST all major audiobook platforms:
Against dystopian views of high-speed audiobook listening
(dynomight.substack.com)
There was recently a thread on r/slatestarcodex about “What life hacks are actually life changing”. One of the examples given was:
There was recently a thread on r/slatestarcodex about “What life hacks are actually life changing”. One of the examples given was:
Show HN: Offline audiobook from any format with one CLI command
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Create a natural audiobook for any text content with one command.
Create a natural audiobook for any text content with one command.
Show HN: 73,530 free book summaries in 40 languages (with paid audio)
(sobrief.com)
Read any non-fiction in 10 minutes
Read any non-fiction in 10 minutes