Once authorized, it’s certainly easy to listen to the new Audible audio book:īut if you copy the file over to your friend’s computer, and for this example, I’m going to use an iMac, it’s not very useful:ĭouble click on the file and the new “Books” program in MacOS X (yes, iTunes has been split into multiple programs on the latest Mac operating system release) opens the AAX data and prompts you to authorize that system with your account credentials: On first play it’ll ask you to authorize that program by entering your account information:Īs you say, this is fine if it’s your computer and your content, but you don’t want to do this for your cousin or roommate, even if you’ve agreed to share the cost of the audio content in the first place. The file that you’ve downloaded is in AAX format and can be played in any app that understands that particular DRM audio format.
Once purchased, you can download a digital copy for your system by going to your “Library” on and clicking on the “Download” button, as shown: I’m going to purchase a copy of the audio book edition of the HP Lovecraft meets Arthur Conan Doyle The Cthulhu Casebooks: Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows from. In fact, the program can not only can convert Apple Music to MP3, AAC, WAV, AC3, AIFF, AU, FLAC, M4A, M4R, and MKA with 100% original quality, but it also enables you to convert iTunes M4P songs, iTunes audiobooks and Audible audiobooks too. About the price of a single audio book, actually.
Available for the Mac or Windows platform, it’s $39.95 for a lifetime license. Having said that, let’s have a look at a program called Apple Music Converter from UkeySoft that does just this sort of conversion from DRM protected audio files to unprotected MP3 audio. Anything larger than that? Well, not cool.
A small buying circle where each of you buys one item and the three or four of you share things is reasonable. You can, of course, also then post these unprotected files to a server or somewhere online, but that then tips the scales too far in the other direction and I highly discourage you from anything of that nature. Nowadays with digital content, it’s paradoxically much harder to share content, which is great for content creators, but not so much for content consumers.įortunately, there are quite a few third party programs that offer the ability to convert these DRM protected audio files into unprotected MP3 audio content that you can back up, copy onto all your devices or even share with your roommate, whatever you want. In the old days, you finished something and just gave it to your friend or family, or even just resold it as used on eBay or at the local bookstore. Quite a difference when compared to picking up an album, CD or an audio book that’s really just a box of cassettes. So it keeps the users on the legal side.Technically, the answer is “no, you can’t do that.” Peruse the terms of service of any of these sites that use digital rights management (known as “DRM”) and you’ll find that you don’t actually own what you purchase, you’re just buying the revocable right to listen to it. It works with iTunes and Virtual CD burning technology to convert audio books.
Converts music & mp3 files with 12x speed.ĪAX to MP3 Converter uses a Virtual CD-RW to automate the process of burning and ripping an audiobook to any supported MP3 format. TunesKit Audible Converter rerecords legally protected audio files and are several times awarded by leading computer magazines. The freeware converter is fully compatible with Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, XP, and Vista PC.Īll the audio that could be played on your Kindle could be converted by TunesKit, including the audiobook you bought.
Batch converts DRM-protected or unprotected audiobooks to unprotected MP3 or AAC files With 6X speed fast and CD Quality. Converts purchased audible to MP3 or AAC files. It converts any Audio Book into MP3, AAC, WAV, WMA files, etc. Audiobook to MP3 Converter is a powerful AudioBook Converter that allows you to convert audiobooks into any format supported by iPhone, Android, or any MP3 music player. It will convert the audible you bought into MP3 or unprotected AAX format. aax files.ĪAX to MP3 converter does the job for you.
You may want to play them on iPhone or android mobile phone, or some other device. Got a lot of audiobooks and would like to listen to them on your MP3 player or Mobile phone? The audiobook you bought may only be played on some devices.