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Where to buy mp3s legally?
Recently I bought a mp3 player and I want to know the best place to buy mp3s (or similar). Biggest priority is things that are in Swedish and stories for kids . Maybe the things I want there counts as audio books, some of it, but not all I think? All input is good :).
Well initially my first suggestion is Bandcamp, it's where I legally source all MP3s I want (or in this case FLAC). I personally haven't found any other sources though. With larger artists who don't have a bandcamp (T_T) I usually am just buying their CD and ripping it with Whipper. Hope this helps!
Editing with my reply elsewhere in the thread, but Libro.fm has provided me with some DRM free audiobooks. You can sync purchases with a local book store i think.
Qobuz and 7digital sell CD-quality FLAC downloads from the major labels that usually aren't on Bandcamp.
For music, I use 7digital.com personally and have found it to be quite reliable! No idea for audiobooks, apologies.
Been using them for music for years. Never once found an act that wasn’t on there (and I’ve looked for some obscure bands).
They're the first place I fallback to for releases I can't find on Bandcamp but be sure to back-up any purchases somewhere. I have a couple that are no longer available to download from my 7digital account for whatever (licensing?) reason.
I use Bandcamp where possible, and fall back to Qobuz if Bandcamp isn't an option!
I get mine from Amazon oddly enough, when I can't get it from Bandcamp or other friendlier options. They have the option to download albums (and some audiobooks) as mp3s, then you can seed it into your various backups and the like, leaving Amazon where they belong as a source of last resort.
I don’t know how they are now, but all of the music I bought from Amazon in the past was pretty terrible quality.
These day I see offering music downloads in only MP3 to be a bad sign. Pretty much every outlet these days are dealing with either lossless or at least more advanced audio encoding formats.
For audiobooks, I highly recommend Libro.fm. They have a decent selection of kid’s books. They are owned by Bookshop.org, which is a great place for ebooks that supports local bookstores in the US.
Apple iTunes/Music has an alright selection of Chinese songs for my parents. Maybe they do well with Swedish music too? The files come DRM-free.
I'm not sure any source sells popular audiobooks DRM-free.
Actually I think Libro.fm has audiobooks without DRM. At least I've bought some and gotten an MP3 or sometimes a different file format (m4a?, m3u, one of those i think) which works all the same.
They absolutely do, Libro.fm rocks! All of their audiobooks are DRM free, and most can be downloaded as either MP3 or M4B files (M4B is just an MPEG4 file with an audio stream with chapter metadata — you've probably also seen MPEG4 files with .mp4 or .m4a file extensions)
Oh nice, wasn't aware of them!
Others have provided better answers but here's another source: Steam. Albums and soundtracks you get on Steam give you DRM free audio files, often mp3 or flac, that's how I get game soundtracks. Some of mine on there are story collections/audiobooks. Though in Swedish and for kids is in shorter supply.