Audible DRM Removal for personal use I have a bunch of Audiobooks from Audible. I've made a complete switch from Windows to Linux but Audible do not support Linux. While there are some annoying ways around this I would like to convert my Audible books into Mp3 or Mp4 format. Has anyone done this previously? Can anyone suggest a quick and easy way to make this conversion? Should I go down the copy directly from the soundcard route? or is there a way to remove DRM directly from the file itself? I have absolutely no intention of sharing these files once they are converted. I like the service audible provide, and I don't mind paying for books that I want. I just want to be able to listen too them!

I've explored this path before and you'll find you have 2 options. You can run the Audible software under Wine, or you can run it natively inside a VM (VirtualBox) using Windows.

If you're interested in the Wine route take a look at the WineHQ page. Specifically this page, titled: Category: Main > Multimedia > Audio > AudibleManager.

Using this method you'll be extracting the `.aa` files out to CDs, from which you can extract `.mp3` files. Your path is basically `.wav` to `.mp3`.

You can try saving an actual CD by buring them to a `.iso` file which you can then mount and rip down to `.mp3`'s from there.

Because of the DRM the path is intentionally painful, making you perform various steps in a manual manner.

### References

* How to listen to Audible files?
* Audible Linux – How to Install in Ubuntu?