Bookmarklet to add download links for audiobooks in the Overdrive loans page

bookmarklet.js

/* 1. Paste this entire gist over at https://mrcoles.com/bookmarklet/ to generate a bookmarklet */
/* 2. Use a meaningful Name like: 🎧 📖 Links */
/* 3. Drag the generated bookmarklet link to your Bookmarks Toolbar. */
/* 4. Click on the bookmarklet when you're on the Overdrive loan page, e.g. https://yourlibrary.overdrive.com/account/loans */
/* 5. The "Download MP3 audiobook" link should appear like it used to. */


$('a[data-format-id="audiobook-overdrive"]').each(function() {
    var listenBtn = $(this);
    if (listenBtn.hasClass('script-added')) {
        listenBtn.remove();
        return;
    }
    var dlBtn = listenBtn.clone();
    dlBtn.attr('class', 'loan-button-nonkindle button radius primary downloadButton script-added');
    dlBtn.attr('href', dlBtn.attr('href').replace('/audiobook-overdrive/', '/audiobook-mp3/'));
    dlBtn.html('<b>Download</b><br/><span class="dl-text">MP3 audiobook</span>');
    dlBtn.attr('target', '');
    listenBtn.parent().append(dlBtn);
});

I'm using Audio Downloader Prime to individually download the parts of a book from the Listen in Browser feature.

The method above takes about 3 minutes to do an entire book, which includes about 2 minutes to fast forward through a 12 hour book.

Go to Reddit and search for LJ_LongWing. The link is in the 3rd comment. Readme is pretty good. A couple of time savers: If you check out the book in Overdrive, you don't need to go to the Libbyapp. After hitting "Borrow" twice, you'll get the option to "Listen in Browser". That will give you what you need to do inspect/network. Second, if you don't want to do the command line and like me update all the meta data after anyway, then in windows file explorer you can just drag the har file you saved over the runDownloader.bat file. The files will all say "unknown" but will be numbered in the right order. Careful. Lets not let the Overdrive police take this away.

This has worked well for me, but I'm getting a Java memory error for longer books (I am not sure what the exact threshold is, but the book I have that is failing is 43 hours). Unfortunately since the download link only gives a .jar file, I'm not able to go in and view the original source code. I might piggyback off of the described method of obtaining a .har file and see if I can come up with a more robust solution though.

I might piggyback off of the described method of obtaining a .har file and see if I can come up with a more robust solution though.

That would be great. Thought I'd run a test with Conroy's Beach Music but it's only 29 hours. :-)

Audio Downloader Prime

This worked :)

Yes, a bit laborious but better than nothing

Are the Libby parts being broken into smaller and smaller pieces on new releases? Used to the chunks were about an hour(ish) but I just flipped through a less than 11 hour book and it downloaded 34 MP3s. Older releases seem to be unaffected.

I suspect those tiny parts are a fluke. I've recently downloaded several books with ADP and all seem to have the same hour(ish) part size. I've occasionally downloaded books via the previous app that had tiny pieces as well.

I described my technique in detail about eight posts up.

I suspect those tiny parts are a fluke. I've recently downloaded several books with ADP and all seem to have the same hour(ish) part size. I've occasionally downloaded books via the previous app that had tiny pieces as well.

I don't think it's a "fluke." I just downloaded Robt B Parkers Buried Secrets both ways and got 60 files. Maybe Overdrive used to get all the books on CD's which would account for the 1h 7min files. Maybe now they're getting them other ways with the files chapterized.

Are you downloading recently published titles? I've recently downloaded titles that start sections with "Side Two", obviously ripped from audiotapes. A recent news release from Blackstone Audio announces that they'll be distributing audiobook CDs from Recorded Books. That format is still the standard.