on other sites I am on they are going to ifile.it.com because it has no servers in the US and is based in Europe. Just a thought

Keep up the good work regardless, really enjoy the site. Hopefully, once the initial shock and paranoia have worn off things will return to a semblance of normalcy. The opening salvos of the cyber wars have begun, it may be a little while…

Torrents maybe? I really hope that because of those MONKEYS (Filesever and Filesonic) this site don’t close. It has been awesome for me (I have dixlesia and no mobey to be an Audiobook .) keep it going.

If this is because of the pipa and fifa bills they have both been denied and are not being put into action as a result of internet user outrage.

Keep an eye on allyoulike.com and torrentfreak.com they’re keeping updates coming.

thanks for a really great site

this is really sad can you use rapidshare or oron? I love this site and I wish it all the best. I hope things will get back to normal soon.

hang in there. this isn’t the first time. remember hotfile? it sucks but it would suck worse to quit. thanks alot this site is great and i wouldn’t mind a donation option if it would help.

If you’re using firefox you should be able to get a non US IP by using an add on like Stealthy or Anonymox … it works for me when I want to watch a youtube video that is blocked in my country.

Also, keep up the great work. I’m sure there will be new sites soon. It’s not the first time something like this happened.

well, its actually is first time this happened on such “grand scale” … issue is not that some individual filehost got sued by somebody and becouse of it was forced to shutdown. Issue is that all this is due to megaupload got shutdown via USA GOV, it has never happened before like this… There is quite panic in all “warez fronts”, so to say… Basicly all filehosts is freaked out right now.

This is the begining of the end…it’s all about the money owners who finance the polititians and lawmakers.
There is this server I have account in…they’re still on the air.
http://oron.com/

Hi Buck

I am so very sad to hear this.
I sure hope that you are able to get something worked out with another server.
These books have been the most wonderful thing to have come accross for me.
I love your site and look egerly every day to see if there is anything new to pique my interest.
I am sorry that I have no suggestions for a better option as I am not very familier with this sort of thing but I do wish you the best in finding an other option.

hugs
Judy

just a thought, you could always post to usenet (newsgroups) and just use this sight to tell people when you ” discover ” books on the various news groups. i for one will miss this sight if it disappears. Oh and for the record i am also a loyal Audible subscriber

i think u should keep on posting info bout abooks w/o any links
we are resoursful lot, can find our own way to dl if needed
but we need to know they are out there first

So sad to hear about this, I was always looking forward to your new posts. This site is a godsend for those of us who don’t always have the funds to purchase audiobooks. I will keep praying that some other alternative will come to pass.

It’s a fear thing. But the bills died, and I think the Megaupload bit was more ‘for show’ to see about a rxn like this. Look at the poster child they picked…Kim Dotcom couldn’t represent as a nicer person….er…hmmm. There’s a reason, he, specifically, was targeted.

There are still download services available. We just have to find one that works for abook.ws. Bottom line, until they decide to shut down libraries for ‘sharing’, and people decide that too is acceptable, they’re not going to win this.

Rapidshare isn’t ideal, but it looks like ‘the other’ audiobook download website has switched to using it.

The other piece, gentlemen, that I think people forget…since I believe most people here just use this site for personal use….your library has all sorts of media available for download, up to 10 items at a time usually, right to your computer from your own home. It’s funny, they put ‘checkout’ and ‘wait list’ restrictions on some of these things, I’m guessing they have user # restrictions or something so they treat them like books…but this stuff is still available for free. With a valid library card.

Hey, buck,
What about getting in touch with the guys running http://www.hoerbuch.to ?? Its a big German site I use a lot. They are looking for some clever programmers anyway at this moment, And they could surely use some sprucing up for their site…

However, what probably keeps them alive is, that you have to register to gain access to the download-area AND you have use a so called “thank you”-button to unveil the download-links.
I do not understand truly how these things work, but I could imagine, that it throws some of the dogs off your scent.

They also have a foreign audiobooks section. What about moving there for a while? Maybe they know a way to use European upload servers instead of American?

Good luck and this site !
Contact me, if you need help with German : )

you can use extabit or uploading.com

Regardless of what the future holds, just want to say “thank you” for all the work you have done!

@zephorah It depend on where you live…

Mediafire, 4shared, Wupload
Also check out filetram.com. Search anything and then on the left side a list of various services will come up. I don’t know how many are still going after this past week’s events but I can confirm the 3 I mentioned as still up and running.

Hey Buck,

A member posted this on a forum that I know you are a member of.
It might also explain some of what has been going on.
This isn’t over yet.
If you look at my first link you will see that there is a possibility that at least this agreement might be thrown out in the U.S. if it is found to me unconstitutional.

http://infojustice.org/archives/7031

Quote:
On Thursday, the European Union and 22 of its member states signed the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA — a major step toward enforcement of the copyright treaty. Eight countries, including the United States, had signed the agreement this past fall.

ACTA has always been controversial because the international negotiations that began in 2007 took place in secret. But now, opponents of the treaty have developed new muscle after witnessing the success of the Internet outcry against the two U.S. bills, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protest IP Act (PIPA).

In Poland, hundreds took to the streets this week to protest the government’s intention to sign ACTA. Several popular Polish websites replaced their regular content with statements expressing concerns about ACTA, and government websites were taken offline in an apparent denial-of-service attack coordinated by the hacker group Anonymous.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/26/…../-protests-anti-piracy_n_1233960.html

Oh I forget to add that filejungle is still up and running too.

Hope you find a new way forward and I really appreciate all your hard work in keeping everything going. {{{HUGS}}}

Hi!

I just wanted to say thanks for all the hard work and effort in compiling and uploading all these wonderful audiobooks. I’d've gone bonkers without them. And through you I’ve found some wonderful new stories to listen to as well.

I’ll echo the others here and hope also that this will blow away, and everything will be back to normal again soon, but in any case, I’ll wish you all the best, and I’d love to see you continue with abook…

Cheers!

Just a note to let you know that I miss this site so very much. Thank you for all the all the good times I have had listening to the books. Hugs, Maggie

I miss you Buck Rider.

I miss Buck Rider, too, and I die a little on the inside when I think about losing this site!
Is there any way at all you could start using sites that still work, like Wupload, Rapidshare, Crocko, Freakshare, Uploading or even Mediafire?

Fingers crossed then!

Yea. I’ve been going nuts trying to find other audio book sites..not a lot I can find. Fingers and toes crossed.
Cheers

Being a senior citizen with no income, this site has always meant a lot to me, it would be great to see it come back.
Hoping for the best, good luck!

wow, now that is nice to hear! love your site. wrote you an email , but never got a response. was for the win of the download giveaway a while back.
do you respond or is that something that got filtered?
love your site and the great uploads. always nice to see what is out there.
thanks a million!

Hi, everyone. Don’t know if you guys already knos this, but FILESERVE is working again
See:

http://www.fileserve.com/file/7Krczzs/sookie_06.abook.ws.part1.rar

thanks. your reply must have gone lost in the internet void. checked everywhere. yes, you have much to do, so thanks for your awesome site. as long as your focus in on that, we are all happy.

thanks!

Oh I am so excited about the new abooks.
Please keep us updated Buck.
Thank you so much for persisting with the site. I and I know many many others are most grateful for your efforts.

Hugs
Judy

fileserve is back up and uploading never went down