I think those woudl also present themselves wiht credits. Audible is very good,
and very accessible. They really have come a long long way!
Take care all.
On Mar 3, 2017, at 4:30 PM, Mary Otten <motten53@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Daniel, I just searched on Stephen Fry, and I found a lot of things, the
most expensive of which was Stephen Fry presents a series of Anton check off
stories for $14.95. No Sherlock Holmes. There were some Stephen Fry series 1
and series 2, but they didn't reference Sherlock Holmes, and I suspect they
work maybe compilations of the shows that are also offered. Anyway, no deal.
Mary
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On Mar 3, 2017, at 4:05 PM, Daniel McGee <danielmcgee134@xxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:danielmcgee134@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Hi Mary, how strange you didn't find the Sherlock Holmes item. Did you use
the key words Steven fry in your search? That's how I got it to show up and
I could see it in both stores.
Don't know why girl on the train has gone up in price, that was what I payed
when I brought it a couple of years ago. Could it be that its dearer in
dollars than pounds?
That's only a guess mind.
On 3 Mar 2017, at 23:40, Mary Otten <motten53@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:motten53@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
I didn't find the expensive Sherlock Holmes you were talking about in the
iBooks store on Audible. Girl on the train in the iBooks store as an
audiobook is $23.95. If you're using an audible credit and you have the
platinum plan that was pre-paid the cost for that book would be one credit
which would be something less than $10 something like nine dollars and 80
or 70 some sense.
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On Mar 3, 2017, at 3:33 PM, Daniel McGee <danielmcgee134@xxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:danielmcgee134@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
So if we were to put a few titles into context how would the credits work
out for them?
1. Girl on the train by Paula Hawkins iTunes £11.95 audible Buy For £21.99
2.
Lord of the rings fellowship of the ring
<https://mobile.audible.co.uk/pd/Special-Stores/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring-Audiobook/B004FTVZFG/?ref=msw_search_c1_0_1_RE>
<https://mobile.audible.co.uk/pd/Special-Stores/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring-Audiobook/B004FTVZFG/?ref=msw_search_c1_0_1_RE>By
<https://mobile.audible.co.uk/pd/Special-Stores/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring-Audiobook/B004FTVZFG/?ref=msw_search_c1_0_1_RE>
J. R. R. Tolkien iTunes £8.95 Audible £16.99
3. Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver iTunes £9.95 Audible £16.99
4. Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection by Arthur Conan Doyle,
Narrated by Stephen Fry iTunes £31.95 Audible Buy For £79.99
So putting these titles into perspective, iTunes seems to be the cheaper
of the two. Especially when you compare the price of number 4 in the list.
<https://mobile.audible.co.uk/pd/Special-Stores/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring-Audiobook/B004FTVZFG/?ref=msw_search_c1_0_1_RE>
On 3 Mar 2017, at 20:54, Mary Otten <motten53@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:motten53@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
If you can pay for the platinum membership all at once, it's cheaper than
$24 a month. I would think the same is true for the gold membership.
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On Mar 3, 2017, at 12:51 PM, Greg Wocher <gwocher@xxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:gwocher@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Hello,
I pay $14.95 a month for the Gold membership. This membership gives you
1 credit a month. I believe the platinum plan is right around $24 a
month and this gives you 2 credits a month.
Regards,
Greg Wocher
On Mar 3, 2017, at 3:32 PM, Mary Otten <motten53@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:motten53@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
I believe you can join Audible without actually buying credits. But
then you're paying the price that everybody pays, with the possible
exception of 15% discount? I'm not really sure. I have been a purchaser
of credits forever.
Mary
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On Mar 3, 2017, at 10:42 AM, Daniel McGee <danielmcgee134@xxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:danielmcgee134@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Thank you all for your wonderful feedback. Particularly in the areas
where I didn't know about so called credits.
I do have a question about the membership thing and that is: does one
have to pay so much a month? I know you have said that it's cheaper in
the long run but as for myself, I'd much rather pay for a single book
and not be tied to a monthly subscription of sorts. Can you pay this
way as well?
Just asking this for my own personal reasons.
On 3 Mar 2017, at 17:29, Sarah Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:marrie12@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
I love audable, I will never buy from itunes. The quality is
excellent, and I can read my books on any platform, mac, windows,
iphone, android probably etc.
Take care and be blessed.
On Mar 3, 2017, at 8:55 AM, Mary Otten <motten53@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:motten53@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Well, I have never purchased an audiobook through iTunes. I have
been an audible member for many many years, long before I ever
thought of a Mac or before iPhones existed. For me, the number one
reason not to buy through iTunes is the cost. The books are
outrageously expensive. If you join Audible, at the platinum rate,
which gives you 24 credits a year, you can get 24 books a year at a
cost of slightly less than $10 per book. You have to pay for the
credits all at once, which might not be something everybody can do.
But if you can, it's for sure worth it if you are a reasonably heavy
user of audiobooks. They also have a gold level, which gives you 12
credits per year, but the credits cost more, making your book
purchase cost you something like 13 or $14 per book. In addition, if
you run out of credits before your subscription renews, you can get
15% off on other book purchases. And you can choose A daily summary
from either the Wall Street Journal or the New York Times at no
extra cost. Also, audible runs periodic sales where you can get
three books for two credits or sometimes two books for one credit
from a list that they provide on their website.
I realize that none of these things were what you directly ask
about, but I think they're very important, since books from the
iTunes Store are expensive. As for the quality, since I have not
used a book purchased from iTunes, I obviously can't comment. But
between the so-called CD-quality, which is the highest one to give
you that warning and the next one down, if you're just listening to
your books on the average phone speaker or whatever, it doesn't
matter. We are talking about voice recording here after all, not
high fidelity music. I'm not saying there's no difference at all.
I'm just saying for me at least, it's not worth it. If you have tons
of space and want to use up twice as much space with audio, go for
it.
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On Mar 3, 2017, at 8:31 AM, Daniel McGee <danielmcgee134@xxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:danielmcgee134@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Hi all, first off, I would like to say that I have been buying my
audiobooks through iTunes/iBooks store for quite a few years now
and it has amounted to quite a collection. Recently though, I have
started using Amazon which owns Audible <x-msg://4/Audible>.
The reason to why I am thinking about switching has to do with the
audio quality .
I'm not completely sure, but isn't the sound quality of iTunes
audiobooks considerably lower than Audible <x-msg://4/Audible>'s
quality in the Audible <x-msg://4/Audible> app for IOS?
For those who have the Audible <x-msg://4/Audible> app do you
notice any difference in sound when you choose the high option
compared to standard? Besides the alert that says when selecting
it, warning: This setting will result in larger file sizes and
longer download times. Which is pretty obvious anyway. Just wanted
to know if the higher option really makes a difference or not to
the listening experience .
If not, I'll continue to use iTunes and if anyone could say why
they prefer Audibl <x-msg://4/Audible>e compared to iTunes I would
appreciate that as well.
I thanks
Daniel
