Actually I do one better. I convert all of my books I've read, or want to read
to mp3 using note burner. The quality is awesome. And the conversion process is
very fast, maybe depending on the length of the book, 4 hours. But yeah audible
are actually working on accessibility every so often and it's grate to know
they are willing to make the site work better almost every 6 months.
Take care and be blessed.
On Mar 3, 2017, at 8:23 PM, Rory Smith <rory820@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dear Daniel,
I responded to your original message on this thread. I guess you must not
have taken me seriously or read it at all. I told you to immediately switch
to Audible. I told you that because I have been an audible User for over
the past 4 1/2 years. Pick up your phone and call the customer service
number two Join with the $22 price for the two credits per month membership
plan. Once you do this if you have not done it already, download the
Audible app to your iPhone, then Sign into the app with your Amazon ID, or
audible membership username and password. At this point the only rule that
you need to keep in mind, is that if you were going to spend a credit on a
book, try to make it at least above the $14.95 amount By doing this, you
will ensure that you are getting your moneys worth. After that there is
nothing you need to worry about as far as price is concerned. Audible has a
great listen moneyback guarantee so once you listen to the book or when you
initially purchase it with One of your credits for the month, make sure to
download the book onto your hard drive using iTunes then spend your other
Credit on a book that cost more than $14 and download it as well to your
hard drive, notice I said hard drive and not your mobile device. Then simply
make sure to put the Audible customer service number into your contact list.
Then sit back and enjoy your books on whatever device you choose. Then before
you go on spending another $22 the next month around just simply call that
number and say that you would like to return your last two purchases and
voilà! After you refresh the page you will have two brand-new credits to buy
two brand-new books with! I absolutely do not feel any sort of guilty by
doing this, as I was a pain $22 a month customer for three years. About four
times a year I pay the monthly membership fee, but out of the remaining
months I call and ask them to put my membership on hold, so my credit card
is not charged. So long as you download the book to your hard drive you will
have it forever, it will disappear from your iPhone if you ever upgrade or
have to reinstall the app. But you can't simply sync it back on there with
itunes. There, I just gave away a huge secret of mine. I apologize to Mary,
as she has been wasting hundreds of dollars a year by paying such an
astronomical price for bugs that are eventually going to be free for us to
read through the library for the blind. I simply choose to be an audible
member, because I like to listen to books when they come out. And by the way
anything and everything that has to do with Sherlock Holmes is all over
audible! Now, I hope we can put this thread to bed Mr. Daniel. It always
amazes me how visually impaired people seem to make things so much harder
than they have to be. Good listening! And by the way, you can also join the
blind audible listeners Group on Yahoo.
Regards,
Rory Smith
On Mar 3, 2017, at 6:41 PM, 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.
Sent from my iPhone
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.
Sent from my iPhone
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
Sent from my iPhone
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.
Sent from my iPhone
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
