Come on guys. Take it easy. All suggestions in how to do things are welcomed
here. This has been a great discussion to me, as I do use Audible, but was not
aware of some of the things folks have been posting about. I use an app, Audio
Book Converter, to change my books to MP3s, in case anyone is interested.
Audible is awesome, and worth the subscription, as Rory indicated.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
Director
Mac for the Blind
Tel, (631) 724-4479
Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL and Trainer
AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE
MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
On Mar 4, 2017, at 12:36 PM, Rory Smith <rory820@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Well Sarah, you will always do one better than me! No one can even come close
to your aptitude at using third-party software
Regards,
Rory Smith
On Mar 3, 2017, at 11:54 PM, Sarah Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:marrie12@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
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
<mailto: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
