Hi Daniel,
Format for is the best quality. They go down from there. I don't remember the
details, but I believe you can find them on the Audible page it's self.
Somewhere, I think I saw that format for might not have DRM associated with it,
but I might be wrong. I believe that format for is supposed to be pretty much
CD-quality. Again, subject to being wrong. If you want the best quality, and
have the space, format four is what you want. You might try format three and
see if you can hear the difference. You can set which format you want for your
downloads on the Audible page in your library or I think in the app under
settings. Not sure if you using this on your Mac or a phone or what.
Mary
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On Mar 4, 2017, at 12:36 PM, Daniel McGee <danielmcgee134@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all, keeping back on topic here, I've taken the plunge and downloaded my
1st book. Going to give it a try for a couple of months and evaluate how I
feel about the service afterwards. Already though, I can tell you that
audible's sound vastly clearer than audiobooks that you get from the
iTunes/iBooks app stores.
Interestingly I've noticed that audible give you 4 formats to choose from. If
anyone knows about these different formats and can share any knowledge about
them, I would really appreciate that otherwise we can now as Rob has said:
put this thread to bed.
I don't want to take up any more list trafffic and annoy John. Just trying to
be sensible with my money spending. Lol
Hope everyone can respect that and it's certainly been interesting to see how
many people use audible.
Didn't know it was this popular! :)
On 4 Mar 2017, at 19:55, Mary Otten <motten53@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
It is worth pointing out that by breaking the DRM on an audible book using a
converter, you're violating the agreement you have with Audible when you
sign up to be a member. Keeping a book after you have gotten the return
credit or return money is dishonest. I hope that's not what you meant when
you said that you have the book safely on your hard drive so you won't lose
it. Asking for a refund means you didn't like the book and don't want to
book. And if you do too many refunds, they will cancel your account. I had
seen a note on another list from somebody who had that. And that's fair.
Mary
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On Mar 4, 2017, at 8:58 AM, Sarah Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I can say that returning a book is 100 percent accessible in safari.
Everything reads and I should be getting my $1.99 back. I have the book on
my HD so am not going to lose it. hope that helps someone.
Take care.
On Mar 4, 2017, at 8:11 AM, linnette whalen <linnettew@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
What I do is pull up my library on my phone via the Audible app and make a
list of books I want to sell back. The other way is just to have the app
open to your library and call Audible and identify the books and the rep
will take care of everything. The credits are instantly put back into your
account. Inn trying to be considerate, I try to limit my books to no more
than four at a time.
My computer never come into play when selling books back. It is just my
iPhone and the Audible app.
I typically make a list of about ten books at a time and sell them back
slowly over a week or so.
On Mar 3, 2017, at 9:39 PM, Sarah Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Oh wow nice, is that process accessible wiht safari, I hope I never have
to do that, but I want to know anyway in case I'm asked that ever in a
training class etc.
On Mar 3, 2017, at 4:49 PM, linnette whalen <linnettew@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
You can also return books for credits as long as the purchase was within
one year.
On Mar 3, 2017, at 11:55 AM, Mary Otten <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>
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.
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's quality in the Audible
app for IOS?
For those who have the 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 Audible compared to iTunes I would appreciate that as well.
I thanks
Daniel
