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> 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> 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> 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> 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
