Also, I found in the past when I have looked to cancel my membership I am given
offers such as a free book or three months for £4 per month or something
similar.
Dean
On 11 Nov 2019, at 16:31, Rackeick <rackeick@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dear David,
Listening Books also have some of the audiobooks that appear on Audible.
(Sometimes different to the ones RNIB Overdrive has, sometimes the same.)
Their Download/Streaming subscription is £20 a year. You listen to as much as
you want to for that price. As well as audiobooks they also have a very large
number of classic BBC Radio shows, crime, comedy, etc.
https://www.listening-books.org.uk/
Michael Allan
On 11 Nov 2019, at 15:49, David Griffith <daj.griffith@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dear Ibrahim
Thanks for this – I did not know that purchasing extra credits was so much
cheaper on the 2 book monthly plan.
With the various Audible and Kindle daily deals etc. I am not sure I would
use 2 credits a month but it is certainly worth looking at.
The other practical thing I forgot to mention is that if I am ever tempted
by an offer, say the a £1.99 or £2.99 Audible Daily deal, I always check
first that the book is not already in the RNIB library. On a couple of
occasions it surprisingly has been. In this way Audible has oddly prompted
me to borrow books from the Overdrive Library I would probably not otherwise
have done.
David Griffith
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From: Ibrahim Gucukoglu
Sent: 11 November 2019 14:32
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Cheaper Audible Books
Hi David
Just to add something to what you’ve already outlined here, if you choose to
go for an annual membership of 24 books for £109, You can benefit from 24
credits all at once to spend through the year as you wish and purchase three
additional credits for just £11 making each book new purchase just £3.56.
this is regardless of whether you choose to use kindle or not, personally I
do not use kindle but rather Apple books as I already amassed a large Apple
Books library before kindle became accessible so I’m stuck with that
platform. Take care and thank you again for the outline of this.
On 11 Nov 2019, at 11:55, David Griffith <daj.griffith@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
This is probably known for many but just in case I thought I would share how
I use Audible.
I have a one credit Audible monthly membership. However For me personally
if my credits fall to 1 or less Audible always offer me the option to
purchase 3 more credits for £18 which I normally take.
In addition there are many other ways of acquiring Audible books for less
than the credit price.
There is a daily deal which will allow Audible Members to purchase a book
for one day only at either £1.99 or £2.99. You can subscribe to an email
alert which can notify you of each book available. It can be annoying if you
miss a book for £1.99 that you subsequently have to spend a credit on this.
Periodically Audible will offer different members only sales.
These include 2 for 1 sales where 1 credit will buy you 1 book or themed
sales where books are available for perhaps £5 or less. These are useful
sometimes if you want to buy a whole series.
If you are a Amazon prime member you can get a free monthly Kindle book
from a selection for free. With Kindle books you can often purchase
Audible Narration as a cheap extra. The cost of adding narration varies but
is often £2.99 or £3.99.
Similarly there is a Kindle Daily deal scheme which allows you to purchase
books typically for 99p or perhaps £1.29. Again it is often possible to
purchase Audible narration for these books.
For example I used this system last week to purchase a Kindle daily deal
book for 99p and then added Audible Narration for £2.99. Effectively then I
bought an Audible Book for £3.98, well below the cost of an Audible credit.
I will not even bother reading it as a Kindle book and will instead use
Audible.
The advantage of the Kindle daily deal system is that there is normally many
more books available to choose from. This is true generally for Kindle
compared to Audible. For example there is currently an Autumn Kindle sale
where 400 books are available at cheaper prices. Many of these will have
optional Audible narration to purchase. Effectively then this is also an
Audible Autumn sale though it is not publicised as such.
Similarly to the Audible daily alerts you can get an email for kindle daily
book offers.
Note – once Audible narration is purchased the Audible book will simply be
in your Audible library alongside all your other Audible Books to listen to
as normal. They can be downloaded just like any other audible book to play
in your preferred device.
As I say this is probably known to most but I thought I would mention it.
David Griffith
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