Hi Mo,
I have found that you have to download audible books in the older aa format and
not the aax format to convert them successfully to mp3.
Kind regards
Aedan.
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: R: audible alternative for audio books?
hello robert and everyone.
thankfully i have now gained access to my library. it turns out i was using the
wrong page to sign in. by default, they tell you to sign in using your amazon
account which is what was throwing me completely. i didn't realise you had to
click the link to sign in to the old audible system to access your books. as
for MP3 conversion, the tools i used to use were only compatible with XP as it
was an older version of audible manager and audible's media filter that was
used. i could never get the same process to work under windows7 64bit. its too
flakey and doesn't play the book no matter what i try in terms of plugins or
different audible manager versions etc. so i will try one of the other
converters mentioned, sound taxi looks promising. many thanks to everyone for
their comments.
Mo.
On 02/05/2014 10:05, RMPortal wrote:
Mo,
Unfortunately I have no alternative to Audible to suggest but think
you shouldn't give up on what you have already bought. If Martin
Wilshire's suggestion doesn't work I would suggest contacting Audible
direct. When I had problems setting up the android audible ap they
were almost too helpful
- ringing me twice from America.
I would start from the premise that the books you have bought are your
property and that making them unavailable for any reason is
effectively theft. I know with online content things aren't always
that simple but at the very least it should be them who have to
justify it and refer you to the relevant conditions which allow them to behave
in the way they have.
Assuming you are in the end, able to get access to your library I'm a
bit mystified about the mp3 conversion which was possible under XP and
is not under Windows 7 or Linux. Is that because the conversion tool
you were using works under XP but not under the others? If the worse
comes to the worst isn't it possible to play the book on the computer
and record it in mp3 format? Clumsy, but it works.
Some doubt was raised as to the legality of making an mp3 copy. Having
looked at Audible's conditions I can see nothing wrong with that -
they actually recommend that you make a copy once you have bought the
book and make no reference as to which format the copy should be in.
It is always possible of course, that conditions may have changed
since I checked or there may be others which I didn't find at the time.
Finally, I've found the android audible ap to be easy to use (much
easier than going to even the "accessible" site using the computer)
because they have had to keep things simple - I have the opening
screen with all my library titles on it and once the book has been
downloaded to the phone I need neither wi-fi nor a phone connection to
read it. I expect the Iphone ap is much the same.
None of this is what you were asking for but I hope it at least stops
you from giving up on accessing what is, after all, your own property.
Best wishes
Robert
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Inviato: giovedì 1 maggio 2014 22.53
A: BCAB Discussion List
Oggetto: [access-uk] audible alternative for audio books?
Hello Everyone.
I have been a member of audible for many years now. when i was on XP,
i used to convert my audible books to MP3 to listen on my MP3 player.
this has worked very well if i didn't have an audible device to hand
and i wanted to listen to an audio book. however, ever since they got
taken over by amazon and usernames and passwords changed, i can no
longer access my history for all the titles i have spent the last 6
years pourchasing from them, and even if i could i can't convert the
books as i am primarily using windows7 and linux. in short, does
anyone have any other source of downloadable audio books? i don't mind
paying as long as there is a decent selection hopefully comparable to
audibles. audiogo was an excellent site but they've now gone in to
administration. i just wish audible weren't so iffy and that they
hadn't deleted every book i'd ever bought from them without my
consent... the only thing that will make me stay with them is if i can
convert books using windows7 as and when i need to. as i'm paying for
a book i should be able to if i don't want to take a kindle to listen
to books and just want to carry a small discreet mp3 player. from what
i've read this can't be done, but any comments welcome on or off list.
many thanks in advance,
Mo.
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