David, you should drop a note to Jonathan Mosen. He lives in New Zealand and is an audible listener, or was the last time I knew. You can get him at jonathan.mosen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Hope this helps. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Allen" <wd8ldy@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 4:24 PM Subject: [bookport] Audible restrictions > Hi all! > > I am aware that folks outside the United States who are members of Audible > can't have access to all of the material Audible offers. This is determined > by whether Audible has international distribution rights to the item. > Unfortunate as this might be for some of us, I know it isn't something that > is easily changed. But I would like to know if there is a definite measure > of how much this means to customers who are in this category of members. I > can find no reference to this in Audible's help centre. I've tried Emailing > them, and received a response that detailed the prices and explanations of > the various membership plans. This is not relevant to my question. > > I've tried calling them by phone, but to be frank, waiting in a hold queue > for over 30 minutes at international phone rates is not economically > appealing. So I am hoping someone here might have managed to receive a > reasonable answer to this question and would be willing to pass it on. > > A friend of mine is interested in buying a bookport and joining Audible. But > he is concerned about how much he may be limited by this problem of > international distribution rights. He recently read the article in > AccessWorld about Audible that specifically mentions the Audible version of > the Harvard Business Letter, which he'd like to read. But that publication > is not available to us. > > Any help appreciated. > > Dave > > > > > __________ NOD32 1.1024 (20050311) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.nod32.com > >