[bookport] Re: Audible restrictions

  • From: "Marlaina Lieberg" <marlaina@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 18:51:21 -0800

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
>
>
>
>
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