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Point me to an Audible alternative that has remotely as good selection and pricing in the UK, and I'll have a look at it. I don't like the subscription model an

Point me to an Audible alternative that has remotely as good selection and pricing in the UK, and I'll have a look at it. I don't like the subscription model and wish there was an alternative.

toqy 5y ago
I’m a fan of the subscription model just because I can get books that are normally a lot more expensive than a credit with a single credit. And if there’s any cheaper books I can just buy them for cash.
conor_f 5y ago
It's your job to be a responsible consumer and find alternatives that best suit your needs. It's quite likely you won't find one that has the Amazon selection and pricing, but that's because people are taking the cheap, easy option and exclusively contributing to the monopoly of Amazon instead of supporting alternatives. A company like Amazon is not ethical. There's too many examples of disgusting practices from them to even count. Stop supporting them and find alternatives. It won't be the cheapest, it won't have next-day delivery, it won't have as encompassing of a selection, but all of these come at huge human cost when you're talking about it on an Amazon scale. [edit] Libraries offer a way to borrow audiobooks for free. Check https://www.overdrive.com/libraries https://www.overdrive.com/libraries to look for your local library's selection. Will definitely hit your pricing requirement and hopefully the selection requirement too!
mahogany 5y ago
For those in the US that are reading: you can generally check out audiobooks for free at your local library. Unfortunately I don't know how libraries work in the UK.
- selfhoster11 5y ago
  They also have this, but if the local library skimps on their audiobook provider, the selection is abysmal. I literally once closed the tab in disgust after seeing how few good books were in offer in a library where I lived, and that was a very gentrified area so they definitely could afford something better.

Point me to an Audible alternative that has remotely as good selection and pricing in the UK, and I'll have a look at it. I don't like the subscription model and wish there was an alternative.

toqy 5y ago

I’m a fan of the subscription model just because I can get books that are normally a lot more expensive than a credit with a single credit. And if there’s any cheaper books I can just buy them for cash.

conor_f 5y ago

It's your job to be a responsible consumer and find alternatives that best suit your needs. It's quite likely you won't find one that has the Amazon selection and pricing, but that's because people are taking the cheap, easy option and exclusively contributing to the monopoly of Amazon instead of supporting alternatives. A company like Amazon is not ethical. There's too many examples of disgusting practices from them to even count. Stop supporting them and find alternatives. It won't be the cheapest, it won't have next-day delivery, it won't have as encompassing of a selection, but all of these come at huge human cost when you're talking about it on an Amazon scale. [edit] Libraries offer a way to borrow audiobooks for free. Check https://www.overdrive.com/libraries https://www.overdrive.com/libraries to look for your local library's selection. Will definitely hit your pricing requirement and hopefully the selection requirement too!

mahogany 5y ago

For those in the US that are reading: you can generally check out audiobooks for free at your local library. Unfortunately I don't know how libraries work in the UK.

selfhoster11 5y ago
They also have this, but if the local library skimps on their audiobook provider, the selection is abysmal. I literally once closed the tab in disgust after seeing how few good books were in offer in a library where I lived, and that was a very gentrified area so they definitely could afford something better.