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I'm yearning for the day somebody applies that business model to audio books... </wishlist>
by TallGuyShort 13y ago
I'm yearning for the day somebody applies that business model to audio books... </wishlist>
- cjensen 13y agoMy local library includes online access to both audiobooks and ebooks. It's worth checking out your local library's services...
- hatu 13y agoHasn't Audible done this for a long time already?
- TallGuyShort 13y agoYou're right - I guess I'm thinking more of the Kindle business model (I was thrown off by all the Amazon references). With Audible, I believe you have to stream the books, but when I want to listen to an audio book, I usually don't have a reliable connection (e.g. road trips). It would be great if you could download the audio (even temporarily, much as I hate DRM) as part of the subscription. Since I'm now talking about a different model entirely, I'm afraid I'm well and truly off-topic. Sorry :)
- hatu 13y agoI did the Audible free trial for a month and you can download through the app instead of streaming. It's worth a try if you're looking for something like that.
- RandallBrown 13y agowith Audible you have to download the files. You can only stream 50 mb of the book (about 3 hours) You only get 1 book a month with the base Audible subscription, but you get pretty heavy discounts on purchasing books. You also get to keep the audiobook.
- darkchasma 13y agoNo, I pay $23 a month for two books, which I own, but there is no 'all you can eat' deal.
- autodidakto 13y agoAudiobooks.com tried it. Sort of. $30 a month, a fraction of audible's library, terrible app. They gave up a while ago.