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The audio books situation is even more obviously pathetic, at least in Audible's case. On Audible, for $15 a month you get to listen to, wait for it, ONE book!
by pbreit 12y ago
The audio books situation is even more obviously pathetic, at least in Audible's case. On Audible, for $15 a month you get to listen to, wait for it, ONE book! Worse than that, each additional books costs. Worse still is that prices appear to be at or near hard-back prices. And to add insult to injury, this arrangement prevents the purchasing of books on iOS devices (I guess because Amazon doesn't want to pay the 30%)!
Compare this to Hulu, Netflix and Spotify which offer unlimited consumption (although with incomplete libraries) for around $10 per month.
- jurassic 12y agoI agree the normal prices are very high, but I've learned that the key to Audible seems to be waiting for good sales to come around. They have members-only daily deals and other sales fairly regularly. I bought several books today because they are having a $6.95 members-only sale on a lot of popular titles right now.
- kabdib 12y agoAudible: Wait for sales. Also, Downpour offers many of the titles Audible has, often for much less, and DRM-free.
- Puts 12y agoAudible is like the worst of two worlds. You pay per book, but yet they are not yours to keep.