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Anyone out there use Audible?

I signed up for a 3 month free trial and it is going great. You can get one audiobook per month to keep, but I found out you can listen to it and return the book at get another one, so I have 'read' or listened to about 6 books this year so far.

The app is very easy to use on the phone and you can download the books via wifi and listen anywhere - while driving for example.

I plan to keep going after the free trial expires and I think it costs $16.50 per month AUD.

 

I love it. I listen to audible around 20-40 hours a week depending on what I'm doing. Even better when I have the ebook too and they sync over Amazon so can switch seamlessly between the two.

Was just sitting on the front deck watching a storm roll in and listening to my audio book.

 

I use Blinkist. These are 15 minute snapshots of non fiction books. It gives dozens of great ideas on life, business, history science etc. I very much enjoy knowing what every book is about and then choosing the full book if it attracts a greater interest.

 

I have blinkist too and think that is great also. I like to listen to 15min summaries of books that I wouldn't have the patience to listen to an 8 hour book.

 

I've been a subscriber for about 8 years. I've got a USA subscription, which gives me 24 books a year. Between my wife and I we get through this very easily and often resubcribe early. There's a few hundred books in my library, some have been listened too several times.

One thing I really like is that if you don't like a book, you can return it and get a credit for another book very easily. I've only done this a few times, but I imagine if you abused this, you'd have some issues.

 

Anyone tried scribd?
Supposed to be better than Audible and cheaper too.

 

My wife now borrows a lot of audio books from the library. By 'borrow', I means she has an app and downloads them, similar to Audible. The range is limited but caters more to her tastes than mine.

 

Threaten to leave or cancel your subscription, you receive some good deals such as 50% off your membership fees for three months.

 

Bought the actual book 'Banking Bad' and so far it's a pretty good read.

Audibles offered a $1 membership to come back.

 

I have been on scribd since my initial free audible expired. I think it is much better than audible, though some books on audible are not available on scribd and vice versa.

but since I stopped audible they have been constantly sending me offers to tempt me back - 1 free book, one free month, $1 for one month etc. So far I have resisted because there are so many books on scribd on my to read list that I can't keep up.