Re:Amazon Wants to Extend Its Dominance in Audiobooks
by vblord on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @07:27AM
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I used to use audible solely. Their incredibly high prices drove me away. Their subscription is stupid in my mind. To me it’s just a way to make users forget so they pay for another month. I’ve been using hoopla for the past 6 months and love it. It’s free with a library card.
Re:Amazon Wants to Extend Its Dominance in Audiobooks
by tinymollusk on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @02:31PM
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I tend towards fairly dense nonfiction like Scale (finished yesterday). That's nearly 20 hours at 1x playback, which the effective price was $15 w/ my membership.
I find a huge amount of value for the effective $1-2 per hour I end up paying, even before considering the no-thought-required return policy and pro-rating the cost from multiple listens.
YMMV, but I consider my audible subscription some of the best value I receive for my money.
Re:Amazon Wants to Extend Its Dominance in Audiobooks
by igotsideas on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @08:28AM
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Same story here. I haven’t had to buy an audiobook for a year cause the library always has what I want.
Re:Amazon Wants to Extend Its Dominance in Audiobooks
by pnutjam on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @09:23AM
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I prefer to let my ebook reader just read the ebook to me, Samsung has a great TTS engine and google's isn't bad.
This way I can switch between listening and reading. I generally only listen when I'm driving or working out. I usually prefer to read.
Re:Amazon Wants to Extend Its Dominance in Audiobooks
by book_mentioned on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @03:07PM
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Can anyone provide any further details on what device(s)/software provide Samsung's TTS?
Similar details on the best ways to use Google's would also be much appreciated!
Re:Amazon Wants to Extend Its Dominance in Audiobooks
by bocklund on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @08:37AM
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Audible works for me on the Echo. However, you cannot change the playback speed from 1x right now, which is a deal breaker for me.
Re:Amazon Wants to Extend Its Dominance in Audiobooks
by jersully72 on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @09:37AM
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< when I get full on credits I can just cancel my sub
But you lose the credits when you do this.
The audible subscription is a much better value, when I get full on credits I can just cancel my sub until I'm ready for more books and don't have to pay $40 or something. If I really want a cheap book (something less than the subscription price, I will just buy outright and save my tokens for something expensive)
My only real complaint with Amazon (and it may be a publisher rule) is you don't get the kindle version for free. If I want to switch between book and text seamlessly I have to buy both versions.
Does anyone know if the author gets less money when buying an audio book vs a text book?