Hi Mark, As Richard pointed out, Audible is a better deal and depending on how much you read, you can also buy 24 credits all at once for I think $229, about $9.50 a book. The good thing about being an Audible member is also that you can sign up for their daily deal book which is usually anywhere from $1.95 to $4.95 or at most $5.95. Often they aren't books I'd buy, but usually once or twice a month there is a good one that I like. Furthermore you get other promotions, e.g. you may get a promotion with a large list of books where you can buy 3 books for 2 credits or as just last week, a list of 300 titles all of which only cost $4.95. I think Audible is the way to go as well. I only bought a book from iTunes once or twice and then when I listened to the book it actually said it was from Audible.
As for the Audible app, it has had it's querks and sometimes Audible decides to fix what isn't broken and in the process they break it. Currently it's quite stabil again and a very nice app to use. As Richard said, setting bookmarks is super easy, the Bookmark button is right there on the main playing screen and double tapping it will set the bookmark. There is also a "Chapters" button which displays all the chapters of the book. You can jump back or forward in 30, 60 or 90 second jumps although you have to decide which jump you want and set it in Settings, it's not where you could jump by 30 seconds this time and by 90 a minute later. Also, if you double tap on the book artwork or whatever you want to call it, the jump forward and jump back buttons become chatper forward and chapter back buttons. Furthermore, you can put focus on the elapsed time scrubber and flick up/down or drag left or right to move your playback position. Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Friday, November 27, 2015 1:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Four Questions about the Audible App from a Non-Audible Subscriber Mark, Since I only buy my audio books through Audible, I can't answer the iTunes question exactly. You used to be able to access books loaded through iTunes, but I think speed adjustment is not available on non-audible books. But, yes you can navigate by chapter and can put in all the bookmarks you wish. You may find that if you were to set up an audible account, the books cost less than through iTunes, often for the same recording. Also, if you know you will buy at least 12 books in a year, the gold membership costs basically $150 which gets you 12 credits. most titles are 1 credit, so about $12.50 per book. And, you can choose to download them as 1 large file. I hope someone has an answer for you about the use of iTunes books within the Audible app. Richard > On Nov 27, 2015, at 1:14 PM, M. Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > I purchase all of my non-NLS audio books from the iTunes Store. > Therefore, as far as I am aware, anyway, I do not have an Audible > account nor do I have any intention of creating one. > > While I do enjoy using the iOS 9.1 version of iBooks, I would like to > be able to move through my audio titles at the chapter level as well > as placing bookmarks throughout the title; at present, as far as I > know, this cannot be done in the iBooks app. > > Consequently, I have the following 4 questions for you Audible App veterans: > > 1. > Is one required to have an Audible subscription/account in order to > use the app? > > 2. > Does the Audible app automatically have access to the audio books > purchased from the iTunes Store and which are currently synchronized > to the iOS device? > > 3. > Can one, in fact, move through a title at the chapter level? > > 4. > Can bookmarks be save throughout the title? > > Thank you, > > Mark > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. 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