Yes, you can sign in to Audible with your Amazon email and password. If you are new to Audible you get 1 book for free. After this you have to either buy books at full price or buy a membership. There are basically 4 kinds of membership although one could say there are only 2 kinds and each one can be paid either monthly or you can prepay it. Here is how it works:
Audible Gold Membership: $14.95 per month and this gives you 1 credit each month. Most book are 1 credit so basically it is $14.95 per book as well. There are very few books which require 2 credits, but I haven’t come across any in a long time. This means you get 12 credits per year and if you pay monthly it works out to 12 * $14.95 which is $179.40 for the year. You can also buy AudibleListener® Gold Annual for $149.50 for 12 credits or $12.46 per credit. Platinum membership: $22.95 per month and this gives you 2 credits each month. Since most book are 1 credit you get 2 books per month for that which works out to $11.48 per book. This means you get 24 credits per year and if you pay monthly it works out to 12 * $22.95 which is $275.40 for the year. You can roll over up to 12 credits as long as your membership is active and you get a free subscription to the audio version of either the New York Times or the Wall Street Journal. You can also buy AudibleListener® Platinum Annual for $229.50 for 24 credits or $9.56 per credit. If you have either the Gold or Platinum membership (monthly or prepaid) you also get 30% off all books if you want to buy extra books. However, what is a more important benefit of the membership is access to all sorts of specials. You can sign up for the daily special which sends you an email each day with one book which is usually anywhere from $1.95 to $5.95. Sometimes I go for weeks without finding anything, but there is usually something there once or twice a month I like and which I can then pick up for a few Dollars. There are also other promotions like sometimes you can buy 2 books for 1 credit or 2 books for 3 credits and these you usually have to pick from a list of a few hundred books or sometimes they may have a sale where all the first books of a series are on for $4.95 and they again give you a list of a few dozen series to choose from in different categories like SciFi and Fantasy, Mysteries and Thrillers, Fiction, Non-Fiction etc. If you can prepay for either gold or Platinum you get the best deal and if you buy some other books on sale for $4 to $6 you can probably get your average book price down to around $8. For me this is well worth it since the quality of the readers is usually great and often newly published books are available the same day in Audible as they are available in print in the bookstore or as an eBook. Lastly, if you read a lot (more than 24 books a year) you can renew the annual plans any time even though they say “annual”. For example, if I buy 24 credits for $229.50 and use them in 5 months I could renew then and buy another 24 credits for $229.50. Audible sometimes also offers you 3 extra credits for the per credit price of whatever plan you have. For example, right now I have the monthly Platinum plan for $22.95 ($11.48 per credit). I have used up the 2 credits from last months and have to wait until around the 22nd of the month which is usually when I get my new credits. However, right now I could buy an extra 3 credits for 3 * $11.47 = $34.41 and this way I can get more books for the same price per credit I normally pay which in most cases is much better than buying extra books even with the 30% membership discount. Many unabridged novels are still $20 or more even after the 30% discount. Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Regina Alvarado Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2016 10:48 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Still Can't Login to Audible As we are talking about Audible, I have a question. I had problems also logging in, but it was their capcha. I called them and somehow we got in. Still have no idea except I didn't have a username or password on file with them, though some years ago I had put them in. The gentleman read me the capcha and I put it in, but it still indicated I was not logged in. He asked me to find someone sighted to help, and because I was frustrated I said I would. When he and I disconnected I was logged in under my Amazon creds. Anyway, my question is, do I have to have a monthly subscription? I find nothing about this on the website. I was able to get a "credit" to get one book. It says I will get another credit next month. Can I just buy when I want as on Amazon with Kindle or must I buy a book each month? When I have a credit again, does that entitle me to another book? All new to me, and the site is not very specific. Thanks for any help given. reggie & Lex On Mar 17, 2016, at 8:11 AM, Kathy Blackburn <kblac...@austin.rr.com <mailto:kblac...@austin.rr.com> > wrote: Thank you, Sieghard, for your careful explanation. I used to have no problems with the Audible app until the version prior to this newest release. That one stopped working - wouldn't download - so I deleted and re-installed the app. I can get as far as typing in my email address. Then if I swipe right, or just slide my finger down, VoiceOver says "Password, secure, double-tap to edit." When I double-tap, the phone makes a couple of short sounds I don't know how to describe. The editfield does not open, and the keyboard disappears. I can see the "Continue button, the "forgot password link, conditions of use, and the "Need help? 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