Well, they have some reasonably new releases, such as Mississippi blood by Greg Isles. I have no idea what governs their book selection. Mary
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 13, 2017, at 4:43 AM, Michael Maslo <[email protected]> wrote: > > My only issue is they don't seem to have new releases. For example I had a > friend look for the black book by James Patterson. This book was released > march 27 but not on tune in. > > Sincerely, > > Michael Maslo > > > > On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 9:31 PM -0500, "Mary Otten" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Well, the good thing is that the premium subscription works across both >> platforms, so that is a plus. As regards the audio Books, the correspondence >> I had with the folks at tune in, who are much more responsive than they had >> been in the past, wasn't too encouraging, in that there doesn't seem to be a >> way to really see a substantial list of genres or browse by genres or >> release dates etc. You can of course search for a title or author. And there >> are some genres, but unless I'm missing something, there's no way to see >> really extensive list. Since their book collection is 60,000 in number, it >> would seem that they need to do some more organizing and making things >> available rather than you having to know a specific title or author. >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> > On Apr 12, 2017, at 6:50 PM, lenron brown wrote: >> > >> > I thought about doing the trial because I love audio books. >> > >> >> On 4/12/17, Mary Otten wrote: >> >> Yes, well I include the NFL certainly. Because I do like to listen to >> >> that. >> >> And it is expensive. So I'm trying my trial and will see you at the end of >> >> that whether I keep the subscription or not. Of course, right now, the NFL >> >> is not in season. And I got the free year of baseball from T-Mobile. So >> >> for >> >> me, the subscription at this point is all about seeing how I can deal with >> >> finding audiobooks reasonably efficiently and also whether the premium >> >> talk >> >> and music content is worth it. >> >> Mary >> >> >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> >>> On Apr 12, 2017, at 5:00 PM, Richard Turner >> >>> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Hi Mary, >> >>> I think where you save money is not having to pay for the NFL, MLB At Bat >> >>> is only $20 per year. While the NFL is outrageously priced even if you >> >>> only want one team. I could understand it perhaps for those who want TV, >> >>> but just for radio coverage, it is ridiculous. >> >>> >> >>> That’s my two cents worth. >> >>> >> >>> Richard >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> >>> Behalf >> >>> Of Mary Otten >> >>> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2017 12:00 PM >> >>> To: [email protected] >> >>> Subject: Re: Audiobooks and tune in radio premium >> >>> >> >>> Hi Michael, >> >>> I am familiar with that Kindle unlimited service, but you don't get the >> >>> really top best sellers there. It's still a good deal if you like to try >> >>> things and if you don't like it, it didn't cost you anything except for >> >>> the monthly subscription, of course. >> >>> I have been a serious consumer of audible books, and the credits are >> >>> about >> >>> $10 each if you have the platinum subscription, which gives you 24 >> >>> credits >> >>> per year. I was thinking that if the tune in service work efficiently >> >>> usable, I might save some money, because I don't really need to own the >> >>> audible books. I know it doesn't have everything of course. But I thought >> >>> with the NFl and major-league baseball, there might be some savings >> >>> there, >> >>> not having to pay for baseball. Anyway, if they don't have a good way to >> >>> let you really see what is in the catalog, that will be a big drawback. >> >>> Mary >> >>> >> >>> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> >> >>> On Apr 12, 2017, at 11:50 AM, Michael Maslo >> >>> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Hi Mary, >> >>> >> >>> I used to belong to tune in pro premium but I cancelled. What I found out >> >>> is a lot of the new releases were not on tune in. I used the search >> >>> feature if I knew the name of the book. Most times if it was a new >> >>> release >> >>> it was not there. If I searched by author I found out it brought some of >> >>> their books but far from inclusive. I decided to go with amazon unlimited >> >>> book club. I can read as many books as I want. If I want audible on those >> >>> books I would just pay a small fee for that. Now again with their service >> >>> a lot of books are there but there are some which are not able to be had >> >>> in the club. In those situations you could buy the book half price or >> >>> close to that. So far I like amazom but I work would be open to a service >> >>> which included everything. Even if it costs more than ten dollars a >> >>> month. >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> Hope this helps. >> >>> >> >>> Sincerely, >> >>> >> >>> Michael Maslo >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 1:32 PM -0500, "Mary Otten" >> >>> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Hi all, I have set my question to the folks at tune in, but my experience >> >>> with them has been that they take just about forever to respond to >> >>> anything you send, if they actually respond that is. So, is there anyone >> >>> on here who is subscribed to the premium service and uses the audiobooks? >> >>> You can go into the content and see bestsellers, notable reads, and a >> >>> couple of other little collections, set off by heading. But I can't find >> >>> a >> >>> way to really effectively or efficiently search the collection, browsing >> >>> by genre or searching by author or setting series of release dates for a >> >>> search etc. I know about the search tab, but that seems to be all about >> >>> radio stations and perhaps podcast, but not audiobooks. They say they >> >>> have >> >>> 60,000 audiobooks. The titles they actually show you are far fewer than >> >>> 100. 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