After doing a bit of research it would seem that AudioBooks.com is very much mimicking what obviously has been successful for Audible. They offer a $14.95 a month subscription which gives you 1 credit just as with Audible. One review which is a few years old mentioned that you can buy additional credits for the same price and they felt that was a big benefit. However, if you are a big listener you can get a 2-credit plan from Audible for $22.95 a month which is less than $1150 per book and if you decide to purchase this plan all at once, i.e. instead of paying $22.95 a month for 12 month which equals $275.40, you can pay for 24 credits all at once and I believe that price is then discounted to $229.99 which is approx. $9.58 per credit or book and that of course is a much better deal. Another thing which wasn't mentioned in this review are the specials Audible members get. First there is the daily deal emails you can sign up for where you get an offer every day to buy the book offered for between $3.95 and $5.95. Of course there may be a week or 2 or even 3 where the book offered aren't what you want, but I generally find at least 1 a month and sometimes 2, so even if you subscribe to the one book plan from Audible for $14.95 and buy one more book each month from the daily deal promotion for $5 you are in my opinion better off. Then there are all the other promotions where every month or two you get a chance to either buy 2 books for 1 credit or you get a list of a few hundred books where all the titles again are only $4.95 or $5.95. F Furthermore, if you use up your monthly credit or if you let 2 or 3 credits accumulate and then use them all up at once, Audible has been offering members to buy 3 additional credits for essentially the same price as your membership credits. And lastly, there is the selection which is probably one of the most important aspects of an audio book service. At the time of the review AudioBooks.com apparently had 100,000 titles, I think now they claim they have 150,000 titles and they also mention you have access to over 700,000 Podcasts, but of course I don't need to pay for an audio book service to access Podcasts. AudioBooks.com apparently also offers free access to books which are in the public domain whereas Audible often offers such books for purchase, but then they are often new and high quality recordings and the price is usually not too high. In any case, there again are many other sources for public domain books for free and I must say at times I have purchased a public domain book from Audible because it was read/performed so well. Audible Canada says their library contains currently over 300,000 titles and in addition to offering many commercially produced audio books, Audible is also a big content provider themselves, their "Audible Frontiers" services produces many audio books and all in all I find Audible to offer the most comprehensive service and I feel I get a pretty good value for what I spend there.
Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Fanus Buys Sent: Monday, October 14, 2019 1:07 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: A Question for All of You Audio Book Lovers Hello list While on this topic I notice that there is an audiobooks.com service in the sonos controler under ad music service. Does anyone know about this service and if so, what is the subscription and is it worth while? Regards Fanus -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mich Verrier Sent: Sunday, 13 October 2019 23:40 To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: A Question for All of You Audio Book Lovers Hello Mark. I know the e mail that you are talking about chirp and also the books that they offer. I should point out that this seems to be only for people who live in the US and so if people live out side of the US like in Canada I am ot shure if you are able to pay for the books or not. I have not used the app but do get the news letter. I also feel that wile the books and stuff are good discounts it would be nice if they were offerd in Canadion as well since wile they might be a good discount in USD not so in CAD. From Mich. -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: October 13, 2019 3:39 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: A Question for All of You Audio Book Lovers Hello Everyone, There is an audio book discount service called Chirp Books.com. I receive a daily email containing recommended audio books that I have found to be excellent. Now, generally speaking, I learn about books from this service, then either download them from Apple Books, Audible, BARD or Over Drive. 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