Hi Sieghard, I have a 12 credit subscription and pay $149.95 annually. I'm in the U.S, so perhaps there's a difference from the Canadian price? Thanks for the great info on the update. I'm in the middle of a book, so I haven't explored the new features as of yet, but I do have the update.
Les On Feb 20, 2013, at 6:26 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mária, > > You can buy books as a non-member, but it is more expensive. I believe the > member discount is 30%. > > As a member I see both prices and a lot of books are quite expensive and even > as a member you still often pay $17 to $25 if you were to pay instead of > using your credits. Audible can be relatively inexpensive if you are able to > buy 12 credits at a time and even more so if you buy 24 credits at once. I > believe 12 credits are $169.99 and 24 credits are $229.99. A monthly > membership is $15 for gold (1 credit a month) and $22.95 for Platinum (2 > credits a month). Most books are 1 credit, a few are 2, but not many. > As a member either if you pay monthly or if you buy your credits in bulk, you > also get to take advantage of special promotions which happen quite a lot. > Here you get deals like a certain list of books where each book on that list > is only $4.95 or you get an offer to buy 2 ooks with 1 credit or 3 books with > 2 credits etc. > You can, by the way, sign up for the $15 monthly membership and get 1 title > of your choice for free for signing up. You can then cancel within 2 weeks I > think and you would not get charged for anything and you are allowed to keep > that title. On the other hand, instead of spending $30 or $40 on one book as > a non-member, why not sign up, get your free book, buy another 2 or 3 books > over the next 2 or 3 months which would cost you $30 or $45 depending on > whether you keep the membership for 2 or 3 months, then cancel and you would > have spent the same as buying 1 book as a non-member. Then Audiable (which in > case you didn’t know, is owned by Amazon) will most likely sent you an offer > after a few months or a year asking you to come back and possibly give you an > offer for another free book if you reactivate your account. > I guess I should finish up by saying that I am not sure if those prices are > the same in your country, what I told you is what it is in Canada and the > USA. Oh, incidently, was there a particular title you were looking for and, > if so, was it in English? Maybe write me off-list at [email protected] > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Mária Orovcíková > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 12:08 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: More about Audible, was: Audible update - app has changed > completely > > Hi list, > it is a bit off-topic, but I would like to ask a question about audible. > In case I want just a few books, do I have to be registered with audible or > can I just purchase a book without paying monthly fees? > I hope my question makes sense. > Thank you for your advice. > Maria > > On 20.2.2013 7:22, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > > And one more tip: > > On the main screen of the app once you are backed out of a book and the list > of books, you now have a Settings button at the top left. To the right of > that are 3 buttons: > > Cloud, 1 of 3: This shows you your entire library, what previously was “Not > downloaded” > Device, 2 of 3: This shows you what is downloaded to your device, previously > “Downloaded” > iTunes, 3 of 3: This shows you audio books in your iTunes library and which > you can play in the Audible app. > > The very very nice thing is that on the top right of the screen, one flick to > the right of “iTunes” is the following button: > Delete button, deactivated > Double tap this to “activate” delete mode and now you have a “delete” switch > to the left of each book which allows you to delete an entire book without > having to delete each part. > This is definitely a huge improvement. If you are done deleting books, you > have to “deactivate” the delete button at the top right again by double > tapping it. > Of course this does not work if you have the “Cloud” button selected as you > can only delete titles from your device, not your actual Audible library. > > Underneath the top row with Settings, Cloud, Device, iTunes and Delete are 3 > more buttons: > Search: this let’s you search for a specific title > Filter: here you can filter by All Titles, Audio Books and Unfinished > Sort: This let’s you sort your list by Recent, Title, Author or Length > > As when you double tap on a book where you see the parts of a book, the main > list of books also announces how many hours are left and what that is in a > percentage. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 9:52 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: More about Audible, was: Audible update - app has changed completely > > Hi again, > > A few more discouveries: > > The main listing of books now announces the author and length of the book if > it is unplayed. If it has been played it will say “Finished” and if you flick > through the list there will be a “100%” announcement after that before you > get to the next title. > > Also, if you download a title it will now tell you the download progress, > e.g. 23 Megabytes of 150 Megabytes, 2:34 remaining. > > This is definitely a total overhaul of the app, once again, very accessible > but also very different. > > And if you haven’t been to the website lately, they have an announcement at > the top that they are working on accessibility improvements and you can go to > “www.audible.com/accessto check it out. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > 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]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > 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]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > 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]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > 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]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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