Hi All, I'm starting a new thread to reply to some queries about the Audible app that appeared as thread-jack posts in the middle of the VO Calendar thread. Brian asked wherther the free Audible app could be used to find Audiobooks or was it strictly a player for your content. Arnold answered that it could only be used to download and play what you have put into your library via their web site. This is not the only way that the Audible app can be used, although it may be the most convenient feature for users who have purchased Audible audiobooks or subscriptions -- we can select and download any previously purchased books in our Audible libraries directly through the app, without going through iTunes. It is true that customers cannot purchase Audible content from within the "Audiobooks from Audible" app, and must do this through Audible's web site. However, this free app also allows you to play any audiobooks that are in your iTunes library -- whether these were purchased from the iTunes Store or audiobook tracks that you ripped from CD or downloaded as mp3 files. When you double tap the "My Library" button on the bottom of the home screen, you can select tab categories of either "My Library", which refers to your Audible library purchases, or "iPod Library", which are audiobooks that you synced to your device through iTunes.
This means that you can listen to all your audiobooks in one app, if you have audiobooks that were not purchased from Audible. For users who listen to audiobooks but do not use Audible, this app will let you set multiple bookmarks for your audiobooks, and will remember the last played audiobook if you want to resume listening. You do have to set the playing speed in the music app, if you want to speed up playback, but that setting will be remembered. I was reminded of this feature when I answered a recent AppleVis forum question about managing mp3 audiobooks on the iPhone. It's possible to join multiple mp3 audiobook tracks and use the "Audiobooks from Audible" app to play them. The app supports both multiple bookmarks and chapter navigation, if you have used joining software that created chapterized audiobooks. For people who want more informtion, the link to the AppleVis forum discussion about this topic is: • App for audio books? http://www.applevis.com/forum/ios-ios-app-discussion/app-audio-books HTH. Cheers, Esther -- 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.
