Hi Caitlyn, You already have some information from the other posts, I just wanted to add that if you can afford to pay annually you get a better deal than if you pay monthly.
For example, the Gold Membership is 14.95 USD per month and you get 1 credit for that (can't remember if you are in the States or Canada). As Richard pointed out, if you buy the 12 credits all at once they are $149.50 which works out to only $12.46 per credit, you save approx. $2.50 per credit/book. The cheapest per credit/book plan (I rarely see any books which cost 2 credits) is the annual Platinum membership. You get 24 credits for $229.50 and this works out to $9.56 per credit. I usually buy only unabridged novels and rarely do I buy one that is less than 10 hours and you really get your money's worth if you buy authors like Steven King, Bryce Courtenay, Wilbur Smith and so on where most books are 20 to 30 hours or even more for some Steven King books. For me another significant member benefit is the fact that I get promo emails where I can often buy books for between $3 and $5 or $6. Right now for the last month or 2 there have been so-called "daily deals". These are books which range from $2.95 to $5.95 and I have found some good ones among them. Other promos allow you to buy as many books as you like for $4.95 from a list of 100 or 200 books. I have seen lists where I found only one or two books which interested me and others where I ended up buying an extra 10 or 12 books spending another $50 or $60. You have to make sure when you check out that you check that they aren't using credits for stuff like that because it of course makes little sense to use a credit which cost you $10 or $12 for a book you can buy for $4.95. I read a lot of books and usually find that by taking advantage of the promotions my average book price is about $8 or so and I feel that for the quality of the books/readers and the fact I can usually get books at the same time as they released in print this is a fantastic deal. As Richard and Shannon pointed out the books are yours forever, they actually are available to you even if you cancel your membership and don't pay any more. You can access them in your library, but you can also download them to your computer if you want to keep a local copy, but then you would have to sync them to your iPhone via iTunes whereas you can download directly to your iPhone using the Audible app which for the last few months or so has been fantastically accessible and the best that it has ever been. OK, below some final information straight from the Audible website including prices for the monthly and annual Gold and Platinum plans and their benefits: All Gold and Platinum Plans Include: . 30% off on all audiobooks and programs not purchased with audio credits. . Invitations to members-exclusive sales and events . Enjoy free select audio programs and samples. . A complimentary subscription to the digital audio version of The New York Times or The Wall Street Journal. Plans and Prices AudibleListenerR Gold $14.95 a month, only $14.95 per CREDIT You Get 1 credit per month. This Plan Also Includes the ability to rollover up to 5 credits at a time for as long as your membership is active. AudibleListenerR Platinum $22.95 a month, only $11.48 per CREDIT. You Get 2 credits per month. This Plan Also Includes the ability to rollover up to 10 credits at a time for as long as your membership is active. AudibleListenerR Gold Annual $149.50 a year, only $12.46 per CREDIT. You Get 12 credits all at once. This Plan Also Includes the ability to rollover up to 6 credits at a time for as long as your membership is active. AudibleListenerR Platinum Annual $229.50 a year, only $9.56 per CREDIT You Get 24 credits all at once. This Plan Also Includes the ability to rollover up to 12 credits at a time for as long as your membership is active Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing [email protected]. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting 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.
