I was told ya can use itunes to get audio books, so how do ya add the books to the K?

[Dragoro]

Nope, your pretty much stuck once ya buy from itunes. Refunds are hard to get.


On a side note, in normal use, ya dont really see a difference between a dual core 2.0gig proc and a 2.6 quad core (my desktop). Cause of dl probs i had a crap load of duplicate copies of songs on both my laptop (the dual core 2.0) and my desktop with the 2.6 quad core processor and OMG, the difference is night and day. Taking forever for the laptop to deleted the 42 gigs (again cause of stupid dl and duplicate probs while i was figuring out how to take the stuff off my ipod and put it on the comp).

Took all of 2 mins on my desk top. Custom built and designed alienware computers rock.

[Dragoro]

Any luck figuring anything out?

[daffy4u]

Sorry, I went to bed. My only suggestion if you can't find software to convert it by Googling for it, is to burn and rip it.

[pilotbob]

Originally Posted by Dragoro

Its not possible to convert them I dont think, they are protected files (drm crap)

You can't burn it to a CD?

BOb

[Dragoro]

Not sure, Im assuming I could, but thats an a lot of work just to put something onto the kindle.

[pilotbob]

Originally Posted by Dragoro

Not sure, Im assuming I could, but thats an a lot of work just to put something onto the kindle.

True. Personally I stick to my iPod for my audio books. Also, as we have discussed before, getting an MP3 player for audio books or music is not very expensive, keeps the storage on the reading devices for ebooks and also usually has much better sound and music management ability.

BOb

[dmaul1114]

Originally Posted by Dragoro

sigh is a pain, if its even possible. Maybe im just better off using ipod to play the books.

Probably. I've never seen the appeal of using the Kindle for Audio books anyway, since it's so big and bulky to carry around relative to an iPod or other mp3 player.

[avaloncourt]

I didn't realize this thread was ongoing. Unfortunately, books bought through iTunes are locked to any Apple device (iPod/iPhone) associated with the iTunes installation and can't be shifted to another kind of player. This is why I specifically never used iTunes as the purchasing route.

Did you just purchase a book outright or was this related to an existing Audible account subscription credit? If it's the former there really isn't anything you can do with the file because it's iPod-specific in format. If it's the latter then there is hope. When I was an Audible subscriber I had the Audible download manager on the same computer as iTunes. The download manager recognizes that there is an iTunes installation and allows you to wash purchases through the download manager and into iTunes properly formatted for iPod use. Those files then show up in your audiobook folder in iTunes.

The huge advantage for the second way is that your Audible account permits you to re-download the book as often as you like just like the Kindle store. You can re-trigger the download from within your account manager on the Audible site. You can then get it again for another device.

If you did the purchase based on having an Audible account already then you're good to go. Just log into Audible and redownload.

If you didn't have an account and bought outright you can fix that. You got an invoice emailed to you for your iTunes purchase. Sometimes they're a little laggy but you should have got it by now. In that email it will show you a line item of your book purchase. There is a 'report a problem' link behind the title. Click on that and it will launch iTunes and send you to the same page on iTunes. Click on 'report a problem' a pick the appropriate reason. I don't remember the exact problem list but one selection will probably be 'wrong item purchased.' There will probably also be one for 'Can't play purchase.' I'd choose wrong item purchased since that will be the least hassle. Apple will then refund your purchase back into your iTunes account as a credit.

Now you can go back to Audible and set up an account if you don't already have one. You can then download and redownload to your heart's content.

[Dragoro]

Unfortunately I bought it through Itunes. I now get why people were complainin about the kindle 2 being limited to 2 gigs. Some of the audio books are bigger than 2 gigs lol. Im thinking that the kindle was never meant for audio books,

[avaloncourt]

Originally Posted by Dragoro

I now get why people were complainin about the kindle 2 being limited to 2 gigs. Some of the audio books are bigger than 2 gigs lol. Im thinking that the kindle was never meant for audio books,

What is it that you're trying to download for the Kindle? That's an outrageously large file size. I always downloaded in "format 4" which both Kindles support. I always downloaded unabridged versions and the largest book I got was 32 hours long. The total of the four parts of that audio book was only 440MB.

[dmaul1114]

Originally Posted by Dragoro

Im thinking that the kindle was never meant for audio books,

It's just a tacked on feature to add another bullet point to the feature list.

It's an ebook reader from Amazon who has the largest ebook store. They want people to buy ebooks. And again, as I said above, it's really to bulky for audio book use for most compared to a tiny mp3 player.

[avaloncourt]

Originally Posted by dmaul1114

It's an ebook reader from Amazon who has the largest ebook store. They want people to buy ebooks. And again, as I said above, it's really to bulky for audio book use for most compared to a tiny mp3 player.

But Amazon also owns Audible, the largest audiobook seller. You'd think they'd try to multipurpose considering they have a corner on the market.

[dmaul1114]

Originally Posted by avaloncourt

But Amazon also owns Audible, the largest audiobook seller. You'd think they'd try to multipurpose considering they have a corner on the market.

I suppose, but still difficult with an ereader since it has to be fairly large to have a decent screen for reading, when audiobooks are probably mostly used on the go and thus better suited to tiny mp3 players.