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Originally Posted by anamardoll
Audible uses a special proprietary format called .aa, rather than my preferred format of .mp3. They claim that their aa format is better because the Audible playing devices support bookmarking, clearer playback, etc, but to my mind it's really just to lock you in to their formatting as a repeat customer. (Not to mention that my Cowon player already has a bookmarking option for my mp3 files.)
A lot of music players (including my Cowon player) support the aa format, and they have a player app for Android devices (and probably iPxxx), but I don't LIKE the aa format. There's not a particularly easy way to convert the format to another - without bringing up The Subject That Cannot Be Rationally Discussed, it's basically a 3-step process to convert from aa to mp3 and those steps involve older-not-easily-available versions of certain software programs plus a hefty time investment on your part.
B&N has started selling most Audible books in a direct-download mp3 format, but there is a price difference - Audible is definitely cheaper...
...as long as your device can play their stupid (imho) proprietary format.
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I see -- thanks. My intent would be to play them on my Android phone, so that wouldn't be an issue, I guess. I was considering whether or not I'd want a copy on CD, so that I could play them in the car without connecting the phone or calling up the app, but it sounds like it wouldn't be worth the conversion.
Still thinking. It's always good to know if there are any limitations or unexpected hangups.
