[Catlady]

I hate and despise Audible.

The shortest book of the freebies was Alice in Wonderland, just under 3 hours, so that's what I was working with. The CD-RW discs I used initially were old, and apparently had deteriorated, because I got blank tracks and static for the most part. So I tried another CD-RW--also old, but a different brand. Despite the only-one-burn rule, I did not have any problem recording for a second time--for the first disc. However, I can't continue and record a second disc of the next 80 minutes--now it's blocked because I'm only allowed one burn. I sent an angry e-mail to Audible, because how ridiculous is it to get just one shot at this?

The CD-RW disc that burned properly did convert to mp3 OK, so that's good. But this whole process is so silly; why make me go through two steps to get to the mp3 file instead of just letting me convert directly to an mp3? Do the Audible people just want to annoy me, or do they have a vested interest in making me buy blank discs? I don't get it.

Cromag, my home stereo plays mp3 files from CDs; I want to have one CD per book, just for convenience. So my plan is to record to the CD-RWs, convert the tracks to mp3s, burn the mp3s to CD-R, and reuse the CD-RWs for the next book.

And I do hate Audible.

P.S. I'm also really annoyed that I had to go and install iTunes on my computer for this process. iJunk is against my principles!