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Originally Posted by stormcloude
Can someone explain to me the basics of how audible works? You pay a monthly subscription fee even if you never buy a single book? And then if you do buy a book you can't listen to it wherever, you have to listen to it on your computer? You don't actually own the book?
For example, I couldn't download the book, put it on my mp3 player and listen to it in my car on my commute or while traveling?
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Basically if you have a membership plan (you don't need a plan to buy books) you pay either $14.95/month for one credit or $22.95/month for two credits (or you can pay a little less by paying annually). In general each credit is good for one book, making a book cheaper than buying it for regular price. Membership also gives 30% off regular price for other books you might buy and there are member sales as well.
Books can be listened to on your computer or an Audible compatible device such as an iPod or some other MP3 players and there are apps for iOS, Windows Phone and Android...
http://www.audible.com/mt/Apps
I listen to them in my car to and from work almost every day.
The books are DRM'd so it's no quite the same as buying an MP3 download from somewhere and doing whatever with it (unless you make a DRM-free copy).
There is also Downpour (and a couple others?) that do DRM-free books, but don't have the selection that Audible has.