Thread: Amazon is testing “Kindle Unlimited,” an ebook subscription service for $9.99/month
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Old 07-16-2014, 08:37 PM   #32
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Originally Posted by 6charlong View Post
According to the article "any device" includes audiobooks. I think I'd cancel my Audible subscription for this, and with Whispersync support, I'd probably buy the Kindle edition of my current audiobook as well.

Win-win for both me and Amazon.
That article also mentioned that audiobooks meant "7,351 Whispersync for Voice" titles. That's not very many. I'm not sure Amazon wants to compete with Audible on this.

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Another difference between this service, Oyster and Scribd appears to be the availability of audiobooks. The test page lists 7,351 “Whispersync for Voice” titles.
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