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Originally Posted by issybird
The issue for me, as far as Audible is concerned, is that I got too accustomed to cheap audiobooks. I used to take advantage of OverDrive/Whispersync pricing a lot and I've been on various promotional memberships since last spring. OD/W is dead and I'm at the end of my last promotional deal, but I'm not willing to pay $14.95 per credit going forward. It reminds me of coming to the end of Kobo unlimited coupons and contests; I had adjusted to much cheaper ebooks and I'm still far from having recalibrated my mental price ticker to the new reality.
I think my new strategy will be to buy a Brooklyn OverDrive card; only four audiobooks I can't get elsewhere and I'm already past breakeven, and that's without counting ebooks. Both Kobo and Audible let the good times roll too long to keep me as a serious, steady customer in the near to intermediate term.
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I got on the promo bandwagon only a few offers ago, so I'm bummed. I used up the last credit from the latest promo yesterday and started a cancellation; Audible offered me a free book so this time I took it, but I'll cancel next week before being charged the $14.95.
Brooklyn is well worth it, it I think. They seem to have an excellent selection, much better than FLP. I'm trying to decide if I want to bother renewing FLP.