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GtrsRGr8 · 04-28-2018, 02:03 AM

[When I started this post, I didn't intend for it to be a review of the libro.fm audiobook membership plan, but by the time that I finished researching for, and writing much of this post, I saw that it would end up that way, G]

Is anyone going to spring for the Libro.fm membership?

Information about the plan is not obvious, to me, on the plain vanilla libro.fm Independent Bookstore Day opening webpage; however, I did end up finding it, at least some of it.

The features:
- First month--99 cents.
- Subsequent months--$14.99.
- One audiobook per month is included, and you get 30% off on additional audiobooks.
- Cancel at anytime, etc., etc.

They seem to imply that one audiobook is included the first month. I have to assume that one is, like it is for the additional months, but I don't see anywhere where it says, specifically, one way or the other. Furthermore, I assume that the 30% off on additional audiobooks includes the first month, but I don't see that specifically stated anywhere, either (for some reason, I'm more dubious about the second prospect).

Also, I saw on a libro.fm webpage somewhere at some time, but do not see now, that if you get a friend to join, you will get a free audiobook, and the friend will, too. I assume that that doesn't include this Independent Bookstore Day (!) but, again, I don't see anywhere where it says one way or the other. Perhaps libro.fm hasn't considered that scenario? Or perhaps the information is buried somewhere in the morass of information. But, who knows?

Because of all of the ambiguities, I'm going to have to say "nyet" to the membership plan. I don't need any more uncertainties in my life, and if I decide to cancel the plan, I feel like I'm going to have to jump through a lot of hoops, if not experience a lot of aggravation. That's too bad, too, because just looking over the first category ("Art") of audiobooks, I saw several of them that looked very promising.

Sorry, libro.fm. Maybe next year.

ADDENDUM: I said that, "They seem to imply that one audiobook is included the first month. I have to assume that one is, like it is for the additional months, but I don't see anywhere where it says, specifically, one way or the other."

I did find a couple of places where they said that "the first audiobook is 99 cents." Since the price of the first month is 99 cents, it seems reasonable to assume that one audiobook is included with the first month of the membership.

04-28-2018, 02:03 AM	#2991
GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	[When I started this post, I didn't intend for it to be a review of the libro.fm audiobook membership plan, but by the time that I finished researching for, and writing much of this post, I saw that it would end up that way, G] Is anyone going to spring for the Libro.fm membership? Information about the plan is not obvious, to me, on the plain vanilla libro.fm Independent Bookstore Day opening webpage; however, I did end up finding it, at least some of it. The features: - First month--99 cents. - Subsequent months--$14.99. - One audiobook per month is included, and you get 30% off on additional audiobooks. - Cancel at anytime, etc., etc. They seem to imply that one audiobook is included the first month. I have to assume that one is, like it is for the additional months, but I don't see anywhere where it says, specifically, one way or the other. Furthermore, I assume that the 30% off on additional audiobooks includes the first month, but I don't see that specifically stated anywhere, either (for some reason, I'm more dubious about the second prospect). Also, I saw on a libro.fm webpage somewhere at some time, but do not see now, that if you get a friend to join, you will get a free audiobook, and the friend will, too. I assume that that doesn't include this Independent Bookstore Day (!) but, again, I don't see anywhere where it says one way or the other. Perhaps libro.fm hasn't considered that scenario? Or perhaps the information is buried somewhere in the morass of information. But, who knows? Because of all of the ambiguities, I'm going to have to say "nyet" to the membership plan. I don't need any more uncertainties in my life, and if I decide to cancel the plan, I feel like I'm going to have to jump through a lot of hoops, if not experience a lot of aggravation. That's too bad, too, because just looking over the first category ("Art") of audiobooks, I saw several of them that looked very promising. Sorry, libro.fm. Maybe next year. ADDENDUM: I said that, "They seem to imply that one audiobook is included the first month. I have to assume that one is, like it is for the additional months, but I don't see anywhere where it says, specifically, one way or the other." I did find a couple of places where they said that "the first audiobook is 99 cents." Since the price of the first month is 99 cents, it seems reasonable to assume that one audiobook is included with the first month of the membership. Last edited by GtrsRGr8; 04-28-2018 at 03:49 AM.