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For the moment, I am experimenting with going low-tech rather high-tech. I'll see how this plays out before making any earbuds purchase.
Instead of looking for bluetooth earbuds with a play/pause button to use with an Android app (Smart Audiobook Player) on my Fire tablet, I am trying using my current el-cheapo wired earbuds with some ancient el-cheapo hardware I have - a Sandisk Sansa Clip V2 - that is running RockBox firmware. Believe it or not, that old (10 years?) Sansa Clip MP3 player is still going strong! The thing is super small, and has an easy to access play/pause button. I can clip it right to my shirt pocket so it's super easy to access. With the RockBox 3rd party firmware I have installed, I have it set to automatically set a bookmark in the file I am playing when I stop playback. This is a very useful feature that allows the Clip to save it's place in several different files (audiobooks) at the same time. The RockBox firmware also allows you to speed up or slow down playback without altering pitch. And it includes a graphic equalizer so you can fine-tune the sound.
So I'll play with listening to audiobooks on this for a while and see if low-tech (and free!) beats high-tech for my needs. I wish they still made that old Clip player. Newer iterations are reportedly not as good. I think I paid something like $15 for a refurbished Clip a decade ago. Looking back at it, this was a great investment. The thing has performed perfectly all these years.
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