Thread: Letter to Audible about cancelling
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Old 06-09-2019, 07:27 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by booklover6 View Post
I also prefer the Audible app, but I prefer to get them through the library or on sale. I think next month I'll renew my BPL card, since they have such a fantastic audio book selection, it's well worth it. And much cheaper per month than Audible!
I prefer the Audible app, but I think it's only marginally better than the Overdrive and Downpour apps which are easily good enough. I like the granularity of the playback speed on Audible, where I'll listen to everything at a minimum of 1.10X. That's a lot more books I can listen to over time! The smallest bump in the Overdrive and Downpour speeds is fine for nonfiction for me, but tends to be a little faster than I want to listen to the performance of fiction.

Audible books at $14.95 each really are too expensive given alternatives, but I think the constant stream of promotions and sales recognizes that. The base membership price is a way for Audible to skim the cream of those who absolutely must listen to a particular book, now!
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