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Originally Posted by haertig
I have not bought any Audible books. Why? Because they are too expensive. Would I buy one if they were a better value for the money (like, if they included captions perhaps)? I might. Not sure. But maybe. Publishers don't seem to realize this. They apparently would prefer to charge even MORE for an Audible book with captions. Further assuring that I would never buy one.
They have the right to do whatever they want. Slowly nickel and dime-ing customers until they price themselves out of the market is their right. A stupid thing to do IMHO, but it is their right.
Because Audible is already too high priced for me, I get my audiobooks from the library - where I don't have to pay one penny for them (except for the taxes I already pay to support the library). Trying to restrict features for Audible audiobooks or charge more for them will not bring me in as a new customer, that's for sure. But I wish you luck, publishers and Amazon - go for it!
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This is a combination of wishful thinking and projection, in total ignorance of reality. Despite your last sentence, I suspect what you really want to do is laugh and point as sales tank, as you seem confidently to expect they will.
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fact is that audiobooks are the fastest growing segment of the publishing market and that Audible has the lion's share of that market. So far, their strategy is working.
Yeah, I wish audiobooks were cheaper, too. I bemoaned each step as Audible grabbed back cheaper options, especially WhisperSync prices on library books and WhisperSync audiobooks for a couple of books. But I don't kid myself that these steps haven't increased revenues and profits.