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Originally Posted by tomsem
I was an Audible Gold subscriber for probably 10 years, until cancelling this spring when my office closed and I began working from home. Ironically without all the commuting time, I have little time for audiobooks, and probably have a couple of hundred things I have yet to listen to. If the Audible Exclusive content they have been producing is any indication, it is not worth $7.99/mo. Podcasts? My cup is over-full already (again, I don’t have time and have to delete about 90% of what I download just to keep up somewhat).
That, and they have made a mess of the Audible app with the filters, genres, and collections. I’m sure they meant well, but it doesn’t work well, and it hasn’t improved since they added these features.
For example, you would think you could select an item and add it to a collection, wouldn’t you? Well, you cannot. Instead you have to open a collection and search through your ENTIRE library to find things to add to it. Then repeat that with each collection you want to set up. No thanks.
I keep writing to Amazon and asking them to PLEASE let the Kindle app access all of my Audible content and use it to organize my reading in one place (okay: they need more speed options and an End of chapter Sleep timer option), with Goodreads sharing, etc. I would love not to have to use the Audible app ever again. Apple Books, Play Books, Kobo, Nook all have ‘integrated’ ebook + audiobook apps.
BTW, with a tool called OpenAudible, you can point it to your library on Audible.com and it will download .AAX and convert to MP3 or M4A with one click (plus time and disk space).
I’m not sure what it will take for me to subscribe again - it will take quite awhile to work through what I’ve already purchased over the years, and I do not miss the pressure of having to use credits before they expire. Libby has a pretty good audiobook player for library books, and an option I’ll be using much more in the future.
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I agree with regards to the audible app. The two things I miss the most from it are series info and manual ordering of collections. Of course, I give them credit. For years they didn't seem to be making any useful enhancements to it, so maybe there is hope.
BTW, I liked openaudible so much that I payed for it. It's not perfect, but it is handy.