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Originally Posted by Paperbackstash
I saw the news on this yesterday and at first was excited, but after looking further into the details, not seeing how it would suit me. I am a Scribd rental subscriber and have been happy with their service, and while I like to listen to some of the Audible originals on occasion, not sure it's worth the price. I do not use them, or Spotify - who the article said were their main competitors in this area, for Podcasts. Since most podcasts are free, I'm not seeing a subscription reason if that is one area they will be focusing on.
I have seen some celebrity freebies with meditation and am curious if it's similar content and series, Again, interesting, but I'm not seeing it worth enough for another monthly fee. I'd have to see more samples of the service. I always enjoyed sale time at Audible, so if this opens up access to sale prices, that's a plus -- but those keep getting repeated so you can only stay interested in that as a reason for so long.
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I appreciated Audible because you could get a great deal using credits to trade for books, also I was a easy sale for add-ons. If I am buying a book for $15 I figure why not add the audio for $5? In such situations I would usually not make it through the audio anyway, so obviously I didn’t need it. I cancelled my Audible subscription last month because I needed to tighten my belt due to work/income issues... buuuut I think I had more than 10 credits sitting in my account so I wasn’t even using it. I ended up buying some Pimsleur courses just to spend them, and hey, I have already done several lessons
I see this Audible Plus as a means of raising the price for the credits and that was all I was ever in for. If the credits cost more than $10 each then what’s the point?