What is and how it works AUDIBLE from Amazon

10 mayo, 2018, by Santiago Comment

Audible is a service of the Amazon company, through which you can buy books that you don’t have to read. These high-quality “audiobooks” are narrated by people (nothing of Loquendo here) so you just have to listen. The service also has an application to Android e iOS.

How Audible works

Audiobooks can be purchased directly from the mobile app and downloaded to the device to listen to them. Audible has a huge catalog that you can explore. Before buying you can listen to a preview of each audiobook. If you become an Audible member (discussed below) for $ 15 a month, you can get an audiobook free every month.

Audible also has a section for Channels. This content can be listened to for free, although only for 30 minutes a day, as well as downloaded to your cell phone. Here you can find podcasts, comics, news on various topics. The big disadvantage is that there is only content in English here.

The application is quite satisfactory. It offers various useful functions such as a off timer, adding notes at any point in the audiobook or reading speed variation. You can move forward and backward precisely in 30-second intervals. Audiobooks can be downloaded to external SD card, choose the download quality, force keeping the screen on during playback, as its most relevant functions.

Audible Price

Paying $ 15 a month, membership offers the advantage to get an audiobook free monthly. Any additional audiobook can also be purchased for $ 15. Without this membership, you would have to buy the audiobooks at the normal price, which depending on the audiobook can double.

Audible and its high prices

Certain audiobooks can be purchased cheaper by other means. For example, for Audible members, the Bright Side audiobook is available for 15 dollars. But you can buy the same audiobook on Amazon for $ 7. The version Kindle Edition de Bright Side it costs 4 dollars. This audiobook can only be heard on certain Kindle devices, but if you add the “narration for Audible” for $ 3 to your purchase, you can listen to it on your Android or iOS mobile. Would be buying the same book at half price.

Audiobooks downloaded from the mobile app, in the directory Android/data/com.audible.application/files (internal memory or SD card) are in the format .aax, so they can only be played there.

Audible results, in several cases, intermediary between clients and publishing houses of audiobooks. In the audiobook information you can verify your publisher and buy directly there if possible. For example, some Spanish audiobooks from Audible are owned by fonolibro.com and they can also be bought there, in certain cases at a similar price. The advantage is that, apparently Fonolibro offers the audiobooks in audio format compatible with any player.

The paper books they can often be cheaper than Audible’s audiobooks, but we’re certainly already comparing two different things here.

My thoughts on Audible

Audible has a good database of audiobooks that are of unmatched quality. The features of the app complement the listening experience. It is definitely one of the most practical alternatives to take advantage of all kinds of literature, although not the most convenient for the pocket in some cases. Certain audiobooks may be found cheaper through other resources, as noted above. Apps like iVoox They do offer some audiobooks totally free, though often not of Audible quality.