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Audiable & books to listen to - is it possible to borrow someone elses audiable book?

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happyAvocado · 29/05/2012 07:27

I hope someone can share their thoughts with me about this topic

I drive over one hour each way & my local library (in fact I am using 2 in different counties) has very limited choice of books on CD's
my car hasn't got a way to plug in my MP3 player or an Ipod - I know I should be able to buy a device to tune in an Ipod to listen to it via radio

but the question is about books :)

as you can imagine I can go through a book a week(or two) - depending on it's length
I would have hoped there's another way to borrow books to listen to, like we do in the library - so I listen to it and then it expires, but it seems that I would need to pay for a book - at least £3.99

on Audiable site they explain how it works - I guess is not as cheap as they make it to be:
*Offer Details: With our '1 Book Monthly' Audible membership plan you will receive one credit to use against any digital audiobook on the site, regardless of price or length. You will be charged an introductory offer price of £3.99 per month for your first 3 months and at the end of the first three months, you will be charged at our regular price of £7.99 per month.

so for £7.99 a month you get one book, I guess that means that the next one is a full price :(
not a nice idea

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carolinemoon · 29/05/2012 22:11

You can buy extra credits so you need never pay full price, we had a monthly plan but bought 12 extra credits (think it was less than 7.99 each), you can also just buy the 12 credits without a monthly plan I think. More than one device can use the same audible account, so you could I guess "share" a membership with a like minded friend.

happyAvocado · 30/05/2012 09:11

I think I will go searching for likeminded friends :)

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happyAvocado · 02/06/2012 12:06

I am getting there :)
there's a way to copy Audiable on CD's

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