Audible 2 credit books

I've never seen this before but I went into David Baldacci and saw that some of his unabridged books are 2 credits per book!?!?!? At first I wondered if they switched this to all unabridged, but a quick look at some other authors didn't see this same issue.

Am I crazy or is $30 a lot to spend on an audiobook? Is this new, or have other people run into this before?

I refuse to do unabridged, but I may have to get it from the library and hope for CD's that aren't scratched to complete the Camel Club series.

No, it's not new. As they explain in the link you can click "Why 2 credits?", on (relatively rare) occasion the publisher's price is just too high for Audible to b e able to offer the book for a single credit. I'm interested in "The Tudors" by G. J. Meyer, which would cost me $22 (as I'm on the two-credits-per-month plan) - a bit steep, but there isn't really anything else I want to acquire from them at the moment; I doubt my library would get it via Over Drive, and I really don't want to rip well over 20 discs (should my library agree to purchase the CD edition).

Thanks! LOL - I scroll through all the topics here on LT to see if the question has come up before but I miss it on Audible's own site!

Another practice of Audible that makes books very expensive is the breaking up a one volume book into two or three separate download volumes. The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses. S. Grant is sold as three volumes. This is not required by the length of the book as there are many books that are 40 to 50 hours long. I really like the book but I can't see paying over $30.00 for it.

It seems pretty rare that a book will be two credits. I ran across one earlier this week but it almost never happens to me.

I think selling a book in parts dates back to the days of dial-up downloads, with a different mindset, rather than a specific plan to extract 3x the income .Grant was a 1999 book, back when few folks listened on-the-go, so (an average of) 6 hrs or so/credit stretched further. Just my $.02

Yes, they could re-offer those now at 1 credit; I'm trying to give background, not get them off-the-hook.

I have a few books on my "Wish list" that cost 2 credits:

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene
The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Alice Schroeder

Some books are better read than listened to, e.g. books full of figures and equations. I don't know if the ones listed above belong to this category. Has anyone listened to any of those? What do you think of it?

A Short History of Nearly Everything doesn't have a lot of figures and equations. (I read it rather than listening to it.)

> 8: firecat,

How did you like the book?

I loved A Short History of Nearly Everything. I never knew that the history of science could be so funny.

Unfortunately, it seems that almost every book I want from Audible is two credits whether they be old, new, long or short. Maybe they think we are going to drop downloads for Kindles?

> 11: heyjude,

Which two-credit books are on your wish list? Have you tried downloading them from OverDrive?

> 8: firecat,

Is A Short History of Nearly Everything informative, as well as entertaining? What did you learn from it?

For What It's Worth, I disliked The Tudors - paying one credit would've been bad enough.

Isn't that odd... I don't think I've come across even one book I wanted that was more than one credit... oh, maybe though there was one, a Sanderson one? I can't recall, but I didn't buy it, I won't pay 2 credits for a book when I get just get it on ebook for $9 anyway.

> 12 booksontrial:

No Overdrive yet although I have been meaning to check it out. Most of my books are things like Georgette Heyer, Andre Norton, some Robert Parker, etc. Things I have read and want to re-read/listen to, etc.

Thanks for reminding me to look into Overdrive.

I lucked out and was able to get it from my library downloaded to my Ipod, never done that before, pretty cool.

# 12 booksontrial:

I have downloaded via overdrive to pc & cd. I'm interested in getting an MP3 player that is compatible with overdrive. Do you download to an mp3player & if so, what brand are you using?
Overdrive uses the WMA format....

18: For overdrive, you just download to the Overdrive media console on your pc, and then right click on the title and select transfer. As long as a compatible MP3 player is connected to the PC via USB it transfers.

I feel totally spoiled by Overdrive. I have an iPod touch, but it's really overkill if you're only looking for something to play audiobooks. Before my iPod touch I had two Sansa's mp3 players stop working within a few months.

J A N 18: I downloaded Austen's "Lady Susan" as an Overdrive book recently!

One trick I picked up in downloading the books is to create a folder on the player first (with a name related to the author or title) - before starting the transfer, then click on Advanced Options telling Overdrive Manager to send the parts into that folder, rather than "loose" onto the player. If you get a cheap player, that'll be a big help!

>18 JaneAustenNut:: JaneAustenNut,

I've downloaded many audiobooks (WMA and MP3 format) from OverDrive to iPod and iPhone, in the same way 19: awriterspen did.

OverDrive even has an app for iPhone/iPod touch users: http://blogs.overdrive.com/library/post/2010/04/21/OverDrive-for-iPhone-plus-oth...

>22 DaynaRT:: fleela,

Thanks for the link. I just downloaded the app to my iPhone and will try it out.

It's a pity that I can only download from OverDrive through my local library system, which has a rather limited number of titles that really interest me. For example, it doesn't hold any books by Victor Hugo, and I had to get them from audible.com!

In theory the Overdrive app should work, but I have yet to find a title that I wanted that could be ordered and downloaded right to the iPod. I can order, but I still have to go to my PC to download before transferring to the iPod. I just wanted to give anyone interested a heads up so you don't get too frustrated with the app.

All of my downloads end up in "Music" on the iPod. I'd like to download to the Overdrive app and listen from there but so far no luck.

All of my downloads end up in "Music" on the iPod.

If you're using iTunes to sync and manage your audiobooks you can tell it that the files are books and not songs. Select all the files you want to change, right click on them and click on Get Info. Click the Options tab in the window that pops up then change the Media Kind to audiobook.

(I've also posted this on another thread in this Group.)

I went on Audible last night to redeem my August credit (with The Passage by Justin Cronin, tho on second thought it might be a 2-credit audiobook) and had a terrible time on the site. First I couldn't get in using my password, so I changed it. Couldn't get in with the changed password either, so I changed it again and finally was able to access My Account ~ which said I didn't have any credits and, in fact, wasn't even on a program (notwithstanding the fact I'm paying a monthly fee AND have an email from Audible saying I have a credit for August AND that I've gotten two audiobooks from them since joining in June)! Wasted an hour futzing around, then send an email to customer service. Am now waiting for a response. Anyone else have problems with their website, or was I just being extra lucky?

I got a book there last night okay. However, I did notice a disclaimer that they were experiencing some problems.

Thanks, Seajack! I got a response from their customer service (they really are responsive, I give them that). Apparently, now that they have joined with Amazon.com, the instructions for signing in is confusing and the wrong date of joining was the date I signed up for an account with Amazon.com. Anyway, it turns out I have the August credit which I'll be saving to use with my September credit to get The Passage.

I guess I just need to learn not to let those kinds of things drive me up the wall. Maybe I need to read Don't Sweat the Small Stuff. :)

If your local library doesn't have an audio book that you want, ask if they're part of a larger group of libraries. Through my State College library I got access to the Centre County Federation of Public Libraries which gave me access to the Philadelphia Free Library. I can get so many titles that I'm dumping Audible.com.

I've been getting my audiobooks from the library for years now with great good luck, but lately I've gotten a number of them that were unusable because one or more of the disks had been too badly damaged. The ones I recall offhand were Pearl S. Buck's The Good Earth, Funke's Inkheart, Libba Bray's Rebel Angels and Antony and Cleopatra by Colleen McCullough, and there were a couple more. When I returned them, I let the librarian know about the damage, but I've been told that the entire audiobook must be replaced; they can't just replace the ruined disk(s).

It's very frustrating to be listening to an audiobook and have to stop in the middle, or to be ripping CDs onto your iPod and, after getting half the CDs onto iTunes, one won't copy because it's so badly scratched/gouged. Before this recent batch, I can't recall a time when I borrowed an audiobook that contained a CD that was too damaged to work. It really is too bad when people are so careless with CDs that don't belong to them.

Anyway, that's one reason I joined Audible.com.

audible credit for $4.99 each
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Audible-Gift-Credits/709677634.html

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