Audible

I subscribe to audible. I’ve bought 20 credits at a time and currently I have a plan they do not even advertise – I think it’s 1 book a year or something just to keep my credits active. I like buying up front instead of monthly bc I like having my credits all at once and don’t like a monthly cost. Either way works the same.  The most common plan is 1 or 2 books per month  others are called gold or something and you get 20-25 for $200 or something similar  (Not checking the specifics right now and going from memory.) I checked the blog you linked and those look like good ways to save  I can say that for me audible is worth it even at regular prices and certainly worth it with special deals!

Once you have credits you use them on audible or Amazon to buy audiobooks. There is something called whispersync that allows kindle books and audible snooks to keep pace together.  We’ve used this for some books. You buy the kindle book and are then given option for whispersync purchase for 0-few dollars.  Apart from whispersync, Most audiobooks are 1 credit. Some are 2.  I got the John Adams by McCullough for 1 credit and it would have been $60+ to buy.  At the cheapest plan price of $14.95/mo you get 1 audiobook of your choice per month  that is yours to keep forever. You can burn it to cd or load it on a MP3 player.  Robin, I could talk you through it sometime if need be. It’s super easy once you’ve done it.

Do not miss – the Ralph Moody books narrated by Cameron Bierle (sp?), Phantom Tollbooth narrated by David Hyde Pierce, LOTR by I forget, but it’s a great British voice, oh and perfect for right now is A Christmas Carol narrated by Tim Curry. I’ll have to look and see what others we’ve enjoyed, but those are off the top of my head.

Does that help?

Christie

I rarely burn CDs bc it’s one more thing to keep up with. My kids have iPods and I just put the stories on those and on my iphone. It’s easy to simply pause and resume on these devices.  I have burned CDs in the past and have not run into the burn once and that’s it.  We have an old iPod nano that is our van ipod.  I load stories on that one for when we’re in the car and it’s a story were all listening to together. My van has an aux plugin that connects via the iPod/iPhone speaker hole. Older cars may not have this, but I believe there are cassette converters and such. iPods/iPhones handle audiobooks and pausing beautifully.

Happy listening.

Get a Christmas Carol with Tim curry.  It’s a do not miss, perfect for the season.  You’ve read and own so many books I’m not sure whether to suggest one you know or one you don’t. If you haven’t read the McCullough John Adams, it’s a huge bang for your buck! Also, there is no limit on whispersync titles. Some are free. Others aren’t. I do always listen to samples as the narrator matters to me.

I also have Elizabeth enright’s series The Saturdays that is a huge hit along with The Moffats and Rufus M. Oh, do NOT miss Trumpet of the Swan read by E. B. White himself.  I think that is my all time favorite audiobook.

As for tech support I’ll help however I can. I have an odyssey, too. I think it’s a 2010.

Quick question – with the whisper sync feature, can a person listen to and read the story at the same time?  As in actually follow along with their finger under the words as they are being read aloud?