Comments on: In battle for listeners, Audiobooks.com switches to Audible’s pay-by-the-book model http://paidcontent.org/2013/01/14/in-battle-for-listeners-audiobooks-com-switches-to-audibles-pay-by-the-book-model/ The economics of digital content Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:04:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: David Wilcox http://paidcontent.org/2013/01/14/in-battle-for-listeners-audiobooks-com-switches-to-audibles-pay-by-the-book-model/#comment-201746 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:08:37 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=223262#comment-201746 It seems audiobooks.com has resurrected its unlimited plan. It is now priced at $29.95.

]]> By: Audiobook Lover http://paidcontent.org/2013/01/14/in-battle-for-listeners-audiobooks-com-switches-to-audibles-pay-by-the-book-model/#comment-198282 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 22:37:22 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=223262#comment-198282 I have an audiobooks.com account. With the apps to add to your smartphone you are able to download the book to your phone for offline listening. My issues with audiobooks and why I will not be renewing my subscription are:
1. With the new option of credits per month the selection of books has been minimized to a select title selection for us who still have an unlimited membership. This title is very limited and while all books do not appeal to all users, the selections really don’t appeal to masses.

2. The service offers apps, however, when you use more than one app, ie from your iPhone to your iPad or desktop computer; you are violating audiobooks.com terms of use policy which means they have a right to cancel your subscription at their discretion.

I have since canceled my subscription and joined audible.com. It’s a win win situation for me.

]]> By: Dee http://paidcontent.org/2013/01/14/in-battle-for-listeners-audiobooks-com-switches-to-audibles-pay-by-the-book-model/#comment-197497 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:28:13 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=223262#comment-197497 audibe.com over everything !

]]> By: Join Kevin http://paidcontent.org/2013/01/14/in-battle-for-listeners-audiobooks-com-switches-to-audibles-pay-by-the-book-model/#comment-197264 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:08:43 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=223262#comment-197264 Small says that Audiobooks.com’s advantage over Audible is that it offers “much more mobile convenient service” — streaming, which Audible doesn’t have. As I wrote when Audiobooks.com launched last year, though, streaming may be a questionable benefit for audiobook listeners: Since a lot of people listen to audiobooks while they are in transit, a streaming service may not be reliable, and streaming audiobooks, most of which are many hours long, cheap nfl jerseys,you can visit http://www.3cjerseys.com ,you can also eat up a lot of data. Still, Audiobooks.com is hoping that this will be enough of a benefit that users will overlook a smaller catalog of available titles.

]]> By: Frank A NYC http://paidcontent.org/2013/01/14/in-battle-for-listeners-audiobooks-com-switches-to-audibles-pay-by-the-book-model/#comment-197178 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:49:01 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=223262#comment-197178 As someone who listens to a lot of audio books (I have a loong commute) the idea of streaming audio books is a non-starter. Beside the obvious issue of data caps, there is the pratical aspect of the signal dropping in the middle of the book! I much prefer the audible model. I download the book and listen to it at my leisure and when done I delete it off my phone.

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