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Audible. Does anyone subscribe to it?

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MayBee70 Tue 18-Jan-22 02:52:45

Just found a podcast I want to listen to but it’s on audible. I can get a 30 day free trial but after that I have to pay. Is it audio books as well as podcasts? Given that I seem to listen to podcast more than read these days I might give it a go. Then again there are always lots of things to listen to on BBC Sounds….

Boz Fri 21-Jan-22 16:08:53

FannyCornforth

I know that I’m going to sound a snob here, but I don’t want my book read by Alexa.
I want Juliet Stephenson or Roger Allam.
You get what you pay for.

Oh yes. One of the joys of audible is the reading by actors. The horror of Just William being read by Alexis.

FannyCornforth Fri 21-Jan-22 16:11:23

Thanks Boz!

Fudgemonkey Mon 24-Jan-22 16:02:18

Been a member for many years, love it. Awarded if with The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo trilogy.

Floradora9 Mon 24-Jan-22 21:45:17

Boz

FannyCornforth

I know that I’m going to sound a snob here, but I don’t want my book read by Alexa.
I want Juliet Stephenson or Roger Allam.
You get what you pay for.

Oh yes. One of the joys of audible is the reading by actors. The horror of Just William being read by Alexis.

It is funny but I find her voice friendly and really I quite like the continuity of her reading to me .

Mollygo Tue 25-Jan-22 13:05:38

Just had a real treat. I remember reading Betty McDonald’s The Plague and I, about life in a sanatorium with TB and discovered it’s on Audible. Nostalgia rules.

FannyCornforth Tue 25-Jan-22 14:00:07

Molly that sounds a laugh a minute!wink

MayBee70 Thu 19-Sept-24 10:51:17

Bumping this up because I still haven’t subscribed ( still thinking about it though).I’m worried about filling up my iPad with books. Is there a Kindle with sound that I can use to download books onto so I can keep it separate from my iPad?