[nabs-l] Question About Audible

[Ellana Crew]

Hi there,

Coincidentally, I just investigated this topic myself the other day. You do have to pay for the membership, I believe it is $14 and some change a month and it only gives you one book credit per month. I haven't found it to be especially useful on that front, because you're essentially just paying the full price for an audiobook each month as if you were buying the book outright. You can get a 30 day trial though, during which you get 2 free book credits. Also, from what I have found so far the books are only available in recorded audio format, so if you were planning to read the book using a refreshable braille display as in hoping to read the book in braille, I don't think this is possible. As mentioned before, if you're only planning to get a few books here and there, it's cheaper to pay for them individually than to use a membership.

Ellana Crew, Vice President
Maryland Association of Blind Students
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> On Jun 29, 2017, at 9:43 AM, Jessica Hodges via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Audible is a paid service. You can pay by the book, or you can pay a set price for a certain number of credits a month, which allows you to redeem them for any book in audible's catalogue. If you are only looking to get one or two books from audible, you might want to buy them individually, but if you think you will be a regular user of the service, credits would be the way to go, as books get expensive. And credits can always be saved for a rainy day. Hope this is helpful!
> 
> Jessica.
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>> On 6/29/2017 8:39 AM, roanna bacchus via NABS-L wrote:
>> Dear Students,
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>> I hope all of you are doing well as you prepare to head to Orlando for this year's convention.  I have a question for you.  I am thinking about wanting to read audible books on my BrailleNote Apex.  Do I have to pay for an audible membership or is it free? Have any of you used this service to read audio books? Hope to hear from you soon.
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