Does anyone here use Audible?

[Funkyblueeyes]

I just signed up for a free trial with them.

I am a total book nerd and I fly through books and audiobooks alike so I figured I'd give it a go. I've been put off by the fact that $15 a month to access one audiobook seems steep, but it has some audiobooks I can't get at my library so it seemed at least worth the free go.

Has anyone else tried it? Worth it? Not worth it? Did you buy extra credits?  

[MinnieMixie]

I'd never heard of it! My brother likes to listen to audio-books on youtube. I like listening to podcasts personally. I know I listened to audio books when I was a kid (Roald Dahl audio books were great ~might have got spelling wrong idc)


Is it similar to watching a movie ? Like idk you're listening and making the movie in your mind? Do you have to be able to concentrate a little or can you play a video game at the same time and keep up fine?


Sounds like a must have for "book nerds" as u call them though =)  

[Funkyblueeyes]

MinnieMixie

I'd never heard of it! My brother likes to listen to audio-books on youtube. I like listening to podcasts personally. I know I listened to audio books when I was a kid (Roald Dahl audio books were great ~might have got spelling wrong idc)


Is it similar to watching a movie ? Like idk you're listening and making the movie in your mind? Do you have to be able to concentrate a little or can you play a video game at the same time and keep up fine?


Sounds like a must have for "book nerds" as u call them though =)

I definitely form a bit of a movie in my mind. A good narrator is crucial to that though.
I feel like I need some concentration though it's minimal. I listen to them while I work, but sometimes I find my focus leaves the audiobook for a chunk of time if my work requires a lot of my attention. (At least it's the audiobook I stop paying attention to and not the work!)  

[Maethirion]

I use it. You don't technically have to pay for membership to use the audiobooks or keep the ones you payed for, but you get a nice discount and access to sales with the membership.  

[Funkyblueeyes]

Maethirion

I use it. You don't technically have to pay for membership to use the audiobooks or keep the ones you payed for, but you get a nice discount and access to sales with the membership.

Yeah that's true. The one credit a month appeals to me, since it pretty much is the cost of a book anyway, if not a little under.  

[Maethirion]

MinnieMixie

I'd never heard of it! My brother likes to listen to audio-books on youtube. I like listening to podcasts personally. I know I listened to audio books when I was a kid (Roald Dahl audio books were great ~might have got spelling wrong idc)


Is it similar to watching a movie ? Like idk you're listening and making the movie in your mind? Do you have to be able to concentrate a little or can you play a video game at the same time and keep up fine?


Sounds like a must have for "book nerds" as u call them though =)

Playing a video game would use the same areas of the brain as you would use to listen to an audiobook. I don't think you could follow two different stories unless you could watch a movie and play a video game simultaneously. I use it on long drives or while I do chores.  

[Maethirion]

Funkyblueeyes

Maethirion

I use it. You don't technically have to pay for membership to use the audiobooks or keep the ones you payed for, but you get a nice discount and access to sales with the membership.

Yeah that's true. The one credit a month appeals to me, since it pretty much is the cost of a book anyway, if not a little under.

The daily deal is nice.  

[Funkyblueeyes]

Maethirion

Funkyblueeyes

Maethirion

I use it. You don't technically have to pay for membership to use the audiobooks or keep the ones you payed for, but you get a nice discount and access to sales with the membership.

Yeah that's true. The one credit a month appeals to me, since it pretty much is the cost of a book anyway, if not a little under.

The daily deal is nice.

Oh wow I did not know that existed. That there's some dangerous knowledge hahahahha sorry bank account...  

[Maethirion]

Funkyblueeyes

Maethirion

Funkyblueeyes

Maethirion

I use it. You don't technically have to pay for membership to use the audiobooks or keep the ones you payed for, but you get a nice discount and access to sales with the membership.

Yeah that's true. The one credit a month appeals to me, since it pretty much is the cost of a book anyway, if not a little under.

The daily deal is nice.

Oh wow I did not know that existed. That there's some dangerous knowledge hahahahha sorry bank account...

It's how I listened to The Girl With All the Gifts.  

[Funkyblueeyes]

Maethirion

Funkyblueeyes

Maethirion

Funkyblueeyes

Maethirion

I use it. You don't technically have to pay for membership to use the audiobooks or keep the ones you payed for, but you get a nice discount and access to sales with the membership.

Yeah that's true. The one credit a month appeals to me, since it pretty much is the cost of a book anyway, if not a little under.

The daily deal is nice.

Oh wow I did not know that existed. That there's some dangerous knowledge hahahahha sorry bank account...

It's how I listened to The Girl With All the Gifts.

Any good?  

[Maethirion]

Funkyblueeyes

Maethirion

Funkyblueeyes

Maethirion

Funkyblueeyes

Maethirion

I use it. You don't technically have to pay for membership to use the audiobooks or keep the ones you payed for, but you get a nice discount and access to sales with the membership.

Yeah that's true. The one credit a month appeals to me, since it pretty much is the cost of a book anyway, if not a little under.

The daily deal is nice.

Oh wow I did not know that existed. That there's some dangerous knowledge hahahahha sorry bank account...

It's how I listened to The Girl With All the Gifts.

Any good?

They made it into a movie soon after it came out.  

[Funkyblueeyes]

Maethirion

The daily deal is nice.

Whelp, there goes all my money. Hahahha I can't stop gonk  

[Maethirion]

Funkyblueeyes

Maethirion

The daily deal is nice.

Whelp, there goes all my money. Hahahha I can't stop gonk

Lol. Good luck.