audible.com

What a terrible product and service. I would never use them again. For starters you get your book in their proprietry format (.aa file) which only certain players can play. If your MP3 player doesn't then you are out of luck. It's encrypted to stop you from simply turning it into an MP3. If you do manage to get it onto MP3 there are no chapters so you have to forward through like 3.5 hours to get to the last chapter! How convenient... They do give the option of burning to a CD but that is by no means simple. You have to do it via their Audible Manager software and if you don't have Nero 7 installed then it just doesn't happen and but you can't tell ...

Audible.com Introduction Audible.com is a company offering a great product, let down by an absolutely crap service. This is an organisation which allows audible books to be purchased over the internet and downloaded and played back by a number of methods, including PDA, MP3 Player and Media Player or similar on your PC. One glaring omission, which in Audile's defence was recently although belatedly rectified, was the ability to burn to your own CD's. My First Encounter Before I begin to give a fair review of the site/service, I will recount to you my initial experience with Audible, which ...

Audio Books: I have long been a total adict of 'story tapes'. It hardly matters what they are about, as long as they are well read and pleasing to listen to. My bed-side cabinet is jammed full of Sherlock Holmes, Just William, Poirot mysteries, various novels and anything else that took my fancy over the years. At an average of £8-£10 per tape, that cost quite a bit, but they have all been played to near destruction and given great pleasure - whether driving or going to sleep. The attraction of downloadable stories: A few months ago I got a portable MP3 player, and started hunting for good sources of material. I had no trouble finding ...