Audible is an audiobook service, one of the most important and with the largest catalog to be exact. A very interesting proposal with which, perhaps, you can finally read (or listen while others read them) all those books that for one reason or another you cannot finish or even start. But first it is important that you know everything about Audible .
What is Audible
Audible is an audiobook platform owned by Amazon that is not only dedicated to bringing classic works or great current sales successes to this particular sound format where someone else reads each of these titles for you, but also creates their own original series and that brings great value to the service.
Without a doubt, Audible is one of the most interesting services nowadays, but it remains a stranger to many who may even confuse its proposal with other completely different things such as podcasts. So we are going to travel through the platform so that you know everything you need to know, from how it works to how much it costs, exclusive advantages, etc.
How Audible works
The operation of Audible is very simple: it is a subscription service. That means that in order to access it and all the content they offer, it will be necessary to make a monthly payment. That is, like Netflix, Disney +, Spotify, Apple Music or any other platform with content via streaming.
What will you find in Audible
Audible offers a very varied catalog. According to them, they have more than 90,000 titles that you can access unlimitedly and there is practically everything, from best selles to romance novels, science fiction books, mysteries, self-help and personal development, etc.
In addition to all this, there are also podcasts and original series that the platform creates and that, as we said, give great value to all the joint offer it offers. And if all this still seems little to you, the most important Audible titles are narrated by highly recognizable voices from each country. For example, in Spain José Coronado or Leonor Watling are two of the many that you will find.
To know in detail all that it offers you can go directly to the Audible website and there, in the Explore option, browse through the categories of highlights where the news, podcasts, exclusives are, as well as lists and collections by themes very well categorized (biographies, fiction, art, action, technology and science, historical, humor, fantasy, etc.)
How much Audible costs
The monthly price of Audible is 9.99 euros . That will be the charge that they will make you each month until you decide to cancel the service, although if you are a new user you can opt for promotions that offer a minimum of thirty days of trial. More than enough time to check the quality of the service from the point of view of how the platform and its apps work, how the recordings sound and try to listen to some of the original content to see that they can contribute a lot.
Of course, with that payment you do not have access to each and every one of the available content. It is true that there are a large number of titles that you can enjoy, but sometimes there will be releases that will involve an additional payment through what are known as credits.
These credits are acquired on the platform itself and can be used for independent works from the extended catalog or for new packages that are arriving or being formed for a specific reason.
What happens to purchased audiobooks if I unsubscribe
When you are subscribed to Audible, the 9.99 euros you pay each month gives you access to the standard catalog offered by the platform and is made up of more than 90,000 titles. Therefore, when you stop paying that access is lost.
However, as in Audible there will be content that you will have to buy independently of the monthly payment, when you unsubscribe from those purchased titles you will always be able to access again without any limitation.
In addition, it is interesting to know that if they are books from another store (in another country) you will be able to listen to them when you register in a new store in another country with the Audible service also available.
Can you use Audible in other countries?
Audible is available in several countries and it is important to know that for each one of them the language is not the only thing that can differ, also the catalog, because in the end everything depends on the copyright that can be negotiated or not.
That means that the content of Audible in the United States will be different from that of Audible in Spain. It is true that most works of greater depth and importance tend to coincide, but others do not. As here in Spain the language will be Spanish and there the narrations will be in English.
But, can you access the United States catalog with your Audible Spain subscription? The answer is no, your account is only valid for the store in the country where you registered it. What you could do is re-register for Audible United States or any other country, but that would mean having to pay a second subscription.
Advantages of Audible audiobooks
You may be wondering at this point why you should bet on Audible over another similar platform. Or even why pay when you can find audiobooks of the same titles made by other people.
Well, the answer is basically the quality of the audio, the comfort of the player and the advantages that the service provides globally. Because you will be able to listen to them at your own pace and synchronized between different devices, so it is very easy to continue exactly where you left off. In addition to having the possibility of adding annotations through a very easy-to-use marker system.
And logically because they are heard very well, study quality that is the minimum when you pay. And because the exclusive voices that narrate many works make you enjoy them much more, due to the intonation, the rhythm, … All this means that if you like reading, but you do not have much time or you want to take the opportunity to move forward while doing other actions such as driving , etc., Audible is the solution and a great add-on.
Where to listen to Audible
To listen to the books and other content available on Audible, you only have to access the platform through a web browser or via the applications that are for iOS and Android. Once you have them, log in with your account and voila, you can start listening to whatever you want.
In case you can’t play or download anything, try the following:
- Check that you have an internet connection and have good enough bandwidth to do so
- If you try to download using the mobile connection, verify that in the settings the only option to do so that is active is not WiFi
- Check that you have space in your terminal to do it
- Finally, verify that your subscription is active and you are within your store, not in another country where the service is available
Finally, Audible being an Amazon company also has integration with Alexa, so you can ask the Amazon speaker to play that book you were listening to on your phone or start a new one.
To use Audible with Alexa, the voice commands are as simple as those you could use in other services such as Spotify, etc. That is, you can ask him to read or play books to you using “Alexa, read (title) on Audible.” And in the same way that you can start, you can also pause, resume, advance, search, modify the playback speed, skip chapters, etc.