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Audible - audio books, original series & podcasts Specifications
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Listen to a story that is professionally performed while doing something else.
Audible is Amazon's audiobook division, acquired in 2008 for a cool $300 million. As of 2018, the service claims over 200,000 audio programs across books, magazines, newspapers, and other media. You can buy audiobooks directly, and you can sign up for a subscription starting at $14.95 a month with a free 30-day trial, which grants you a credit every month to buy any book in the catalog, plus other perks. How does it compare to rivals like Downpour and Barnes & Noble?
The app is straightforward and well-designed:When you first open the Audible app, it will go straight to the list of audiobooks in your cloud. With each book listed, you can see who narrates the audiobook and how long the recording is. To download it, just tap on the book cover, at which point the app will tell you the size of the file. If you tap on other books, they will get queued up to download in sequence (as opposed to all at the same time).