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How long ago did you have Audible? Alexa/Sonos is "coming" but for now I just stream via Airplay to home speakers. As for the rest, I don't have any of those issues with the iOS app, seems pretty easy.

The audible subscription is a much better value, when I get full on credits I can just cancel my sub until I'm ready for more books and don't have to pay $40 or something. If I really want a cheap book (something less than the subscription price, I will just buy outright and save my tokens for something expensive)

My only real complaint with Amazon (and it may be a publisher rule) is you don't get the kindle version for free. If I want to switch between book and text seamlessly I have to buy both versions.

Does anyone know if the author gets less money when buying an audio book vs a text book?

I used to use audible solely. Their incredibly high prices drove me away. Their subscription is stupid in my mind. To me it’s just a way to make users forget so they pay for another month. I’ve been using hoopla for the past 6 months and love it. It’s free with a library card.

Same story here. I haven’t had to buy an audiobook for a year cause the library always has what I want.

I tend towards fairly dense nonfiction like Scale (finished yesterday). That's nearly 20 hours at 1x playback, which the effective price was $15 w/ my membership.

I find a huge amount of value for the effective $1-2 per hour I end up paying, even before considering the no-thought-required return policy and pro-rating the cost from multiple listens.

YMMV, but I consider my audible subscription some of the best value I receive for my money.

I prefer to let my ebook reader just read the ebook to me, Samsung has a great TTS engine and google's isn't bad. This way I can switch between listening and reading. I generally only listen when I'm driving or working out. I usually prefer to read.

Can anyone provide any further details on what device(s)/software provide Samsung's TTS?

Similar details on the best ways to use Google's would also be much appreciated!

Audible works for me on the Echo. However, you cannot change the playback speed from 1x right now, which is a deal breaker for me.

< when I get full on credits I can just cancel my sub

But you lose the credits when you do this.

Alexa/Sonos is here... it's called the Sonos One

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