Comments on Toast Floats: TechTip: Listen to a Book

I will second everything you said about audio book...

2010-01-05T15:30:16.370-08:00

I will second everything you said about audio books. My problem, however, is with Audible. They use a monthly subscription and "point buy" system. The majority of their revenue comes from lapsed subscriptions. It's the health club model - they want you to sign up and never return.

For evidence of this, try canceling. They will give you some free points as an incentive to stay, and then REMOVE THE OPTION TO CANCEL from the web site. You then need to call and navigate a phone tree and spend forever on hold to close your account. Many people will get fed up and just allow Audible to keep sucking money out of their accounts.

This could be a reality of the market - audio books are expensive to produce and to sell profitably requires some creative biz-dev. Regardless, after my last experience with them I will never sign up again.

Thanks for the link! I'm usually at my compute...

2009-12-22T03:29:51.487-08:00

Thanks for the link! I'm usually at my computer so I do a lot of videos and movies, but I'm going to start downloading podcasts and audio books for when I get my active lifestyle back.

Podcasts are fantastic. A lot of colleges podcast ...

2009-12-19T12:01:49.724-08:00

Podcasts are fantastic. A lot of colleges podcast lectures and some are very interesting (and without the tuition fee!).

I'm thinking of audio books so I can 'read...

2009-12-18T15:14:13.005-08:00

I'm thinking of audio books so I can 'read' and knit at the same time...