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What is Audible and how does it work? All you need to know

doWhat is Audible and how does it work?? These are two questions that many people often ask themselves. Audible is one of the many services that Amazon has related to books and that all readers love. However, it can be a bit tricky to figure out what it is and above all how to use this audiobook service.

What is Audible and how does it work?

Amazon Audible is one of the world’s largest audiobook subscription services. It has almost half a million books available on its platform. It is an Amazon service that allows access to a huge number of audiobooks at a very affordable price.

How does Audible work? In order to use this service, you must have an Amazon account and check in At Audible, we have the option to access a monthly or annual subscription. There are several plans, but in all of them we will have access to listen to a wide variety of audiobooks. Depending on the plan we have, we can use one or two Audible credits to purchase books on sale.

Credits are a kind of currency that we can use to buy an audiobook. One credit is equal to one audiobook, regardless of the cost of the book outside of the platform. For example, let’s say that a Lord of the Rings book is priced at $29.99. But with Audible credit we can purchase it for $15.00 or less depending on your membership.

Every month that we have a subscription, we will earn new credits. The best of all is that it is not necessary to buy a new book every time we have a credit, because these are cumulative. This means that they will never be removed from our account if we decide not to spend them. Even if we want to cancel the subscription, the credits will not be taken away from us and we will be able to use them.

Something that we must clarify before continuing is that the cheapest plan does not give away credits. What we can do is borrow books from the library to listen to them while we keep the subscription active.

What is the price of a subscription on Audible?

The first thing we should take into account is how many books we want to listen to each month, also if we want to own or simply borrow them, pay a monthly or annual subscription, etc.

The cheapest plan is $7.95 per month and we will not have credits to buy audiobooks, although we will have access to a library of selected audiobooks, Audible Originals, podcasts and several other things.

We also have the option to subscribe to Audible Plus, where we can borrow books, but also buy audiobooks, even those that are not in the library. There are four plans that include credits: Audible Premium Plus, Audible Premium Plus (2 credits), Annual Audible Premium Plus (12 credits), and Audible Premium Plus (24 credits).

Which is the most requested? Audible Premium Plus, this is a monthly subscription that has a very affordable price of $14.95 and provides us with 1 monthly credit. Another very interesting option is the Premium Plus of 2 credits, we will have to pay $22.95 per month, but we will have 2 credits available. If we listen to several monthly audiobooks, this is a great plan.

AudiblePlus $7.95 per month no credits
Audible Premium Plus $14.95 per month 1 credit per month
Audible Premium Plus – 2 credits $22.95 per month 2 credits per month
Annual Audible Premium Plus – 12 credits $149.50 per year 12 credits per year
Annual Audible Premium Plus – 24 credits $229.50 per year 24 credits per year

How to use Audible

On our computer, we will have to go to Audible and choose the “Browse” tab at the top of the web.

Now we will be able to navigate through different categories and collections. Another option would be to use the search option found in the top right bar. When we see a book that we like, we can add it to the cart.

We also have the possibility to use the application available for iOS Y Andrhey. To navigate the app, we will only have to look for the shopping cart icon and click on it to explore the different categories.

Although another option would be to search for the books directly from the official Amazon.com website and it will give us the option to buy it with credits.

How to use the credits

After finding the book we are looking for, we will have to click on “Add to cart”, we will be able to enter our cart and see all the books we chose.

Here it is very simple, instead of choosing to pay by cash, we are going to select the option that says “Credit” and that’s it.

Use audiobooks included in Audible Plus

Another option is to borrow the books and listen to as many as you want without having to buy any. All we have to do is look for those audiobooks that have an orange label that says “Included”. When we find it, we can borrow it and listen to it “for free”, without using credits. Being “borrowed” it will only be available to listen while we keep our subscription active.

Download an Audible book

Only the books that we have bought will be the ones that we can download. We will look for the book in the library and we will be able to see that all the books that we own will be opened; here we have the option to “Listen now”.

However, we also have the possibility to download the application available for all operating systems. We can use the application offline by clicking on the three points that are next to the title that we have and selecting “Download”. In this way we can listen to the audiobook without the need for an internet connection.

Now you know what Audible is and how it works, it’s time to take the plunge and enjoy hundreds of audiobooks online.

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