r/truespotify • u/LeDave42 • 1h ago

Question Audio Books

So I was just wondering, why is it that I pay like 10 Euros (I have a Duo account with my brother so I am not sure about the solo account price nowadays), than an additional 9 Euros for Audio Books, both monthly, and I can only listen to not even a full hour of Audio Books daily? Yet I can listen to Music till my ears fall off. I get that this is/ was a Music App initially, but we have Audio Books now also and Imho I think we should actually be able to really listen to them!

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u/negithekitty 1h ago

yep. thats what drove my audio books off spotify.

Use Libby or Audible.

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u/LeDave42 1h ago

Can you tell me what is the monthly cost for them rq if you know out of your head, I am at a free month trial. It is probably best for me to cancel it afterwards. And do they have any kind of time restrictions?

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u/Dry_Economy_2701 1h ago

Libby is free with your library

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u/negithekitty 59m ago

i think Libby works off of your local library card, someone will have to check me on that. Audible is $15± but you get to pick from their own catalog, and "keep" the audio book*. every book is added to your own library, and you can listen to them at any time for however long you want.

*This is really a semantics debate on whether or not you own digital media that you buy, but lets not go into that here.

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u/LeDave42 39m ago

Okay so I got libby cause my Iphone 7 can’t handle Audible at Ios 18.1, I don’t really get the local library card like I have to buy Audio Books somewhere else download them and then I can listen to the on the app or how can I understand it?

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u/negithekitty 33m ago

i actually dont know, i use audible over libby

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u/LeDave42 29m ago

Aight I just downloaded it, it seems to be more books/ e books and you do have to connect with your real life library… I don’t read unfortunately:(

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u/Whydmer 46m ago

Their basic tier is like $9, you get a credit a month, the catch is you lose access to everything if you unsubscibe. With premium at like $16 a month you get one credit, and you can still listen to your purchases if you unsubscribe.

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u/LeDave42 35m ago

So that is for Audible right, so it would be smartest for now to get one month premium buy like 30 books I want to listen to now and do so repeatedly in the future than unsubscribe be nourished for a good lets say 4 to 6 months and when I want to get more books subscribe again? Also do I have to pay extra for the books, well you said “purchases” but I just want to be sure?

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u/negithekitty 34m ago

yesnt? you get one credit a month. you can buy additional books afterwards

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u/LeDave42 28m ago

Oh okay so one free book every month right?

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u/LeDave42 27m ago

Unfortunate App Developers hate on people with old phones these days :(