Any Audible Users here?

[JaviBrewski]

I commute quite some time for work (3 hours total daily) so Im trying to gauge how others like/think if the service. Anyone else out there who listen to audiobooks or has Audible care to chime in??

 

[Clippys Mom]

Right here. 180 titles in in 6 years. Makes mundane tasks and driving enjoyable.

No better way to use such time in my opinion.

 

[Nameless Ghoul]

I am a subscriber. My favorite are auto biographies read by the writer, it's like hanging out and hearing someone's life story.

 

[Hans Gercmiov]

I have Audible. Love it but I haven’t used it in awhile. When I was a delivery driver I would tear through books.

 

[ocfightfan]

It's good, but if you really want to learn from your books then doing it while driving is low on the learning scale. Also I discovered that the Audible audio book is tied to the text version which is interesting but problematic if you are really trying to learn. So I guess it's good for entertainment but not for my purposes.

 

[KhabibTheBeagle]

I really enjoyed using Audible when I had no internet for a month. Listened to Muhammed Ali, Steve-O, and Dan Hardy's autos in that time, as well as The Art of War.

I haven't used it in a while, but I've been meaning to get more titles in the library. A good narrator, usually the author, enhances the experience, so make sure you listen to the free previews before you buy.

 

[Anung Un Rama]

I commute quite some time for work (3 hours total daily) so Im trying to gauge how others like/think if the service. Anyone else out there who listen to audiobooks or has Audible care to chime in??

I have it. It works great. The key is to find something interesting enough, but also something that you can stop on a whim.... like right in the middle fo a sentence/ paragraph...areas that you wouldn't normally stop a story. That gets annoying. Which is why I prefer podcasts.

 

[tdluxon]

I like it

 

[DaleBoca]

Yup, sometimes I buy the book and follow it with the audio. Much more enjoyable. You can finish books in no time.

 

[Clippys Mom]

It's good, but if you really want to learn from your books then doing it while driving is low on the learning scale. Also I discovered that the Audible audio book is tied to the text version which is interesting but problematic if you are really trying to learn. So I guess it's good for entertainment but not for my purposes.

I think it may be just the way your brain works/preference. I listen to mostly educational lectures when driving and find no problem with concentration, or retention. The only time I stop playing audiobooks at work is when I am working in tandem with other contractors, trouble shooting a job, taking measurements, and setting up the work process, after that I can happily lay a floor, build a fence, stud a wall, etc... I get paid to listen to audiobooks for half my day.

Its ok to hate me.

 

[Clippys Mom]

You can finish books in no time.

Exactly!
If I was to try to read 180 books with the way my life is structured, it would take 60 years, not 6 years. Just an amazing and inexpensive way to be educated and entertained in what would otherwise be dead time.

 

[DaleBoca]

I believe my first audible was Into the Wild. My professor had assigned that book for us to read and I googled it to order the book and I saw there was an audio version I could buy. I bought that along with the book and within a few days, I was done with the book. It was a great book and a great story, so I easily finished it. She had wanted us to read the book in a month or month in a half or so, but I had finished up everything quickly. I was killing it in class, when I am pretty sure nobody had bothered reading the book.

 

[DaleBoca]

Exactly!
If I was to try to read 180 books with the way my life is structured, it would take 60 years, not 6 years. Just an amazing and inexpensive way to be educated and entertained in what would otherwise be dead time.

Bingo! Whenever I had a course and a professor would give us a list of books to read, I would go through the Audible list and see which book was on audible and pick that.

But regardless, even years after graduating, I still use Audible.

 

[Clippys Mom]

I believe my first audible was Into the Wild. My professor had assigned that book for us to read and I googled it to order the book and I saw there was an audio version I could buy. I bought that along with the book and within a few days, I was done with the book. It was a great book and a great story, so I easily finished it. She had wanted us to read the book in a month or month in a half or so, but I had finished up everything quickly. I was killing it in class, when I am pretty sure nobody had bothered reading the book.

I need to watch that movie again. I seem to remember feeling really uneasy when he discovered that he ate poison. It was based on a true story, yes?

 

[DaleBoca]

I need to watch that movie again. I seem to remember feeling really uneasy when he discovered that he ate poison. It was based on a true story, yes?

Yeah, it was based on a true story.

The movie came out a few years after I had read the book. The book is better though, even though it is a good movie.

 

[HARRISON_3]

Glad you started this thread.

I think I'm going to sign up.

 

[TheLastEmperorReurns]

I commute quite some time for work (3 hours total daily) so Im trying to gauge how others like/think if the service. Anyone else out there who listen to audiobooks or has Audible care to chime in??

Reading actual books is better for your brain.

Facts, google it.