Do you love reading? Well, in our house we do. However, with work, school, the kids, the dog, and all the other crazy things that life throws at us, it's just hard to find any time. I'm one of those people who puts her book in her mommy purse and carries it around waiting for that one opportunity during the day to whip it out and read. My husband, on the other hand, not so much. This may be because he does not, and never will, have a mommy purse to put a book in. hahaha But, I'm leaning toward the reason being that he doesn't want to carry one around all the time. His solution, along with many other people I know, is to download an audio book so he can listen on his iPod whenever he wants.
Two months ago, my husband went on the site Audible.com and did some looking around. Apparently, if you join as a member you earn one point a month to use toward purchasing an audio book along with getting major price cuts on many great titles. The price for this? It only costs $7.49 USD for the first 3 months and then only $14.95 after that. It may sound like a lot, but it's actually really reasonable. Some may say it's frugal. Many of the audio books on the site can be purchased for only one point. That means, as a member you could get one free audio book per month. Also, those price cuts for many of the books are outstanding. If I were to buy a hard copy book in the stores it would cost more than that.
Ok- so now we know the prices and how it's, in my opinion, a great deal. Let's get into the website itself. There are a lot of websites out there that I just get tired of trying to figure out and leave without getting anything... except frustrated. This is not one of them. It's very easy to use. Actually, Audible.com is an affiliate of Amazon.com. Super easy to use. Definitely a site we'll be visiting a lot.
Since my husband has been doing this for two months, we've been able to listen to one audio book already. He purchased it with his one point and bough the next one with his other one point tonight. That first book was great. For his first book, he chose The Dresden Files. The quality was great. The voice wasn't at all annoying. It didn't put us to sleep either. There are a few books I've loved and when we find them on audio book they make me want to scream. This book sounded great and kept me interested.
So, the overall buzz on Audible.com? It's all good, people. Go check it out for yourselves and, if you want, let me know what you think. If you join up and love your books, I hope you think, "Buzz-inga! I got quite the deal!"
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