I used to subscribe to Audible. So I was going to start subscribing again, but after checking their pricing I realized that it now costs twice as much as before.
I have a feeling that media content like music, audiobooks and films need to be cheaper, not more expensive. Case in point. I have bought more music the last couple of month from allofmp3, than I have from any source in five years. Why? Because when an album of music costs around $2, it’s so cheap that it doesn’t matter if you happen to choose a really crappy album. Compared to buying an expensive CD, where everything has to be a well planned decision. You just don’t take a change to buy an album that you know contains a good song. With cheap music you don’t even think about it. Same thing with doing backup of your music. If an album costs $2, you just buy it again if you lose it. I already bought several albums that I own, but just can’t find.
It’s a pity that Audible is going down that same route. At least they have a semi-good DRM, where you keep a kind of digital library where you can find and download books you bought.
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1 Andy // Jan 17, 2007 at 22:00
It looks like you aren’t the only one that has been frustrated enough with audible to look elsewhere. There is a post looking at the drop in web traffic (and stock price) for audible.com on the Compete.com blog today. There are some interesting trends in there. Maybe they need to rethink their strategy! The post is worth a look… http://blog.compete.com/2007/01/17/audible/
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