


You can link your Audible and Amazon accounts together which allows the use of your Audible credits or coupons on Amazon. Even if you’re an Amazon Prime customer, you still need a separate Audible membership to access their catalog. Also, these subscriptions are the most economical ways to access the catalog, as they include monthly credits to redeem for products every month. With these subscriptions, you have unlimited streaming or downloads of any title in the catalog. Yes, but only if you have either an Audible Plus or Audible Premium Plus membership. What you’re getting is premium audio storytelling and other great content you can’t find anywhere else. Audible doesn’t just sell third-party produced content, they even have their own studio. You also have access to thousands of podcasts, original content, and other spoken-word material. In addition to being the largest audiobook marketplace in the world, Audible also has professionally narrated books this makes the listening experience as immersive as possible. Audible Premium Plus allows you to listen to the entire “Plus Catalog” and choice of a free title every month. The basic Audible membership provides access to a selection of audiobooks, podcasts, and more. If at the end of the trial period you decide not to subscribe, you can keep the complimentary audiobook. So to get access to your audiobooks you do have to take the extra step of downloading the Audible app (shown above), but it's available for almost any device you'd care to listen on.The Audible app is free to download with a free 30-day trial of the service with an audiobook to keep. On any other device, the Kindle and Audible apps are separate. As soon as you purchase a title of either format, it all just shows up on the same device. These books are also available through a mobile app for iOS and Android, so you can download them to your phone or tablet, or stream them on the go. That function works more seamlessly on Kindles, where audiobooks are integrated into your e-book library without the need to install a separate app. There are free audio converter software programs you can use if you need the audiobook to be in a different file format. Whispersync is an Amazon feature which lets you switch easily between reading a book and listening to the audiobook if you own both, so you can always pick up in one format wherever you left off with the other. There is one great pro to listening on your Kindle. So overall, the Kindle method is better for when you're just listening around the house and don't have to go anywhere. Your Kindle is also going to be heavier than your phone or iPod you can't exactly go for a run toting an e-reader. Most Kindles (especially the newer ones) don't have headphone jacks, so Bluetooth earphones are a necessity if that's how you want to listen to them.
