Aah, Richard, that was what I was getting at. For me, if I don't like a voice, then I can't listen to a book. Human nature I'm afraid.
On Oct 25, 2012, at 2:34 PM, Richard Turner <richard.turne...@gmail.com> wrote: > To be even more fair, whether a book is badly read is very subjective. > I have come across one book that I would really like to read, but I don't > like the reader. > The book is Folly by Laurie R. King. > The reader is probably fine, I just don't like the way he reads so I am not > going to buy that book. > Another one that got terrible reviews is the book Room, that lots of people > complained about the way it was read. I also read some of the reviews > before making a purchase unless it is a reader I know already. > > Richard > > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Alex Stone > Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 6:29 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Buying books from Audible. > > To be fair, I've y6et to come across a badly rad book on Audible. > Cheers > Alex > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Kawal Gucukoglu > Sent: 25 October 2012 14:24 > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Buying books from Audible. > > Surely, a reader makes you want to listen to a book. I don't know about any > one on this list, but if a person can't read the book well, what I mean, if > an actor can't describe what is going on well, then I for one would not buy > it. For me, a person has to bring a book to life if it's being read other > than you. > > Kawal. > > On Oct 25, 2012, at 2:15 PM, Alex Stone <alexstone...@btinternet.com> wrote: > >> Kawal, this is not going to be much help, but I've been using Audible >> for years, and I've never felt the need to bother with the samples. My >> experience is that you can usually work out whether you're going to >> enjoy > a >> book from the description. >> Cheers >> Alex >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf Of Kawal Gucukoglu >> Sent: 25 October 2012 14:02 >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Buying books from Audible. >> >> Hello. >> >> >> I want to buy audible books using my I phone,. However, I can't >> listen to samples as the audio files present themselves as images. >> Does any one > know >> how to get around this? >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> Kawal. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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