Simply Audio is not in the UK store. Thank you very much Sieghard for your message of warning.
Kawal. On 15 Feb 2013, at 05:20 AM ,Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > Hi, > > I tried their service maybe a year ago or so. You might want to search the > archives because there was a bit of a discussion about it at the time. > > My thought on this is that I feel $25 is pricy, yes, you can read/listen to > as many books as you want, but you don't own the books, it's like Netflix > where you can stream as many movies as you like except of course Netflix is > only $7.99. > > When I tried the service I started listening to a book I really wanted to > read and about half way through I stopped one night and when I tried to pick > up where I left off the next day I was informed that the book unfortunately > was no longer available. I called customer support and was told that they > somehow lost the rights to the book and that this was something that happens > from time to time. > > I much prefer Audible where I can download the book and even if I at one > point cancel my membership I still have access to the books I purchased. I > buy my Audible credits in batches of 24 which is $229, so approx.. $9.54 or > $9.55 a book. As a member I also have access to all their promotions, they > just had one again where they offered 200 books for $4.95 a book and I ended > up finding 10 books I liked. Just those 2 transactions netted me 34 books > for $280 which means I paid $8.24 a book so 3 books at this average would be > the same as paying $25 a month for the Simply Audio Books service. > I sometimes read more than 3 books a month, but usually I can easily get > additional books during one or another promotion from Audible for $5 to $7 > and while in the end I might spend $100 or $150 more than what the $25 a > month service would cost me, at least I own these books and they add to my > growing library of books many of which I will read again at some point. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of r...@q.com > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 2:19 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: simply audio books > > It's like Audible except for $25 or so per month you have unlimited books > you can download. > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Kawal Gucukoglu > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 3:42 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: simply audio books > > What kind of books can you get from that and is it like Audible? > On 14 Feb 2013, at 20:05, r...@q.com wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Has anyone used books from Simply Audio Books? I downloaded the free >> app and it seems to work with VO but I thought I'd ask before setting >> up an account to find out if it is useable to actually read books. >> There is a free two-week trial period so doing that won't cost >> anything besides the time. >> >> Thanks >> >> -- >> 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 Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > 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 Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > 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 Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > 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 Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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