Hello Esther. I just sent a message about this to the viphone list. It seems at though my m4b audiobooks do not show up in the audible app when I choose the iTunes option that you described below. Any thoughts? Thanks. Matthew Campbell.
On 2013-03-31, at 7:20 PM, Esther <mori...@mac.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm starting a new thread to reply to some queries about the Audible > app that appeared as thread-jack posts in the middle of the VO > Calendar thread. Brian asked wherther the free Audible app could be > used to find Audiobooks or was it strictly a player for your content. > Arnold answered that it could only be used to download and play what > you have put into your library via their web site. This is not the > only way that the Audible app can be used, although it may be the most > convenient feature for users who have purchased Audible audiobooks or > subscriptions -- we can select and download any previously purchased > books in our Audible libraries directly through the app, without going > through iTunes. It is true that customers cannot purchase Audible > content from within the "Audiobooks from Audible" app, and must do > this through Audible's web site. However, this free app also allows > you to play any audiobooks that are in your iTunes library -- whether > these were purchased from the iTunes Store or audiobook tracks that > you ripped from CD or downloaded as mp3 files. When you double tap > the "My Library" button on the bottom of the home screen, you can > select tab categories of either "My Library", which refers to your > Audible library purchases, or "iPod Library", which are audiobooks > that you synced to your device through iTunes. > > This means that you can listen to all your audiobooks in one app, if > you have audiobooks that were not purchased from Audible. For users > who listen to audiobooks but do not use Audible, this app will let you > set multiple bookmarks for your audiobooks, and will remember the last > played audiobook if you want to resume listening. You do have to set > the playing speed in the music app, if you want to speed up playback, > but that setting will be remembered. > > I was reminded of this feature when I answered a recent AppleVis forum > question about managing mp3 audiobooks on the iPhone. It's possible to > join multiple mp3 audiobook tracks and use the "Audiobooks from > Audible" app to play them. The app supports both multiple bookmarks > and chapter navigation, if you have used joining software that created > chapterized audiobooks. For people who want more informtion, the link > to the AppleVis forum discussion about this topic is: > • App for audio books? > http://www.applevis.com/forum/ios-ios-app-discussion/app-audio-books > > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > -- > 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.
