Author: Michael Crider / Source: How-To Geek
Audible is easily the largest marketplace for audiobooks, but it’s also pretty expensive. Here are a few ways you can reduce the cost of expanding your audiobook collection.
At $14.95 per month, a standard one-credit Audible subscription is more than a lot of unlimited media options (like Netflix or Amazon’s own Kindle Unlimited) for just a few hours of content.
You can lower that per-item cost by buying a more expensive plan or paying yearly, but even so, there’s nothing even close to an “all you can eat” option for Audible’s vast selection. And purchasing audiobooks outright outside of the monthly token system is expensive, with most professionally published audiobooks costing $20-30. It adds up quickly.Some alternatives are considerably cheaper or even free, like Scribd or digital rentals from your local library. But nothing beats Audible’s selection, which is probably why it’s so expensive. Here are a few ways you can mitigate that cost.
Take Advantage Of Audible’s Free Trials
New users of Audible get access to the standard “30-day free trial.” In Audible terms, this means one free credit, which you can exchange for almost any audiobook on the site. You’ll have to provide credit card information (or point to your Amazon account) to get the free credit, but if you cancel before one month, you won’t be charged. Audible credits, and the books for which you exchange them remain connected to your account even when you don’t have an active subscription.
You should cancel your trial account before the time limit expires, even if you intend to keep buying books. Why? Well…
Cancel Your Account (Or At Least Pretend To) Every Once In A While
With Audible, as with other services, the company wants you to keep you paying on a regular basis. To incentivize you to keep your account active, they’ll often offer you a discount if you try to cancel at the end of the month. On multiple occasions after canceling a month-to-month subscription, Audible has offered me a 50% discount on the next three credits. That’s three audiobooks—generally $20-30 when bought individually—for under $8 each.
You can’t merely threaten to cancel your account every three months and score a half-price subscription forever. But unlike the initial free trial (which won’t work more than once for the same account), Audible’s customer retention system seems to reset periodically. You can certainly pull this move once or twice a year to score some cheap credits, especially if it’s been a while since you’ve had an active…
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