Attention All Amazon Prime Subscribers

[M. Taylor]

Hello Everyone,

I am posting this because I recently discovered a new resource for accessing
/ downloading newly released and more, Audible audiobooks at no additional
charge to Prime subscribers.

Please understand that there is a great deal about Amazon and Amazon prime
benefits that many find rather confusion, including me, so I am just going
to relay my experience and in no way am I posting as an expert.

Okay, the other day, I saw an advertisement for a newly released collection
of short stories that were published on Kindle, only, with audio narration
(narration by Audible). There was a fee for the collection but the
advertisement stated that Prime members could download and read the
collection for free.

Intrigued, I fired up my trusty iOS Kindle app and opened the Discover tab.

Now remember, I'm going to keep this as simple as possible. In no way was
my first experience a quick and smooth one for I had no idea of how any of
this worked.

Okay, after opening the Discover tab, I selected the category, "Prime
Reading." There is also a "Kindle Unlimited" category, which I did not
explore.

I suspect that the Kindle Unlimited program is to Prime Reading as the
Amazon Music Unlimited program is to Prime Music; a guess, only.

Once I selected Prime Reading, a new screen was displayed. There are
several sub categories to explore but, in order to search for a specific
title, I selected "Browse the Catalog."

On the next screen, there are two important items to note: (1) the search
field and (2) the filter button.

Whether you merely want to browse the catalog or search for a specific
title, set the filter to "eBooks with Audible" and launch your search.

All of the resulting titles will be eBooks that have Audible narration that
are free for Prime members to read in Kindle and/or listen to via Audible.

Of course there are many, many ways to navigate through the Prime Reading
universe but the above was the method I used to get started.

What I find most delightful is that I have been able to download some titles
that were published for Kindle, only, and still enjoy the Audible experience
without having to pay additional fees.

Okay, I hope you find this useful.

Happy Reading,

Mark

[deidrea...@gmail.com]

Mark
This makesme want to be a Kindle user. How modest you are! Your instructions are good instructions and I bet you there will be many here who will check it out.

Deidre

[mrsi...@sasktel.net]

Hi Mark,

Were these books you downloaded for free, with your amazon prime account, read by real people of was it t t s?

Thanks,

Mont.

P s, how much does this amazon prime account cost?

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[M. Taylor]

Hello Mont,

Yes, the audio narrators are real people, not a TTS.

So, in the Kindle app, you can read the title via VoiceOver or choose to hear the human voices which were recorded in a studio; the same audio heard in any Audible title.

You can also navigate the title via the audio narration or via VoiceOver. For example, when you use a VoiceOver gesture to change pages or jump to a specific location in the book, when next you engage the Audible portion, the human voice narration reading will resume at the same location. It's really quite amazing (smile).

In the US, a standard annual Prime membership subscription is currently $139.

Mark

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[M. Taylor]

This is great info, Donna.

I had no idea. I am going to share this on our other 2 lists so that Audible subscribers may use this method to explore the Amazon universe from the Audible app, as well as from the Kindle app.

Mark

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Hi all,

Thanks, Mark, for this tip. I’ll get some good mileage out of that, I suspect. :)

Just thought I’d add that you can do something kind of similar to this from within the Audible app. If you tap The Discover tab, at the top will be severl filters you can use, one of which is Included in My Library. These are titles in the Audio Plus category, which means they are free to you as an Audible subscriber. When I first learned about this, I dismissed it, because it seemed like a lot of the freebies were just podcasts. But when I looked more closely, I saw that there are some interesting titles included. For example, after watching The Queen’s Gambit on Netflix, I was able to download the audio book for free. If you’re looking for a specific book, and want to see if it’s in your Audio Plus catalog, go to the Discover tab, and then tap Search. Type or dictate the title you’re looking for, and then select the Included in my Library filter.

Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Donna

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ThanksMark, I'll check this out further.

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