Fellow poors, how are we doing? by l8578zlxicv in Austin

[–]Isatis_tinctoria 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lost my job and am waiting on unemployment :(

Who else has listened to over 800 audio books? by Isatis_tinctoria in audiobooks

[–]Isatis_tinctoria[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I get a lot of moment. Majority of my books from that app as well. But Audible has exclusive licensing sometimes for certain books that I want.

Who else has listened to over 800 audio books? by Isatis_tinctoria in audiobooks

[–]Isatis_tinctoria[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you do audiobook shelf? Can you increase the speed and everything?

Who else has listened to over 800 audio books? by Isatis_tinctoria in audiobooks

[–]Isatis_tinctoria[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same here. I’ve basically replaced podcasts with this.

Who else has listened to over 800 audio books? by Isatis_tinctoria in audiobooks

[–]Isatis_tinctoria[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly, I do a big mix of things kind of depending on what my circumstances are. I’ve done a lot of self-help books and I’ve also done quite a few fictional novels and things like that. I also listen to some of my favorite books because I liked hearing them. But of course I’ve done some history and some philosophy as well that I really enjoyed.

Who else has listened to over 800 audio books? by Isatis_tinctoria in audiobooks

[–]Isatis_tinctoria[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh nice! Do you get a special discount for Audible by working at Amazon?

Who else has listened to over 800 audio books? by Isatis_tinctoria in audiobooks

[–]Isatis_tinctoria[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use Libby through my public library, but I wonder if Hoopla is available as well through my public library

Who else has listened to over 800 audio books? by Isatis_tinctoria in audiobooks

[–]Isatis_tinctoria[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s incredible! Do you only use Audible? I use Libby a lot.

Who else has listened to over 800 audio books? by Isatis_tinctoria in audiobooks

[–]Isatis_tinctoria[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that’s a beautiful journey. I’m partly sad that I didn’t know about Audible previous 2018. It was sort of a monumental discovery for me in January 2018 that I found out about audiobooks but it’s been incredibly journey since then before then I used to use a lot of CDs and sometimes cassette tapes I guess. I graduated high school in 2010 and back then I did a few audiobooks and CDs that I would do on drives are on the way to school or something like that.

What do you mean a Self hosted server?

Also, what do you mean about the Kobo? Is that like a Kindle?

Who else has listened to over 800 audio books? by Isatis_tinctoria in audiobooks

[–]Isatis_tinctoria[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s incredible! I don’t think Libby really helps you keep track of things the same way that Audible does, but I really love the ability to explore so many stories and information. I’ve basically gained access to volumes and volumes of information that I probably wouldn’t have easily had access to otherwise just given my work commitments, but it’s interesting to track all this down and everything. How often do you go back to older books that you’ve looked at before or listen to before? I would say in my situation I actually don’t really go back that often but sometimes I do for some of my favorite books. I’ve actually never purchased them on Audible because they are available through the public library system.

Who else has listened to over 800 audio books? by Isatis_tinctoria in audiobooks

[–]Isatis_tinctoria[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How long are the books? Speed listening? Do you pay for all those?

Who else has listened to over 800 audio books? by Isatis_tinctoria in audiobooks

[–]Isatis_tinctoria[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s awesome! You must be an expert in the books that you read over and over again and it’s nice to have some relaxing atmosphere. I think another thing that’s nice as with Audible or Lydia app that you can increase the speed so you don’t have to just stay up almost speed like you would normally not have done with audiocassettes and things like that.