Category: Geeks r Us
Hello all.
I just recently perchased an audible account under the impression that you could play your books in any device. I have an mp3 cd player that I usually listen to my books on but after I finished choosing the book I wanted, I realized that it is a .aa file. This file type can be imported into windows media player and I can listen to it fine there but I have to share my computer so it makes it very inconvenient for reading. Someone told me that I can burn the book onto a cd but I don't find any option that is remotely close to that anywhere. I just don't understand why, after I've already paid for the book, can't I convert it into an accessible format. If anyone else on here has an audible.com account and is willing to help me, I'd really appreciate it. lol I was all excited that I'd be able to get more books to read but knowing that I can only read my books when it's my turn on the computer is very disappointing indeed. So if anyone can please help, it would be great! Thanks for reading!
A very disappointed Michelle
Howdy Michelle. I'm with Audible UK which may be slightly different, but Lisa has a .com account though, so if what I tell you doesn't work let me know and I'll ask her what she does. You can indeed burn the books onto cd from audible manager. My thinking is though that you wil be better off getting something like an olympus ds30 or something similar, and just transfer the books across that way. The olympus and other digital recorders can play audible books straight out the box ya see. Just USB it up, transfer the book across and press play, simpel as lol. Reason I say that is in most cases you'll need a butt load of cd's to burn a book, where as, at the moment I have like 4 or 5 books on my ds30 right now. sick of the books on the ds30, np, delete those, as you'll stil have 'em in your library and on the pc, and transfer new ones across.
Hope this helps, but if not let me know as I say, and I'll see what else I can do. As far as getting an olympus ds30 or similar device, EBay, or Amazon will have 'em as wel as similar places.
Let me know how ya get on.
Cheers,
Simon
Hi Simon.
Thanks so much for your reply. I will definitely look into getting the Olympus ds30. It sounds exactly like something I'd need. lol Having so many mp3 cds are quite annoying. Does it come with a speaker or would you have to buy a portable speaker separately? I dislike wearing earphones when I read so would probably get something with speakers. Right now, I just connect my old computer speakers to my mp3 cd discman and listen to books like that. hehehe I'm so behind the times.
After long research, I did figure out how to convert my .aa book into an mp3 format using goldwave. But the thing is, it's one huge track. heheheheh But I suppose I can always pause it. Does the Olympus player have a way to find the spot where you left off? Thanks so much and happy listening all.
A much happier Michelle
Hiya Michelle,
Allrighty let's tackle this a bit at a time lol.
It does come with a speaker yeah, but it's a bit on the quiet side for my liking. Then again my ears aren't the greatest, for one reason and another so perhaps I ought not judge. Instead of wearing headphones though, why not head over to ILA and see if they still have that speaker pillow thing they sold a while back. I might be going insane, but if I remember rightly it does what it says really, it's a speaker inside a pillow, so you can rest your head on it, plug it into whatever you're listening to, and viola, no need for headphones.
The olympus has a position remembering thinggy yep. It saves a little file along with your book, so that when you next switch it on and press play, you start from where you stopped. The other thing I like about the olympus is that it's about the size of a box of matches, so no carrying around something big and bulky. One last thing, there are other recorders in the olypus range, I mentioned the ds30 as it's the cheapest. It's also, however, the one with the least amount of memory. We also have the ds40 and ds50 to choose from as well. As I say, just check 'em out on EBay or Amazon, places like that, and you'll be able to check out the specs and so on and make an informed decision that way. Also I and others are here for your questions, so you'll be sorted I reckon lol.
Righty, hope this babble helps, and as I say if there's anything else I can help ya with hit me up or post here.
Happy reading.
Cheers,
Simon