Amazon Audible 服务(Amazon Audible service)让您可以访问海量有声读物库，包括小说、非小说、自助等等。
除非您利用任何特别优惠，否则Audible通常每月收费 14.95 美元。以该价格，您每月可获得 1 个积分，以任意价格下载一本有声读物。许多(Many)有声读物的市场价格(market price)从 15 美元到 40 美元不等。
从财务角度来看，Audible似乎是一笔不错的交易。但它适合你吗？在本文中，我们将了解您订阅后Audible的工作原理。(Audible)我们还将探讨您可能想要终止会员资格的情况，以及如何取消Audible。
听觉如何工作？(How Does Audible Work?)
注册Audible非常简单。首先(First)，使用您的信用卡注册(credit card)30 天免费试用(free 30 day trial)。您还需要下载适用于 Android(for Android)或iOS的(for iOS)Audible 应用程序(Audible app)。
启动 Audible 后，您会看到很多关于您可能喜欢的有声读物的建议。这些分为多个类别，例如：
以及定期更新的各种其他类别。
开始收听有声读物后，您还会在主页顶部看到您当前的有声读物以及每个有声读物的进度。(Home page)它还会向您显示可用积分的状态。
值得注意的是，您不必将每月信用额度用于所有有声读物。Audible在其图书馆中有一系列有声读物，您可以通过订阅免费收听。
当您点击主屏幕(home screen)左上角的菜单图标(menu icon)时，您会看到包含许多选项的完整有声菜单。(Audible menu)
导航有声(Navigating Audible)
- 从菜单中选择Originals以浏览您可以免费收听的 Audible 原件。
- 从菜单中选择我的图书馆(My Library)以查看您购买的所有有声读物。购买有声读物意味着它将永久保存在您的图书馆中，您可以随心所欲地收听它。
- 从菜单中选择“推荐(Recommended)”以查看 Audible 根据您最近的收听历史推荐的有声读物。
考虑到有声读物的有声图书馆非常大，这个区域特别有用，有时很难找到您会觉得有趣的有声读物。
- 如果您从菜单中选择统计(Stats)信息，您将看到以不同方式可视化的收听历史记录。
- 听力等级(Listening Level)：听有声读物的时间越多，排名越高。
- 徽章收藏(Badge Collection)：您可以通过连续收听有声读物、在一天或一周的特定时间收听等赢得徽章。
- 收听时间(Listening Time)：查看您的总收听时间的历史记录。
- 有声标题(Audible Titles)：查看您在一段时间内收听的有声读物的总数。
就像健身应用程序可以帮助(fitness apps help)您了解自己的身体健康状况一样，Audible统计数据可以帮助您监控自己的智力健康状况！
寻找新的有声读物来听(Finding New Audiobooks To Listen To)
当您从主菜单中选择商店时，您会看到不同的方法来寻找新的 Audible 有声读物以进行购买。您可以建立愿望清单(Wish List)，搜索畅销书(Best Sellers)或新品(New Releases)，或者简单地选择浏览(Browse)以浏览热门选择。
类别(Categories)选项是深入了解整个 Audible 库的最佳方式。您将看到一个主类别页面(Categories page)，将所有有声读物分为 26 个类别。
这些应该涵盖您可能感兴趣的任何主题领域。
选择(Select)其中任何一个以按推荐的标题或每个主题区域(topic area)的子类别进行浏览。
看到您想听的有声标题后，只需点按有声读物标题(audiobook title)。您会看到以通常比订阅者零售价折扣的价格购买有声读物的选项。
但是，大多数情况下，您将通过点击立即购买 1 个(Buy Now with 1 Credit)积分来使用您的一个月度积分。如果您现在不想购买，您可以选择添加到愿望清单(Add to Wish List)，这样任何拥有 Audible 帐户的人都可以通过选择赠送礼物(Give as a gift)为您购买。
如果您拥有 Audible 帐户，您可以确信的一件事是，您将永远不会用完有声读物可供收听的选项。图书馆真的很大。
Audible值得付出代价吗？(Is Audible Worth The Cost?)
确定Audible是否适合您并不简单(t simple)。很大程度上取决于您的生活方式以及您实际需要聆听的时间可能从 8 小时到 15 小时不等。
还有很多其他的考虑：
- 你喜欢听别人大声告诉你的故事吗？
- 您日常日程的哪一部分允许长时间收听音频？
- 您可以在专注于其他工作的同时听有声读物吗？
- 无论如何，您通常会在有声读物上花很多钱吗？
对于喜欢阅读实体书体验的人来说，有声读物(Audiobooks)并不理想。对于只在长途旅行中听他们说话并且不经常长途旅行的人来说，这也不划算。
要确定它是否物有所值，请考虑 Audible 订阅的每月费用为 14.95 美元。
- 大多数有声读物的订户价格平均约为每本 20 至 25 美元。
- 无论(credit regardless)价格如何，您都可以使用每月信用额度购买任何有声读物。
- 您可以通过每月订阅访问整个免费有声读物图书馆
请记住，网上有很多地方可以免费获得有声读物来收听。然而，免费有声读物的图书馆通常比您在Audible找到的图书馆要小得多。
如何取消有声(How To Cancel Audible)
如果您订阅了 Audible，但认为它不划算，那么了解如何取消订阅并不是(subscription isn)很明显。
您确实需要在菜单系统(menu system)中进行一些挖掘，以找到可以取消 Audible 订阅的位置。
- 在 Audible 主页上，从菜单中选择我的帐户。(My Account)向下滚动(Scroll)到页面底部并选择(page and select) 帮助(Help)。
- 在我们可以为您提供什么帮助？(What can we help you with?)部分，选择我的帐户(My Account)。
- 在下一页上，选择更改或取消我的会员资格(Change or cancel my membership)。
- 在下一页上，选择取消我的会员资格(Cancel my membership)。
- 选择取消会员资格(Cancel membership)按钮以完成会员资格取消(membership cancellation)。
您确实有其他选择，而不是直接取消订阅。如果您愿意，您可以将您的帐户暂停长达三个月。这将暂停任何月度费用。
在此期间，您不会被收取每月订阅费(subscription rate)，但您也不会累积任何新的每月积分。如果您积累了很多学分并且没有太多时间听有声读物，这会很有帮助。
但是，为此，您需要通过电话或电子邮件联系(phone or email)客户服务(customer care)。
您应该保留有声订阅吗？(Should You Keep Your Audible Subscription?)
继续为您的每月 Audible 订阅付费的决定归结为您使用了多少。如果您只是没有时间经常听有声读物，Audible 订阅可能对您来说不划算。
但是，如果您经常旅行并且在长途旅行中需要娱乐，或者您发现听故事可以帮助您提高工作效率 - Audible 订阅可能非常适合您。
How Does Audible Work & Should You Cancel It?
The Amazon Audible service gives you access to a massіve library of audiobooks including fictiоn, non-fiction, self-help and much morе.
Unless you take advantage of any special offers, Audible normally costs $14.95 each month. For that price, you receive 1 credit to download a single audiobook at any price each month. Many of the audiobooks have a market price of anywhere from $15 to $40.
From a financial standpoint, Audible seems like an excellent deal. But is it right for you? In this article, we’ll take a look at how Audible works once you subscribe. We’ll also explore scenarios where you may want to to end your membership, and how to cancel Audible.
How Does Audible Work?
Signing up for Audible is fairly straightforward. First, sign up for a free 30 day trial with your credit card. You’ll also need to download the Audible app for Android or for iOS.
Once you launch Audible, you’ll see lots of suggestions for audiobooks you may enjoy. These are organized across a number of categories like:
- Recommended for you.
- Popular In Your Top Genres.
- Free for Members.
And a variety of other categories that update regularly.
Once you start listening to audiobooks, at the top of the Home page you’ll also see your current audiobooks and your progress in each one. It’ll also show you the status of available credits to use.
It’s worth noting that you don’t have to use your monthly credit for all audiobooks. Audible has a collection of audiobooks in its library that you can listen to free of charge with a subscription.
When you tap the menu icon at the upper left of the home screen, you’ll see the full Audible menu with lots of options.
Navigating Audible
- Select Originals from the menu to browse Audible originals that you can listen to for free.
- Select My Library from the menu to view all of the audiobooks you’ve purchased. Purchasing an audiobook means that it’ll stay in your library permanently and you can listen to it as often as you wish.
- Select Recommended from the menu to see what audiobooks Audible recommends, based on your recent listening history.
This area is especially useful considering the Audible library of audiobooks is so large, it can be difficult sometimes to find audiobooks that you’ll find interesting.
- If you select Stats from the menu, you’ll see your listening history visualized in different ways.
- Listening Level: Earn higher ranks the more hours you listen to audiobooks.
- Badge Collection: You can win badges for listening to audiobooks in a row, listening at certain times of day or the week, and more.
- Listening Time: See a history of your total listening time.
- Audible Titles: View a total of the number of audiobooks you’ve listened to over time.
Just like fitness apps help you see how well you’re maintaining your physical fitness, Audible stats help you monitor how well you’re keeping up with your intellectual fitness!
Finding New Audiobooks To Listen To
When you select Store from the main menu, you’ll see different approaches to finding new Audible audiobooks to buy. You can build a Wish List, search for Best Sellers or New Releases, or simply select Browse to browse top selections.
The Categories option is the best way to dive into the entire Audible library. You’ll see a main Categories page breaking all audiobooks across 26 categories.
These should cover just about any area of topical interest you may have.
Select any one of them to browse by Recommended titles or by subcategories of each topic area.
Once you see an Audible title that you’d like to listen to, just tap the audiobook title. You’ll see the option to buy the audiobook at a price that’s typically discounted off retail price for subscribers.
However, most of the time you’ll use one of your monthly credits by tapping on Buy Now with 1 Credit. If you don’t want to buy now, you can select Add to Wish List so that anyone else with an Audible account could buy it for you by selecting Give as a gift.
One thing you can be confident about if you have an Audible account is that you’ll never run out of audiobook options to listen to. The library is truly massive.
Is Audible Worth The Cost?
Deciding whether Audible is right for you isn’t simple. A lot depends on your lifestyle and how much time you actually have to listen to that can range from 8 to 15 hours.
There are a lot of other considerations as well:
- Do you enjoy hearing stories told to you out loud?
- What part of your daily schedule allows for listening to audio for long periods of time?
- Can you listen to an audiobook while focusing on other work?
- Do you normally spend a lot of money on audiobooks anyway?
Audiobooks aren’t ideal for people who prefer the experience of reading physical books. It also isn’t cost-effective for people who only listen to them during long trips, and only take long trips infrequently.
To determine whether it’s worth the cost, consider that the monthly cost of an Audible subscription is $14.95.
- Most subscriber prices for audiobooks average about $20 to $25 each.
- You can purchase any audiobook with your monthly credit regardless of price.
- You have access to an entire library of free audiobooks with your monthly subscription
Keep in mind there are plenty of places online where you can get free audiobooks to listen to. However the library of free audiobooks is typically much smaller than the library you’ll find at Audible.
How To Cancel Audible
If you’ve subscribed to Audible but have decided that it isn’t cost-effective, understanding how to cancel your subscription isn’t entirely obvious.
You do need to dig a little in the menu system to find where you can cancel your Audible subscription.
- From the Audible Home page, select My Account from the menu. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and select Help.
- Under the What can we help you with? section, select My Account.
- On the next page, select Change or cancel my membership.
- On the next page, select Cancel my membership.
- Select the Cancel membership button to complete the membership cancellation.
You do have other options rather than outright cancelling your subscription. If you want, you could place your account on hold for up to three months. This will pause any monthly charges.
During that time, you won’t be charged the monthly subscription rate, but you also won’t accumulate any new monthly credits. This can be helpful if you’ve accumulated a lot of credits and haven’t had a lot of time to listen to audiobooks.
However, to do this, you’ll need to contact customer care via phone or email.
Should You Keep Your Audible Subscription?
The decision to keep paying for your monthly Audible subscription boils down to how much you use it. If you just don’t have the time to listen to audiobooks very often, an Audible subscription may not be cost-effective for you.
However, if you travel a lot and need entertainment during your long travels, or you find that listening to stories helps you stay more productive – an Audible subscription may be perfect for you.
