I get a lot of questions asking if audible's worth it or not so in today's
video I want to talk about the pros the cons and then I really want to mainly
focus on how to take full advantage of audible so that you can tell if it's
worth it for yourself or not because honestly audible isn't for everyone but at
least by the end of this video you should know a lot more about it now if
you just found this channel I'm Jason with honest finance and I make a lot of
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so feel free to subscribe if you want to but now let's start talking about
audible I've been using audible for about four years now and I love it for
the type of reading that I do because I mostly read a lot of nonfiction books
that are generally pretty expensive and I don't have a lot of time to read so
audiobooks are extremely useful to me audible is the main source of audiobooks
for me but I do buy audiobooks on iTunes as well and I'll explain why I do that
in a minute I'll quickly cover the pricing right now but just know that I'm
mainly going to be talking about how to get the most out of audible so just hang
tight now you've got to understand that audible is a subscription-based platform
for audiobooks but it's not unlimited like Spotify music is how audible works
is that you just pay a monthly subscription fee and then they give you
book credits that you can redeem for any audiobooks on their platform and the
cool thing is that every single book that they offer only requires one credit
and then they're yours to keep forever even if you cancel with audible and
that's a big deal because a lot of these subscriptions just let you borrow
content and then when you cancel it's gone forever because even if you had a
Spotify account for 15 years as soon as you cancel nothing is yours anymore now
the most basic plan from audible is 15 dollars a month and that will get you
one book credit per month and then you'll get all the other benefits as
well as long as you're still subscribed they've also got yearly plans as well
which are the best value so if you do read a lot then I would definitely look
into those because as of right now you can actually get credits for less than
10 bucks a piece and I do have another video that's mostly an audible review so
if you guys want more information on pricing and stuff like that then
definitely check out that video as well now in my opinion I'd say the audible is
100% worth it if you at least read one book a month but if you're a new member
I would give them a try right now because they'll give you two free
audiobooks just for signing up and that is
freaking awesome so if you are new to audible then at least get your two free
books because they're yours to keep even if you cancel I've got an affiliate link
for the two free books in the description below so go ahead and click
on that and I can earn a small commission but it is just a way that you
guys can help support my channel so that I can keep making in-depth videos like
this one now I'll cover the pros and the cons of audible so that you can tell for
yourself if it's gonna be worth it for you or not the main benefit of being an
audible member is just the fact that you get the book credits for a great price
but they have a lot of other cool perks too so as long as you're paying for a
current audible subscription they will give you two free audible original books
every month and that's out of six that are gonna rotate every single month so
that you can pick different ones audible originals also stay on your account if
you cancel so those are gonna be yours to keep as well I'll be honest that most
of the titles haven't really interested me that much because I mostly read
self-help books and finance books which are never really an option for the
audible originals but if you are open to reading a variety of different types of
books then definitely check out audible originals when you're subscribed because
even I've found a few that are worth keeping now the best perk in my opinion
for being an audible subscriber is the fact that you're gonna get a 30%
discount on all of their cover price books which is such a good deal so
basically if you don't have any credits left over and you don't want to buy any
new ones or wait for them then you can always just get 30% off right from their
bookstore for being a member and that is a very good deal and sometimes the books
will even be cheaper than your credits worth so in that case just buy the book
for a cheaper amount of money and then save your credit for a more expensive
book later down the road because if the book you want to buy is only eight bucks
but your credits worth fifteen then obviously just buy it for eight bucks
and save the credit for later and as a member they'll also give you access to
their daily deals so they're always gonna have a really good book for a
really good price every single day and then on top of that they also have
monthly deals as well and then just keep in mind that all of those deals that
I've been talking about our only four subscribed members so you're only gonna
get those types of perks if you're paying for audible another really cool
thing about audible is they'll actually let you return books which is such a
good customer service feature
the current return policy lets you return a book within 365 days which in
my opinion is plenty of time to return any book for whatever reason because if
the book just sucks or the narrator drives you crazy then just return it
through audibles desktop site and I'm sure they'll be able to help you out
just remember that returns only work if you're actively subscribed with them so
it's not like you can just take advantage and return your books if
you're not paying for a subscription the audible app is pretty cool too because
you're gonna have access to all of your books through their cloud and it's a
really easy to use you can also sync up audiobooks from other bookstores so that
the audible app is the only one that you ever have to use I've got an iPhone so
all of the audio books that I bought through iTunes will actually sync
directly to the audible app and it's always easy to do so overall if you like
to read then I'd say the audible is definitely worth it especially with all
of their extra perks but you do have to be subscribed to have access to those
perks if you're not subscribed you are gonna lose access to all of the perks
but just keep in mind like I said earlier the ebooks are yours to keep
forever even if you're cancelled they'll also be stored in the cloud as well so
anytime you need one of your books you can always find them even if you're not
a subscriber now there's only a few cons of audible in my opinion but they're
really not that big of a deal and if you've made it this far into the video
can you please comment down below and just say I'm still watching that way I
can still see who's interested in the video Thanks the first problem that I'll
mention is that your credits do roll over if you don't use them but
eventually they're gonna start to expire and that's kind of stupid basically you
can roll over up to 6 credits per billing cycle before they'll start to
expire so if you had the one credit plan and you never redeemed any of your books
for about 6 months then around that time you're gonna start to lose one credit
per month because 6 is your limit honestly though that doesn't concern me
much because I'm always going to use up my credits before they expire and I'm
sure they're gonna send you an email if they're gonna do something like that
you'll also lose any unused credits that you have with audible when you cancel
with them so just make sure to use up your credits before you cancel but
honestly that's pretty obvious now if you're an iPhone user like I am you'll
notice that you can't buy any books through the audible app which is so
annoying because of the stupid contract disagreements so even though it's
annoying that you can't buy books directly through the app you can always
just hop online right on your phone and buy them through audible.com however I
think that only has to do with iPhone so if you're using a different brand of
phone then you probably don't have to deal with the same issues and I've also
noticed on the audible app that you have to download all the books so just make
sure that you have a little bit of space on your phone because audiobooks are not
the smallest files I have a huge hard drive on my phone so I could care less
but I just want you guys to be aware that I haven't found a way to stream any
of the books and even if I did find a way to stream the books I still would
want to download them anyways because I like to just be able to read wherever I
am and if I'm wrong about any of this kind of stuff just comment down below
and tell us how to fix it because this is just based on me using an iPhone and
then the audible app now the biggest con of audible in my opinion is that
sometimes their prices aren't as good as some of their competition but usually
they are because sometimes I'll just end up finding a book on iTunes that ends up
being cheaper than audibles prices even if you're using a credit this definitely
doesn't happen very often but I always take a quick look at what the
competition is offering and you should too because sometimes you're gonna find
better prices also I know this sounds crazy but you should check amazon's
prices too because sometimes they're gonna have a kindle version that you can
buy and then you can upgrade it to an audible version that's gonna end up
being a better price overall it doesn't happen very often but sometimes you can
get both versions of the book on Amazon for a cheaper price than audible and if
you're not subscribed to audible I would definitely check out the other
bookstores prices because if you're not getting the 30 percent discount for
being a member then a lot of the time their books aren't really that great of
prices and if you ever want to buy a book that cost more than $15 but you're
not subscribed then just recibir best deal that you can get on any platform
there are plenty of books out there that easily cost 30 or 40 bucks and so that's
where audible makes the most sense I don't really care who a buy the
audiobooks from and they're cheap but I'm always gonna use audible 100% of the
time for the more expensive books because that is always gonna be the best
value audible doesn't have a contract so a lot of the time I'll just unsubscribe
to catch up on my reading and then I'll Reese absque Ribe whenever I need more
books and I've also noticed while I'm unsubscribed that audible will send out
periodic emails with big discounts to try to get me to re sign up it's not
worth cancelling just to try to get better deals but just keep in mind that
they are gonna periodically send you out email
to try to get you to Reese absque ribe for example I was just on their homepage
and I saw an ad that said that they had $8 a month for three months if you re
subscribe and that's a really good deal if they're trying to get you back so
when I saw the ad I was actually taking a break at the time but I actually took
advantage of the offer because it was worth it for the next three months of
books because overall in my opinion I think the audible is totally worth it
because for just 15 bucks a month you're gonna get any book that you want and it
doesn't matter how expensive it is plus you'll get the two free audible
originals every month and then you'll get the thirty percent off at their book
store just for being subscribed now the only reason audible is not worth it is
if you can't justify at least one book a month but in that case I just take
breaks like I do and then remember as of right now if you're a new member you're
gonna get the two free audiobooks and they're yours to keep forever
even if you cancel the membership now I would recommend reading how to win
friends and influence people and Rich Dad Poor Dad if you want to start out
with two books that can definitely change your life and once again I'm
Jason with honest finance and if you guys do want to watch the other audible
video that talks more about different pricing and stuff like that then check
out that video right there and go ahead and subscribe if you're into this kind
of information but that's all for now