The Kindle apparently support audible now :offer here
I was kind of excited about this since I have a bunch of audible books from back in the day, and from time to time I add a new one. The only problem I run into is I have to book into Windows to get access to them (via either audible manager or itunes).
Amazon acquired Audible earlier this year (details). So it makes sense that they would get audible to support their new audio product.
Once on the audible site, I logged in and started downloaded the 3mb instruction file on how to use Audible content from the Kindle. I figured it was going to be cool since I didn’t see any dedicated software to download for my Kindle.
It turns out - you have to use the Audible Manager (I don’t think iTunes is an option). Bummer! It seems silly that they didn’t make audio book purchasing on the kindle as easy and addictive as books :(
I’m going to hope that this is just some intermediate step to getting that kind of integration and not the “right - we’re done it’s good enough step - time to move on never to return” kind of thing.
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