Joining Audio Book Clubs
Joining Audio Book Clubs
Let's say you've actually finished listening to the entire 18th century English literature classics catalog of an audio-book site that provides free public domain works. After celebrating Donne's poems and commiserating with Jane Austen's tragic characters, you're ready for something more modern and fresher. The next logical step on your continuing audio-book education would be getting a formal membership to audio book clubs.
Audio book clubs can either be of two types; one that offers the books you want to listen to through internet downloading and the other is one where you can physically rent audio books in the format that you want. But whatever service type you choose, joining audio book clubs makes perfect sense for people who have already realized that this medium is the only way they can catch up with "reading". An informal gauge on whether you're ready to join audio book clubs is when you listen to an audio book at least once a day.
The Perfect Audio Book Clubs
There are actually no perfect book clubs, but only a perfect (or near perfect) understanding of your audio book needs, requirements and habits. Once you have this down pat, you can then begin to look for the audio book club that can best meet those needs and requirements. The fact is that audio book download and rental services have become indistinguishable from each other with both services also offering what the other offers.
The current market of audio book club patrons have become more discriminating about the kind of services they want and would rather have the freedom of either buying books through downloads, or renting one on occasion. There is no longer the restriction of just one or the other. In choosing a club to join, the first thing to consider is to know how you view audio books. Do you consider them as collectibles or simply as stuff to rent?
If you want to collect, audio book club downloads are a perfect way to start a collection. If you're always on the road or have an aversion to collecting (some people are), then renting out would be perfect. But as we've said, either service can give you the option to buy or rent so the second consideration would be to how often you listen to audio books.
Some audio book clubs would consider your listening habits and offer you packages based on those habits. Plans are also flexible so you don't need to get stuck on a subscription that is not making you happy. There are plans whose flexibility extend to even rewarding you if get to rent or download more books than what is required. These rewards come in the form of rebates or cost-cuts that translate to savings.
Cost is also an important factor in your selection of audio book clubs. While a download is only slightly more expensive than a rental, the price equation changes according to the particular club you intend to join. Try finding one that offers you the best combinations possible towards a fulfilling audio book listening experience.