An Audible Hack

No, I don’t have a chest cold!

Y’know how they have those books at there called "Google Hacks" or "eBay Hacks" or things like that?

They’re not really about how to hack Google or eBay or similar services. The so-called "hacks" are really tips on how to use the services. Sometimes they’re undocumented tips, but often they’re just things you’d know if you actually . . . like . . . read the instructions.

Well, here’s a similar "hack" for using the Audible.Com book service.

Depending on what kind of subscription you have to it, you get to download one or two audiobooks a month. The problem is (if you’re like me) you’ve already listened to them way before the month is over and are wanting to download something new without having to pay a huge price for it.

The Old Testament, for example, will run you either 1 book credit as one of the monthly downloads you get or, if you’ve already used up your monthly book credits (which are about $10-12 each, or half of your monthly subscription) then the Old Testament will run you $119.

It’s really hard after you’ve used your monthly book credit because you’re sitting around going "Oooo. . . . I want to read that. But I don’t want to pay 70 bucks for it! I wish it was my renewal date so I’d have another couple of book credits to use."

Audible is always having sales on things, but usually not on what I want to read at the moment.

Currently, though, they’re having a sale where you can give your mom or anybody you care about 10 book credits for $119, or about $12 each.

So I thought: Per St. Thomas, I care about myself. Why don’t I send these 10 audio book credits to myself?

So I did.

And the system let me!

Cool!

Now I have extra book credits sitting in my account that I can use even when it ain’t renewal time.

Just thought frustrated Audible fans might want to know this is possible. (If you have $120 you can part with at the moment.)

Author: Jimmy Akin

Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live." View all posts by Jimmy Akin