http://smiley.vox.com/library/posts/tags/subscription/page/1/ Sad Songs on a Broken Ukelele en Vox Sat, 22 Sep 2007 12:29:43 +0900 Copyright 2007 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss subscription http://smiley.vox.com/library/post/emusic-audiobooks.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Smiley) http://smiley.vox.com/library/post/emusic-audiobooks.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://smiley.vox.com/library/post/emusic-audiobooks.html?_c=feed-rss-full Sat, 22 Sep 2007 12:29:43 +0900 <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00c2251e70a18e1d00e398ab251d0005" at:format="large" at:align="left" class="enclosure enclosure-left enclosure-large photo-enclosure" style="text-align: center; float: left;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item photo-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://smiley.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251e70a18e1d00e398ab251d0005.html"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c2251e70a18e1d00e398ab251d0005-320pi" alt="eMusic" title="eMusic" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://smiley.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251e70a18e1d00e398ab251d0005.html" title="eMusic">eMusic</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> <div>My favorite, and highly recommended, legal music download service, <a href="http://emusic.com">eMusic</a>, has just added Audiobooks to their service.<br /><br />eMusic works on a subscription basis.&#160; I pay a monthly fee of around $20 USD and am able to download 90 tracks per month.&#160; The tracks can be from any album, from any genre, from any artist I choose, provided they have licensed their music to eMusic.<br /><br />And now, for an addtional $10 USD per month, subscribers can choose an <a href="http://www.emusic.com/audiobooks/index.html">audiobook</a> to download as well.<br /><br />The selection is modest at the moment, although several well-known and popular authors are represented, as well as a good selection of the classics, and eMusic promises to add more authors and books on a regular basis.<br /><br />I decided to try out my membership with <a href="http://www.emusic.com/audiobooks/book/Spook-Country-MP3-Download/10003563.html">William Gibson&#39;s Spook Country</a> and <a href="http://www.emusic.com/audiobooks/book/You-Don-t-Love-Me-Yet-MP3-Download/10001027.html">Jonathan Lethem&#39;s You Don&#39;t Love Me Yet</a>.&#160; The downloads were quick and easy, and, unlike, <a href="http://audible.com">Audible</a>, eMusic breaks each book into hundreds of tracks to make listening workable on any device.&#160; The files are good quality mp3s, just like the music, and will play on any music player.<br /><br />$10 may seem like a lot for a single audiobook, but, considering that the same books often run $50 or $60 on CD, the price suddenly seems much more reasonable.<br /><br />For someone like me - I have an hour long commute to work - this is a welcome addition to a service I already loved and I am looking forward to being able to get many, many books this way.<br /></div> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://smiley.vox.com/library/post/emusic-audiobooks.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251e70a18e1d00e398ab209d0004?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> music books reading recommendation emusic subscription web 2.0 audiobook web service where to buy