Having an easy to move around MP3 is what is needed to pirate the book, and that's exactly what the publishers are trying to avoid.
I rent from the Library. Our library uses “one drive”
There are lots of good choices and all you need is a library card. You can out yourself on an auto waiting list and we have 30 days to listen to it.
It’s a great service if your library has it.
That’s why the price is so high on audio books. You can find hardbound books for 1 cent + shipping just a few years after publication, because who’s going to copy it? But the audio book prices tend to stay fairly high.
That’s what I expected. You can’t fault them for not wanting the item shared so much it hurts sales.
But I want the convenience of moving the audio book to whatever device I choose. Computer, laptop, tablet. And
being able to save it to listen to again years later, whether I still have a certain device or not. That’s my issue.
A simple MP3 allows me to do this. Making their audio files exclusive to their device makes me go elsewhere to get the file. Ahoy Mattie. (spelling?)