Don’t fill A Shared Audible account with just your weird shit Sometimes in a shared Audible account, its hard to keep track of who has read which books yet.ĭon’t assume that the people you’re sharing with have gotten to the end of whatever John Grisham book you’re listening too yet and blurt out the ending. That meant that my mom had to deactivate her iPad for us to be able to share. Both of my parents and I have iPhones and are all using the iOS mobile app for our listening. If you’re all using the same kind of device, deactivate other devicesĪudible allows you to have three mobile apps activated at the same time on the same account. We switched to the 2 credits/month plan since it was still cheaper than 3 individual memberships, and since I almost never bought books outside of credits, I’m mostly going to just use those.īut before the credits appear, make some kind of agreement about who gets them. Decide in advance who gets to use the credits We also jump into that document when we’ve finished a book and have moved onto another one, and make note that someone is listening to a particular book and on which Audible account, so two people aren’t trying to listen to the same thing at the same time and messing up each other’s book marks. The first thing we did before canceling two of the three Audible accounts was to make a shared Google doc of all of the books in each person’s library. Stay organized If You Share Audible Books The beauty of a shared account with people who share your taste is that, if you want a book, they probably will too and may want to shill out the money themselves if you can’t. But if there’s something you want, check with the rest of the group – maybe they’ll want it too It was only a buck more without having a membership and I didn’t have to spend my mom’s money. Recently a daily deal popped up that I really wanted to take advantage of, so I bought it on my closed account (which you can still do). Despite the fact that we’re, ya know, family, I’m not going to go buying books willy nilly on my mom’s credit card. Don’t buy something on Audible without asking permission first
That may be a good option for you, but it still doesn’t allow you to share your Audible membership benefits with your Amazon Household. *Note that since this post came out, Audible accounts now allows you to share your Amazon and Audible books with members in your Amazon Household through Family Library Sharing. Here’s what we’ve learned about sharing an Audible account in our family. A shared Google doc helps, as does using the same kind of devices. With three people on one Audible account, we’ve had to establish some rules and guidelines. How TO Share Audible Books: Your beginner’s guide
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