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		Spooky23 on April 13, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Voyage to Nowhere: The Amazon Kindle Story Amazon's octopus stranglehold on books. He mentioned that he reads a lot and listens to audiobooks... audible is basically the only game in town, and Kindle editions add $1 to the cost.

fpgeek on April 13, 2015 [–]

While you're right about Amazon's bundling advantages (with both Audible and MatchBook), there are other audiobook alternatives (e.g. Downpour, which sells many DRM-free audiobooks).

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