Ok, a bit less of a surprise, unless you’re really sneaky finding out what someone wanted without their realizing. It was also a great way to give someone a birthday or Christmas present, so they could choose which book to get. I have been on Audible for months about their 'fixing' what wasn’t broken! This is the email I sent them yesterday:ĭear Audible, first you got rid of 'Gift a Credit!' from your audiobook service, so one could no longer give someone an extra credit at the end of the rollover period. It’s not only not being able to gift a credit, you can’t even 'Send as a gift' any more.

Now I guess I’m just going to have to send the code and trust that they use it to buy my book…otherwise, the whole system is pointless.' Audible sends you a handful of codes whenever you narrate a book on a royalty share contract. I use my credits to help promote the books I narrate – gifting them to various reviewers, my patreon supporters, friends and acquaintances interested in audiobooks. While there was obviously some abuse of the system in that credits were sold on Ebay, gifting a single credit was still a valuable tool for many in publishing.įor example: 'As a narrator, this really distresses me. Others used it to gift me a book, and they did not even need to buy a subscription!'. Another agreed with the sentiment: 'I am an author and that was what I used it for. I want to use a credit I have or spend 20 bucks sending them a single book,' the original source wrote. 'I don’t want to spend 45 bucks to send someone a 3 month subscription. Nevertheless, a number of Audible users are dismayed by this news. Given that Audible’s cost of conveying a single credit is the same as processing that Gold membership, I can see why they would want to remove one option in favor of the other. You can, however, gift Audible Gold Monthly Gift memberships in increments of three, six, or 12 months.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

The only option available now is to gift a membership:Īt this time Audible customers do not have the ability to send credits as gifts. Redditors are reporting, and Audible has confirmed in the FAQ on its site, that Audible no longer lets listeners gift an Audible credit. Audible No Longer Lets Users Gift Credits, Only Memberships

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