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Kindle + Audible = Synching bliss

17 May 2013

Not to be too much of an Amazon fangirl, but I just have to report how happy their Whispersync for Voice technology is making me. For some books, it’s possible to purchase a Kindle book and also purchase (at a discounted price) the Audible audio version of the book.

Here’s the great part: When wifi is on, the technology keeps track of your place, so that when you open your Kindle book after listening to the audio version (or vice versa), it takes you to where you left off. I love it!

I recently took an impromptu trip to Walla Walla, Washington, to visit my parents. That entailed not only a plane ride half way across the country, but a 4.5-hour car ride (each way) to and from Portland, Oregon. My preference is to read, not listen to, books, but when I’m driving, of course, audio is the way to go.

Thanks to Whispersync, I could easily transition from reading to listening and back. (I listen on my iPhone, via the Audible app.) While I ordinarily check my Kindle books out from the library, I purchased the wonderful and engrossing The Pillars of the Earth (I think this is my third time reading it), so that I could also listen to it and become fully immersed on this trip.

This is yet another reason why I love my Kindle. If you have a Kindle and you do a lot of driving, you might check out Whispersync!

Here’s something fabulous I just discovered: Amazon is offering FREE Kindle versions of over 100 classic books, with Whispersync audio narration for just 99 cents more.

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