[aisle] Audible, Sora, Follet eAudiobooks? Your opinion please

[Katie Pausch]

Amazon does not allow for school use in their TOS. If you purchase Audible
and they detect too many IP addresses accessing the account, they’ll likely
suspend it.

On Tue, Sep 6, 2022 at 13:41 Lala Lala via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have been approached by teachers hoping the library could possibly pay
> for their Audible accounts so that they can play the audiobook aloud in
> their classrooms. I have not looked into this and am reluctant to do so.
>
> What I have done in the past is have a Sora account and buy audiobooks. I
> have also purchased the eAudiobooks from Follett. Since it's been a while,
> I don't remember the pros or cons of using Sora or of using Follett (from
> user perspective).
>
> Reality is the audiobooks are very expensive, which is why Audible would
> be a good alternative since you just rent them.
>
> Can you please weigh in and offer me advice?
>
>
> Thank you for your time.
>
> Lori
>
> --
> Lori McGreal
>
>
> MAILMAN_MIMEDEFANG
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