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apb123
Contributor I
Nov 19, 2017 6:55 AM UTC
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Audible ?

I have just bought a Sonos One. The sound is great. The Alexa integration doesn't seem to work well. A lot of the skills just don't work. Audible is really important for me and I thought it would be possible to play through Alexa. It tells me it is about to play my book..but nothing happens.

Audible is 80% of my use case. I might have to take it back
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      Ryan S
      Ryan SAnswer
      Retired Sonos Staff
      Mar 20, 2018 7:50 PM UTC
      Hi everyone, I'm spreading the news. Starting today, I can officially announce that Audible is back on Sonos, starting today. See more here in our official announcement post.
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      mwiseman
      Enthusiast II
      Feb 18, 2018 11:53 PM UTC
      You buy SONOS for the music not for books.

      Actually, one of the reasons I bought Sonos (which at the time worked with Audible) was to listen to Audible books about music. Many of these audio books contain extensive music excerpts.
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        foersta
        Lyricist II
        Feb 21, 2018 9:39 AM UTC
        If Amazon would allow SONOS to stream Audiobooks than SONOS would do it. You buy SONOS for the music not for books.

        I assume, it's not a technical issue at all, it's a legal/money issue, pure and simple. Sonos obvioulsy does not want to pay the licence fees for streaming audible contents to amazon, which amazon demands. I just cannot believe, that it takes 2 years to solve al technichal issue. They seem to just not reach an agreement on the terms or on the extend of fees.
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          Chris
          Chris
          Lead Maestro
          Feb 21, 2018 1:51 PM UTC
          100% incorrect and based on no facts whatsoever.
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          michol
          Lyricist I
          Feb 23, 2018 7:14 AM UTC
          Found an acceptable alternative for now: AUDIOBOOKS.COM. It works with Sonos! 😃
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          foersta
          Lyricist II
          Feb 25, 2018 2:56 PM UTC
          100% incorrect and based on no facts whatsoever.
          So Chris, what are the facts that back your theory, then? Even though I hoped different, Your predictions were wrong, I'm afraid
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            foersta
            Lyricist II
            Feb 28, 2018 3:57 PM UTC
            ...2018. March. Still waiting...
            "At first flash of Eden, we race down to the sea.
            Standing there on Freedom's Shore..."
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            jgatie
            jgatie
            Feb 28, 2018 4:18 PM UTC
            You'd think someone asking for Audible would quote from a book, not a song. 😉
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            JerSeattle
            Enthusiast I
            Feb 28, 2018 8:56 PM UTC
            Audible will probably be available when it isn't important anymore and way after you would expect that it will be delivered. So disappointing. I bought an echo as a work around and disable Alexa on the Sonos One.
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              Chris
              Chris
              Lead Maestro
              Feb 28, 2018 11:55 PM UTC
              I was expecting by 2/27 but looks like its not making it in February as expected. I can't believe it will take long into March. Audible support continues to drag on.
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                JerSeattle
                Enthusiast I
                Mar 1, 2018 12:00 AM UTC
                I don’t think we’re going to see the end of this story for a while.
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