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apb123
Contributor I
November 19, 2017
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Audible ?

  • November 19, 2017
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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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      Best answer by Ryan S
      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
      February 18, 2018
      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.
        foersta
        Lyricist II
        February 21, 2018
        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.
          Chris
          Chris
          Lead Maestro
          February 21, 2018
          100% incorrect and based on no facts whatsoever.
          Respect the Queue (2)Move (3)Beam (1) Era100 (2)ARC (1)SonosOne (1)Playbar (4)Play5 (4)Play1 (3)Play3 (1)Port (2)Connect (1) Roam (2) Ace (1)Connect:Amp (4)Sonos Amp (1)Sub + (9) Echo + Smartthings; (2)Play)
          michol
          Lyricist I
          February 23, 2018
          Found an acceptable alternative for now: AUDIOBOOKS.COM. It works with Sonos! 😃
          foersta
          Lyricist II
          February 25, 2018
          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
            foersta
            Lyricist II
            February 28, 2018
            ...2018. March. Still waiting...
            "At first flash of Eden, we race down to the sea.
            Standing there on Freedom's Shore..."
            jgatie
            jgatie
            February 28, 2018
            You'd think someone asking for Audible would quote from a book, not a song. 😉
            JerSeattle
            Enthusiast I
            February 28, 2018
            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.
              Chris
              Chris
              Lead Maestro
              February 28, 2018
              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.
              Respect the Queue (2)Move (3)Beam (1) Era100 (2)ARC (1)SonosOne (1)Playbar (4)Play5 (4)Play1 (3)Play3 (1)Port (2)Connect (1) Roam (2) Ace (1)Connect:Amp (4)Sonos Amp (1)Sub + (9) Echo + Smartthings; (2)Play)
                JerSeattle
                Enthusiast I
                March 1, 2018
                I don’t think we’re going to see the end of this story for a while.
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