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You can delete them from your computer. They're still available on the website, so you could always download them later if yyou change your mind. I don't even download audiobooks to my computer any more. I play them with the app, and I can download them to my iphone and then remove them when I'm finished listening.
I definitely agree with the request to be able to delete items from the Audible Library. If I know the exact title or author I want to re-download, no problem. But scrolling through the Library items to look for something or just to remind me of what I have is a pain when there's a lot of junk in there too--sample chapters, etc. I finally solved my problem long ago by keeping a separate document listing all my books on Audible by author and title--making sure of the spelling--so I wouldn't have to do any more fruitless searches or interminable scrollings.
Thanks for the info, Audible! I like the idea that it won't appear but it's still available. It might be nice if the customer could do it without bothering the very helpful Customer Service people... someday.
You can absolutely delete them from you iPad App. Just swipe from right to left on the far edge of the file listing, and a "delete" button will appear. The Audible library is accessed via a web browser, and keeps everything you've ever purchased, ready and available for re-download, even to another device, whenever you like. I *love* the foreverness of the library.
In the last 7 years I've collected over 900 books, and the don't clutter up any device. I keep 6-8 at a time on my phone, and a few on my iPad.
Audible.com wrote: "...If you want to remove a book from your library so that you no longer see it, you can always contact our Customer Care team and they will be more than happy to remove it for you. However, you will be unable to download it again but, should you want that audiobook back, they can add it back for you...."Great - I (briefly) signed up for the free daily news subscription & those are still sitting in my library. I will be glad to get rid of them (who wants to listen to old news?).
ArtC wrote:.... "The Audible library is accessed via a web browser, and keeps everything you've ever purchased, ready and available for re-download, even to another device, whenever you like. I *love* the foreverness of the library. ..."I have perhaps 600 Audible books in my Library, bought since 2007. Just recently I discovered some problems with some of the older books; they suddenly wouldn't download to my Sansa Clip/Clip+ players. An Audible rep tried giving me a new book (new date of purchase) and the books still wouldn't transfer. He never got back to me about this.
And then this last week I wanted to look at the item page for a book, purchased 2009, I think, and that item isn't available any more. Turns out there's a version of the book with same narrator but a new publication date. I can access the original book to download to Audible Manager, so I guess it's OK. I read in the comments that the book had been re-released to deal with a problem with the narration, but apparently my purchase wasn't upgraded.
Having these issues with books from 6 years ago makes me want to have a physical backup of my Audible Library on a separate hard drive. But I don't know if they would then download properly. When Audible Manager downloads a book to my Sansa Clip players, there's a zero-byte file that goes along with the book segment; and it's left on the player when AM deletes the book. I don't know if a backup copy of the books would run without that zero-byte file.
A personal shelf or shelves please! Also please make it an option on syncing library... if there's no internet connection it should not even try. A way to sort by series. It can be a problem if you have 300+ audiobooks!
Rebecca wrote: "A personal shelf or shelves please! ..."I was just about to write something similar. If there were a way for the customer to organize their library lists (including putting books listened to in a folder so I didn't need to keep scrolling through them) and maybe even wish list, I'd be a happy camper.
Marking a book "read" in one's Audible library would be a HUGE help for me as well! I keep a paper list (gasp!) of my audio TBR, so decide upon one, and then search by title, but going straight to a "virgin" folder would be very nice.
I don't spend much time in Audible's library, as I download all my audiobooks to my laptop and manage them there. (I just do this in principle. I bought them, so I want them in my possession.)I use iTunes to be able to view all my unread books, using the star system to sort my Audible books from library audiobooks, my kids' books, etc. (Not ideal, but good enough...I'm too used to it to switch.) Then after I've listened to a book, I move the file to a separate folder on my hard drive I have for the Audible books I've read, and I delete it out of iTunes. A little high maintenance, but it works for me. (Of course, I delete audiobooks from the library when I'm done.)
I do wish there was more ability to organize Audible's wish list by favorites, etc. I also wish that we could sort the wish list by the member and/or sale price, rather than the non-member price.
In addition to being able to delete books, another feature I would like is the ability to redo the tags of the books in the app. For example I have every Preston/Child book; however, they are not grouped together when I sort my titles by author because of how they are tagged online.
Daytripper wrote: "I am thinking about emailing customer service, asking them to delete a number of titles from my library. I don't like the idea of hassling them, especially considering how great Audible's service i..."Hey Daytripper,
Our Customer Care team is here to help you around the clock for any issue or requests you have, whether big or small, so no worries. The process to remove books from your library is quick and easy for us to do.
If you haven't already, please send them a quick email with a list of all the books you want removed from you account and they will gladly take care of that for you. We also recommend that you keep a list of the books that we remove so that if you ever want to add them back we can do so easily.
You can contact our Customer Care team here: http://about.audible.com/contact-us/
Happy Listening!
Even the books that I have returned over the last year still show up on my Audible App. I would love to be able to get rid of them since I don't own them anymore.
Angie,Go to settings and then "refresh library". Your returned books will disappear.
Thanks, Sue. I had been refreshing my library from the main screen but didn't know to go into settings to do that. I really appreciate your help.
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I'd buy even more than I already do if I knew the purchase wouldn't kill the limited storage capacity of my 16GB iPad.