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How do you share your progress from Audible to Good reads?
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Mar 05, 2016 03:24AM
AHHH! I can't post my progress to good reads from audible. I can post on facebook but thats it! HELP!
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I just share as though it were a book, I put in a percentage by guessing at how much I've "read"
I do that also dividing the read chapters of the book by the total chapters in the book and than post the percentage
If I am listening on my Android tablet there is a share button. I tap that and then tap Twitter and it will tell me how far, percentage wise, I am into the book I am listening too. There is also a share button on my laptop Windows 10 app, but I don't use it because it is not connected to my twitter account .
Yeah, I figured it out when I posted it to facebook... :) Thank you anyway.
I wait until I'm done,then put the same review on both pages.lol
The iPhone app also has a share button, and clicking on that shows the percentage. Why they don’t just have it available in Audible is beyond me
I do a bit of percentage math. I divide 100 by the length of the audio book (remembering that 45 minutes is .75 of an hour, for example). That gives me a percentage per hour. Then, whenever I want to update, I multiply how much time I've read by the original number I got and that gives me the percentage of how far I am through the book. For whispersync books, I just look up where I'm at on my Kindle and use that number.
If you don't use Facebook or Twitter, you can also send yourself an email with the share button. Sometimes I use this feature just to get the percentage, but don't actually send the email.
Carlissa- I had no no idea you could do that! I didn’t even realize there was a share button on the app. That is so good to know and so easy. I just tried it and it worked well.
Kristie wrote: "Carlissa- I had no no idea you could do that! I didn’t even realize there was a share button on the app. That is so good to know and so easy. I just tried it and it worked well."Glad I could be of help!
Carlissa wrote: "If you don't use Facebook or Twitter, you can also send yourself an email with the share button. Sometimes I use this feature just to get the percentage, but don't actually send the email."I hadn't noticed that before either, what an easy way to get your percentage done! I used to calculate it out like Kristie.
When I tried it out I got the "social butterfly" badge. Now I'm only missing dabbler (which I should qualify!) and repeat listener (and have repeated a couple of small "books"). Not that I'm trying to collect these things. 😄
Gavin wrote: "The iPhone app also has a share button, and clicking on that shows the percentage. Why they don’t just have it available in Audible is beyond me"I had no idea you could share like that from the app thanks for the info!
After I once posted that I was Currently Reading a certain book, I got reminders from GR checking on my progress. I hated that so I never did it again. I only post books as Want to Read or after I've read them with a rating/review.
Thanks all! The ‘email yourself’ trick worked :)
Robin wrote: "After I once posted that I was Currently Reading a certain book, I got reminders from GR checking on my progress. I hated that so I never did it again. I only post books as Want to Read or after I'..."I'm pretty much the same, although I do keep one or two Currently Reading to show there's something going on.
Looks like the share button no longer gives the option to share the percentage read. Only lets you share a link to the book itself. No idea why Amazon is making this so difficult when they own both Audible and Goodreads. One would think they'd want us to share our Audible progress.
You can also put the audio book title in your ‘currently reading’ pile and then mark your progress on GR. It’s not automatic, but it works.You might see if your GR and Amazon account are linked.
James wrote: "Looks like the share button no longer gives the option to share the percentage read. Only lets you share a link to the book itself. No idea why Amazon is making this so difficult when they own both..."Not sure which type of phone / app you have, but on my iPhone app, the option to send my progress (%) is still available.
For me to do so:
Hit the three dots in the upper right hand corner.
Select share.
Select share my progress.
Select email, text, etc.
I select it, see my %, then just cancel. I don't actually send it.
James wrote: "Looks like the share button no longer gives the option to share the percentage read. Only lets you share a link to the book itself. No idea why Amazon is making this so difficult when they own both..."Yes, this has been annoying me too.
Kristie wrote: "James wrote: "Looks like the share button no longer gives the option to share the percentage read. Only lets you share a link to the book itself. No idea why Amazon is making this so difficult when..."In the Android version, the "share my progress" option has disappeared. What you describe is how I have been figuring out my progress over the last year or so but is now no longer available to me.
Although Audible is not the only app that has discontinued letting its users know the percent progress easily, I find this trend both puzzling and frustrating. I can still figure out the % from the listening time but why make me do this math for something that used to be built in?? What is the advantage to them in removing this feature?
I agree. I used to do the math and was so happy when I found the % feature. I don't know why they'd remove it. Maybe they'll include it again in later updates, since so many people are complaining about it being removed. If we're lucky, they'll make it even easier to find / use. I know some people with iPhones that have said they no longer have the feature either, but mine is up to date with updates and it is still there, so I can't explain that.
I do it manually now, on my Ipad I go to share, share my progress, then open notes and it shows as a percentage on there. long way round but it works,
I was so frustrated when they removed the option at the beginning of April that I found the APK for the version that still had it and side-loaded it. The only downside was I also had to turn off automatic app updating since Android doesn't give an option to turn off updating on an app-by-app basis. It's not a huge deal, I just update my apps manually now. I would encourage everyone who used this feature and wants it back to send support requests to Audible.
I am even just happy if they show me the percentage of progress. Even without the option to share it anywhere I don’t mind typing it in on good reads manually... but there’s NO percent progress at all anymore. ☹️ I’m sending my note to audible now!
I previously stated that I used notes app which gave me % but that’s stopped doing that now.
I'm new to Audible but from what I'm seeing, the percentage option is still gone? Ugh I don't like to math lol.
Is this a thing? I am mainly on audible
Yes sharing function used to have % but no more. Everyone wants it back but Audible isn’t listening.
James wrote: "Looks like the share button no longer gives the option to share the percentage read. Only lets you share a link to the book itself. No idea why Amazon is making this so difficult when they own both..."What really annoys me is that both Audible & Kindle & GR are owned by Amazon, but there is no easy way to find my percent done. I also listen to audiobooks on Downpour & Libby and its easy to see there. Why is it a problem on Audible? Sometime, my Kindle Fire will show it, but not always.
Kaoru wrote: "Yes sharing function used to have % but no more. Everyone wants it back but Audible isn’t listening."I would be happy if they even just TOLD me my % progress. I don't need an automatic share function. Just show it to me.
Yes, Audible used to have the percent. Then, they moved it to sharing and you had to go through the process of pretending to share in order to find it. Now they've even removed that and we are down to doing the math to figure it out ourselves if we want to know. I have no idea why they removed the progress. It seems every other app I use has it and I've never seen anyone complain about having it, just about not having it. Why remove it?
