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Posted by chuck7 (Member # 8645) on :

This may not be the right place, but I thought I would ask here as well as at audible. Any idea why some of OCS's books keep disapearing from audible? Quite a while back, after I had first listened to Enders Game and Speaker for the Dead, I noticed that Xenocide and Cilderen of the Mind were on audible, but by the time my subscription renewed, they had disapered.

Now I have finished up both that series and the Shadow series, and I wanted to start the Alvin Maker serise. Last month they were all there. Now, only one single Alvin Maker book is avalible.

Whats going on here? Are they on vacation? Did all of the Maker series win a trip to Jamaca, but they decided to leave number VI back to watch the house?

Posted by tmservo (Member # 8552) on :

BTW, Children of the Mind and Xenocide are still there.. just search for "Orson Scott Card"

As well as Ender's Game 20th Anniversary Audiobook.

But Audible does occassionally "rotate" titles that are available to download.

Posted by andi330 (Member # 8572) on :

Yeah, I just bought those two. Also they just got Ender's Shadow Unabridged! Until recently they only had the abridged version.

Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :

I have no idea. i've never visited Audible.com as far as I remember. I'm not sure when or whether I even gave consent for any of my work to appear there. Fortunately, my agent handles contracts and her files remember things that I've forgotten.

Posted by tmservo (Member # 8552) on :

OSC-

I certainly hope it's by consent! I purchased every single one of your audiobooks available there [Smile]

BTW, I like your audio-book "afterwards" where you discuss the book. Your discussion regarding making EG a "buddy" movie by combining EG / ES as a single movie.. is that theory still the current prevailing one?

Posted by chuck7 (Member # 8645) on :

Update, I have not gotten any more solid infromation on this, but I THINK I know what is happening. When Childeren of the Mind and Xenocide disappeared, they came back in unabriged form. So I am hopeing that the same thing is happening with the Alvin series. The only book that is still avalible is the unabridged version of Cristal City. So I hope that when the unabriged versions of the earlyer books are done, they will show back up on audible.

Posted by tmservo (Member # 8552) on :

Audible.Com informed me a few months ago that it is trying to carry primarily unabridged books, unless requested otherwise because that is what most of the paying customers want.

I admit, I prefer audiobooks in this format. Download, have a single file that plays from your Ipod/PocketPC, and sit and listen for 12 hours at a stint with no changing of discs, etc. Makes things beautiful. Definitely made our drive to Florida this summer a lot easier [Wink]

Posted by DalenMel (Member # 8679) on :

Mr. Card.

I'm Glad they are there. Have purchased the entire Ender and Shadow series this way. I Travel a lot in my work and your Audible books are a blessing.

It's really a great site for people to buy audible books.

Posted by tmservo (Member # 8552) on :

The fact that you can get a whole book, unbroken (whereas a CD or tape you're changing them) stored on your Ipod or PocketPC and just play it straight through with no breaks, no need to fiddle with anything.. it is the way audiobooks should be delivered.