Audible is one of the most popular ways to listen toaudiobooks. It has a massive selection of books to go through, and you’re able to get new stuff to read monthly for a reasonable subscription. You can also decide to buy a book without signing up for an Audible plan, which might be preferable if you only plan to listen to the occasional book and not new ones every month.
What is Audible, how does it work, and how much does it cost?
Audible is the popular Amazon-owned audiobook and podcast service. Here’s everything you need to know about it.
But what if you used your Audible credit or purchased a book and decided it’s not right for you? How do you return the audiobook and get your money from the Amazon-owned company? Fear not; we’ll show you everything you need to know about returning a book to Audible and how to do it (there are some restrictions and catches, so read on to learn about those and everything else).
What are the requirements to return an Audible audiobook?
There’s no mention on theAudible support pageabout having read a certain percentage of the book (unlike game consoles, which tend to allow digital returns as long as you haven’t played too much of the game). This seems easy to exploit, as you could theoretically listen to the entire book and ask for your credits back, though we certainly don’t condone that since you’d be taking away from the authors of the book.
Audible does say that it has “the right to limit the number of returns or revoke return privileges at our discretion.” Presumably, if you’re consistently returning read books or gaming the system in other ways, the company would revoke your privileges and stop you from making more returns.
How to return an eligible Audible book
Fortunately, Audible makes it incredibly easy to return an eligible book (with eligible being the operative word).
First, here’s to return an Audible audiobook from a desktop:
If you’re an Audible user looking to do your return on mobile, fear not because the process is similar but with some slightly varied steps:
Is there a way to return a book purchased with a card?
While Audible doesn’t officially support returning audiobooks purchased with a credit or debit card, you could try reaching out to the company’scustomer serviceand requesting a refund.
According to apost from a Reddit user, they were able to email support and get a refund, though the support agent did say, “Please note that titles purchased after 10/17/22 with a debit or credit card, are not eligible for return. Titles purchased with Audible credits are returnable within 365 days of purchase.” However, this was said after they granted them a one-time refund for a book, so you might be able to get your money back if you have a good reason (maybe you bought a book by mistake).
I wouldn’t count on getting a refund in this way if you simply didn’t like the book, though, as Audible has clearly stated that its official policy is only to accept returns for audiobooks purchased with credits. This is interesting becauseregular Amazon is very generous with returns, but those are usually physical goods.
