While it’s not full-on purchasing from within Audible, it’s one less hoop to jump through. With this update, as long as you pre-pay for credits, you can actually add the book to your library from within iOS. Instead, users could only listen to books purchased on the Audibles website – even if they had already purchased credits, they couldn’t apply them towards books from within the app. Previously, you couldn’t even buy books within Audible, as Amazon didn’t make the option available to avoid paying a 30% markup due to Apple’s App Store policies. Thx for the scooplet and the book rec /R2rGzfFgvB You can buy books right in the app from credits you have (used to have to go to to buy). This is a big deal in the Apple mobile ecosystem. In the latest app update on iOS, Audible now lets users actually buy audiobooks inside the app using existing credits.Īccording to a tweet from Chris Fralic of First Round (originally sourced by Joshua Topolosky of The Outline), the “Add to Library” button in Audible will show the message “You can now use credits without leaving the app!”:

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