Authors Direct

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About this app

Now you can enjoy audiobooks purchased directly from your favorite authors. Authors Direct gives you everything you need to listen to those audiobooks. There are no ads, no upselling promoted content, and no storefront. Nothing between you and your audiobook. Just a great experience for listening to audiobooks you've already purchased from a participating author.

Enjoy great features like offline listening and fine-grained speed control, built by a team of audiobook-lovers who listen every day. Or, listen while you fold laundry by casting to a Chromecast or Google Home device.

Authors Direct is an opportunity to spend money directly with your favorite authors and build a library of audiobooks you love. It's a great way to show your support and encourage writers to create more audiobooks.

Ratings and reviews

It's great for those who love to listen to audiobooks and take advantage of the sales and freebies authors have to offer. Unfortunately, some error happens with the app and I cannot listen to any audios. Even with clearing cache and resetting it does not help. I upside is I can listen to the audios through their website.

Some of my favorite authors sell with Authors Direct. I love supporting them and having more $ go to them. I've been using this app on and off for a couple of years and have nothing but problems. It won't load books, says I don't have access and stops mid-chapter saying it failed because it's "not found in playlist." I've uninstalled/reinstalled, signed out/in, restarted phone, updated everything etc etc. I really want to love this app! But don't...

Last week I began using this app to listen to a series of audiobooks that I received free codes for. As a user, the app isn't very good, esp compared to the Audible app. The issue I am running into occurs when I'm listening to the book on my phone (Samsung), which is how I do the majority of my listening. If I put the phone in my pocket, the app pauses when I move. It does this multiple times. It doesn't matter if the front of the phone is against my body or pointed away, nor if it's open to the app, or if I've pushed the button to display the home screen while the app runs in the background. I haven't kept track, but when I'm walking I hold the phone in my hand because it's so bad. There are times when I can't hold the phone, such as while doing chores around the house, cooking/doing dishes, or working in the yard. So I either can't use it, or I just have to accept that I will be having an annoyance-filled listen. Another issue is while my phone's home screen will display a pause/play button while running the background, it doesn't work, The app has paused the book but it still displays w/ the pause icon, as if it were still playing. I can tap it until the cows come home - it never changes. This feature works on my phone for Audible's app, but not for your app. Everyone I know uses a pass code on their phone, including me, which automatically activates after a very brief period of time, usually under five minutes. So, during 99% of the multiple pauses I'm experiencing, I have to punch in my pass code and open the app. The app will also pause - intermittently - when I get a text. All of these issues are barriers to end user ease of use. Please work on improving your app; you're going up against Amazon, so your app has to be just as good as theirs. I want alternative services like Authors Direct to succeed if only so authors aren't at the complete mercy of Amazon like they are now. As it stands, your app does not cut it. I bought the third book in the series via your app, but only because I bought it from the author, whom I presume will get a better royalty because of the direct sale. I WANT TO USE YOUR APP! But, it's got improve. I want options beyond Amazon, but your app is not giving me any incentive to switch from Audible. I'm more than happy to switch from Audible because monopolies suck, but you're got to supply a quality user interface. Customers shouldn't have to sacrifice quality for wanting to take their business to Amazon alternatives.

What's new

UI Fixes