| Q What Is Kitabe.com? ^ |
| We are an audio book retail company, dedicated to bringing our members the best possible prices on digital audio book recordings. With thousands of audio books in our library, Kitabe.com (kit-ah-bay) provides a wide selection of audio books with free audio samples, plus thousands of professional and Kitabe.com member reviews.
Our operating philosophy has been simple. Keep costs down and pass the savings on to our members. Our large membership base in two countries, combined with our never-ending quest for efficiency, result in the best possible prices for our members. |
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| Q What's an Audiobook? ^ |
| Audio books are recordings - of words rather than music. Most audio books are recorded readings of printed books, either complete (unabridged) or abridged. Other popular formats include stage plays, radio broadcasts, lectures, and audio theater.
Audio Book Format |
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| Q What does DRM-free mean? ^ |
| DRM is the acronym for Digital Rights Management. DRM technologies attempt to control use of digital media by preventing access, copying or conversion by end users to other formats. DRM-free means that the MP3 books you purchase from Kitabe.com do not have any software restrictions. |
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| Q Can I burn my DRM free audio books on a CD? ^ |
| Yes, the audio books you download from Kitabe.com can be burned to an MP3-CD or regular CD. |
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| Q Why are the MP3 books in zipped format? ^ |
| An MP3 book file size varies from 60MB to 700MB with each chapter as an MP3 file. By compressing the audio book to zip format, members can download the entire audio book to one folder, unzip it and transfer to MP3 player. |
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| Q How do I download MP3 Books from Kitabe.com ^ |
| Once the registration process is complete, click on the file to download. Save the file to a new folder by naming it as the title of the MP3 book. Once the download is complete, unzip the file and copy the files to MP3 player. |
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| Q Is there a free trial for MP3 book download? ^ |
| Currently there is no free trial for MP3 Books to be downloaded. |
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| Q Are the downloadable MP3 audio books iPod compatible? ^ |
| All our MP3 audio books are iPod compatible and can be added to iTunes directly to transfer to iPods. |
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| Q How does renting MP3-CD audio books work? ^ |
| Beginning May 1st 2008, we are not accepting new audio book rental customers as we are increasing our download options. US Postal Service is increasing rates once again on May 12th, for the third year in a row and to be cost
efficient in our business, we are offering more download options. Many customers also requested download option as it was taking too long for USPS to deliver mail. We will be adding 4000+ audio books in the next few months for download. |
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| Q What are the benefits of Kitabe.com membership? ^ |
As a member, you'll enjoy the convenience of being able to download DRM Free MP3 audio books from your home.
- Large collection of over 1200+ titles.
- One of the lowest prices to buy audiobooks online.
- We do not have any contracts or commitments.
- Save on CD shipping costs (30% - 50%)by downloading.
- Professional reviews from journals nationwide.
- Read profiles of your favorite authors.
- Many of our audiobooks are best sellers from New York Times and USA Today.
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| Q How can I pay for my membership? ^ |
| You can join Kitabe.com by filling an online application. Payment can be made using a credit card. We accept American Express, Discover Card, Master Card & Visa. We do not accept personal checks. You can cancel your subscription any time you want, we have no contractual obligations. |
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| Q Is it safe to enter my credit card information on the web site? ^ |
| We do not share our membership information to any partners or affiliates. Your password
is the first step of security. We use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) digital certificate to maintain the safety and privacy of your information. SSL is the industry
standard and the most effective way to conduct secure commerce transactions. Our digital
certificates have highest level encryption at 128-bit.It encrypts all of your personal
information, including credit card number, name, and address, so that it
cannot be read as the information travels over the Internet.Before you type in your
personal information such as a credit card number, the URL address on the webpage will
start with "https" rather than "http" indicating that it is a secure server.
A padlock symbol at the bottom of your browser shows that the session is secure. |
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| Q What is MP3? ^ |
| MP3 is short form for MPEG 1 Layer 3. MP3 is an encoding methodology applied to digital data, specifically audio, that is most frequently used to store content more efficiently (compressed). |
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| Q Is the MP3-CD or Mp3 download audio book compatible with iPod? ^ |
| All our MP3 audio books are compatible with portable Mp3 devices such as iPod, Zune, Creative and portable PDA players. For details on how to play Mp3 books on portable players, please click on the following example:
Click Here for complete instructions to download to iPod player
How to play Mp3 CD audio books on your portable device |
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| Q How does MP3 Download work? ^ |
| As a subscribed customer at Kitabe.com you will be able to download audio content. All our audio content is in MP3 format. Our audio files are in zipped (compressed) for ease of download. Customers need to save the files to a directory on their computer and unzip before transferring to a portable MP3 player. |
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| Q How long does it take to download MP3 audio books? ^ |
| A. An MP3 audiobook content varies from 1 hour to 32 hours of audio. The download speed depends on the audio book length and the speed of your Internet Service Provider (ISP). For example, DSL providers often advertise speed of their service using a combination of two bandwidth numbers, "1.5 Mbps / 128 Kbps". The first number, 1.5 Mbps in this case, refers to the maximum bandwidth available for downloads. A single MP3 file 5MB in size will download in less than one minute on a typical broad-band Internet connection. Please check with your ISP for download speeds. |
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| Q How many audiobooks can I download at a time? ^ |
| A registered member at Kitabe.com can download 5 audio books at a time. If a customer needs more than 5 audio books, they have to log-in at Kitabe.com and download another 5 audio books.
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| Q How can I pay for my membership? ^ |
| You can join Kitabe.com by filling an online application. Payment can be made using a credit card. We accept Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American Express. We do not accept personal checks. |
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| Q Will the audio download play on my iPod? ^ |
| The MP3 format is compatible for all mp3 players including iPod. Please see our MP3 FAQs section for more details to download MP3 files to iPod. |
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