Services like Audible let you re-download books, and there are plenty DRM-free audiobooks available. ITunes is not, however, the only game in town. ![]() iTunes audiobooks are, to borrow a Steve Jobs’ complaint about Blu-ray disks, “ a big bag of hurt.” Download an audiobook to an iOS device that isn’t backed up and if your iPhone or iPad dies, your audiobook dies with it. ![]() Once downloaded to a device, an audiobook cannot be re-downloaded. Audiobooks are also one of the most restrictive types of media you can purchase on iTunes. Long tucked away in Apple’s Music app behind a ‘More’ button, audiobooks were kicked out of Music with iOS 8.4 and now live alongside eBooks in iBooks. Audiobooks occupy a weird backwater on iOS.
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