[Manfred]

It seems more likely that people will buy a digital copy of the book for a few bucks and then run the TTS themselves on devices they already own.

[howdareme9]

Not likely at all, people pay for convenience. They don't want to do that

[johanyc]

Yeah hackernews users kept thinking the average consumers like to tinker like we do lol

[pantalaimon]

eBooks are much more expensive then an Audible subscription though.

[potatoman22]

I wouldn't say so. Audible gives you 1 book a month for $15. Most e-books I see are around $10.