Almost worthless This once-great app (when it was Scribd) has become trash. Almost no audiobooks that I want to listen to are available anymore. I've seen too many replies to complaints like mine from the company, saying something like, "Occasionally some books may be temporarily unavailable..." That is total baloney. I will go a month without downloading anything, and when I do a search of popular authors, exactly zero books are available. I realize that streaming companies deal with licensing issues, etc. from publishers. I would even be willing to pay more upfront for the service if audiobooks were actually available. But this company isn't honest about it. I have been on Scribed for years, but that app is no more. There is almost nothing worthwhile on Everand. I won't be renewing my yearly subscription.

On the lookout for a better app Everand is the worst step down from it's amazing predecessor, Scribd. It's policies on limits are vague and arbitrary. What's the point of this app if you can't access books on demand? It's frustrating when you suddenly get locked out of your chosen books because you've reached their vaguely-prescribed limits. You'd need to wait until your next payment to access other books. Don't make the mistake of saving books you're not deadset on reading, otherwise your limits will be reached. I waited a month to access a particular book then got restricted immediately after scrolling through some other books I was considering! I'm thinking of canceling my subscription if this doesn't get resolved any time soon. Otherwise, it's a waste of money.

Initially delighted - until I found out what I actually got for my money! 😡 Excellent selection of books, but very difficult to find out what the fair usage limits are until you hit them! And I don’t actually think they’re fair at all, tbh! 😡 I subscribed on 30th March, having been a satisfied member of Scribd in the past. Not knowing what the limits were, I ‘flicked through’ several books (as I would do in an actual bookshop) to decide which ones I wanted to read… and now, only 4 days later, I’ve been locked out of most of the books I was interested in! According to my account history I have ‘read’ 19 previews (the sort of thing you can do endlessly for free, on Amazon and Kindle). And I have skim-read a total of 5 books, before deciding which one I wanted to read properly. And now, on the 4th of April, most of the books I’ve saved to read have been ‘locked’ until 1st May! 😡 £10.99 for that, then locked out for the next 26 days? What a joke! 😡

Goodbye and good riddance So after I had a response here on trustpilot from Everand, I used the link to look at other available audio books published by Scribd, 3 came up on the search option, yes 3. I then waited until the monthly payment was taken and all the books I could wish for appeared as available, over the next week or so the choice was reduced again, I had listened to two books 11 pages of one and 16 of another, had a break of a few days and when I went back to continue listening both were unavailable saying available soon, so not only does Everand limit after a week or so, they also block the customer from continuing to listen to the books already started, (Not previewed) so I cancelled, thankfully I did not sign up for a years subscription because I would have been well and truly had. Thankfully I have found my favourite authors on line on their own websites and quite reasonable prices too. Also many audio books are available for free on Youtube. Goodbye and good riddance, and no I do not want any reply from you, your actions speak loud enough.

Useless I was very satisfied with scribd. With Everand there is suddenly a restriction. Why is that? I'm not going to pay for a subscription and have to wait weeks for a book to become available. Completely uninteresting. I still decide what I want to read and don't let myself be spoon-fed some garbage. I canceled my subscription immediately. That's another way to drive customers away.