Current Audiobook Specials

[koland]

Originally Posted by wawasteele

Free from ChristianAudio.com until Aug 21, An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathens by William Carey.

http://christianaudio.com/an-enquiry...-william-carey

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

New Downpour deal...

23 different audiobooks for $6.50 each.

http://www.downpour.com/catalogsearc...ownpour-deals/

This deal has been extended another week and expires 19 Aug.

[tubemonkey]

The following offers expire today (Wed 14 Aug)

• $5.95 - Downpour ---> I Am Legend
• FREE - SYNC (wk 11) ---> Enchanted
  
• FREE - SYNC (wk 11) ---> Through the Looking Glass

[tubemonkey]

For those interested in stats, I updated the Top 20 list of libraries based on OverDrive audiobook collections.

All of the libraries increased the size of their collections since the last update, with the exception of one. Phoenix took quite a hit and decreased their collection by 14.7%, while dropping from 2nd to 3rd place. Registering the largest gains were Indianapolis and Los Angeles. Indy had the largest jump on the list, moving from 9th to 4th place with a 14.0% increase and LA went from 11th to 10th with a 15.2% increase.

edit: Phoenix Public Library belongs to a consortium - Greater Phoenix Digital Library - which uses the new OD format. I should've used this website all along. Anyway, I've adjusted the numbers and Phoenix is back in 2nd place.
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[wawasteele]

Audible is having a 3 for 2 Non-Fiction sale from a list of selected books. It ends Aug 20.

http://www.audible.com/sp/NF_3for2

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by wawasteele

Audible is having a 3 for 2 Non-Fiction sale from a list of selected books. It ends Aug 20.

http://www.audible.com/sp/NF_3for2

Thanks for the link - added to OP

[AnemicOak]

Downpour deal of the week...

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown for $5.95

Immediately recognized as a revelatory and enormously controversial book since its first publication in 1971, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is universally recognized as one of those rare books that forever changes the way its subject is perceived.

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is Dee Brown’s classic, eloquent, meticulously documented account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the nineteenth century. Using council records, autobiographies, and firsthand descriptions, Brown allows great chiefs and warriors of the Dakota, Ute, Sioux, Cheyenne, and other tribes to tell us in their own words of the series of battles, massacres, and broken treaties that finally left them and their people demoralized and decimated. A unique and disturbing narrative told with force and clarity, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee changed forever our vision of how the West was won—and lost. It tells a story that should not be forgotten, and so must be retold from time to time.

Expires August 21, 2013.

[new]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

For those interested in stats, I updated the Top 20 list of libraries based on audiobook collections.

All of the libraries increased the size of their collections since the last update, with the exception of one. Phoenix took quite a hit and decreased their collection by 14.7%, while dropping from 2nd to 3rd place. Registering the largest gains were Indianapolis and Los Angeles. Indy had the largest jump on the list, moving from 9th to 4th place with a 14.0% increase and LA went from 11th to 10th with a 15.2% increase.
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How can you tell Phoenix decreased their collection? That is sad news. Why and are they wma or mp3?

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

Downpour deal of the week...

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown for $5.95

Thanks - added to OP

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by new

How can you tell Phoenix decreased their collection? That is sad news. Why and are they wma or mp3?

If you look at the list in the post I linked, you'll see the dates and the corresponding numbers. I just removed the figures for March and April to keep the list manageable.

Phoenix still hasn't converted to the new OverDrive website yet and their numbers reflect several sources (OverDrive and OneClickDigital). That skews the numbers higher, since the rest of this list is based solely on OverDrive stats.

As to why the numbers dropped? I have no idea. I'm sure both formats were affected.

[tubemonkey]

SYNC week 12 is now available -- exp 21 Aug

• FREE - Sold
• FREE - Let Me Stand Alone
  

Details in this thread

This is the final week. Sync will then close down until the summer of 2014.

[Keslynn]

Orange is the New Black is available at Tantor Audio for $6.99 (digital download format). Use coupon code Orange699.

[skinmaan]

Random House, through their young adult imprint Listening Library, is offering several free audiobooks through their site. The titles are:

* The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
* The Magic Tree House: Afternoon on the Amazon, by Mary Pope Osborne
* Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson (read by Alfred Molina)
* Fallen, by Lauren Kate

The version of "Treasure Island" is the same one that was free on Whispersync last year. To get the downloads, you'll have to sign up for their newsletter. Start by going here; the link is on the right-hand side of the page.

Enjoy!

skinmaan
Your audiobook bloodhound

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by skinmaan

Random House, through their young adult imprint Listening Library, is offering several free audiobooks through their site. The titles are:

* The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
* The Magic Tree House: Afternoon on the Amazon, by Mary Pope Osborne
* Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson (read by Alfred Molina)
* Fallen, by Lauren Kate

The version of "Treasure Island" is the same one that was free on Whispersync last year. To get the downloads, you'll have to sign up for their newsletter. Start by going here; the link is on the right-hand side of the page.

Enjoy!

skinmaan
Your audiobook bloodhound

Hmm...I'm not showing these as free, even when I change my location to the U.S.




Don

[skinmaan]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

Hmm...I'm not showing these as free, even when I change my location to the U.S.

Are you looking for the titles individually or following the newsletter signup? They are available with the newsletter signup directly after you enter your e-mail address.