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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
I guess that the 64 million dollar question is, where did you find the WS prices?
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Sorry if any of this is obvious or repetitive, but since this situation IS a mess, I will walk you through my process. When I look at the AUDIBLE page, I usually (but not always) see something like:
Whispersync for Voice-ready
Get this Audiobook for the reduced price of $x.xx, when you buy the Kindle edition first.
This happens only when I am either a Listener Light or Regular member (and, again, not always then).
Pressing "Kindle edition" is a link that takes you to the AMAZON page for 1 version of the ebook. I have never been able to verify if each AUDIBLE WS version is connected to only 1 eBook version or not; but the link only goes to 1. I do know that a single AMAZON ebook can qualify for more than 1 AUDIBLE "companion". Which leads to the issue rjcchan mentioned above.
What I do is:
- find the audiobook I want;
- verify which ebook it is connected to (again, by clicking "Kindle edition");
- purchase or borrow the ebook*; then
- purchase the audiobook from the AUDIBLE page (never from the AMAZON side).
When an ebook goes on sale or is free and I don't know which of multiple possible audiobook companions are connected it, I just open every WS eligible version of that title on AUDIBLE and click through until I find which ones take me to the sale/free book.
This gets much more complicated with something like Pride & Prejudice (which currently has 19 WS eligible versions). But I have never failed to get the audiobook for the reduced price when I own the AMAZON edition that the "Kindle edition" link on AUDIBLE takes me to.
Side note for those, like me, who often borrow their qualifying ebook from Overdrive. My process for this is:
- find the audiobook I want;
- find out which ebook it is connected to;
- find that book's ASIN number and copy it;
- search for the ASIN on OverDrive's site;
- if it is there, figure out which of my libraries has it and check it out (or request it); then
- purchase the audiobook while I have the ebook checked out.
This has only failed me once. (I had the ebook with the proper ASIN checked out, but AUDIBLE would not recognize it).
If you aren't a member (or aren't holding your mouth right today) and can't see the WS prices, I would be happy to check for you on occasion; although I can't promise how quickly I will get to it.
*Once I own or have borrowed the correct eBook, I usually see the following on the AUDIBLE page:
Whispersync for Voice-ready
Because you own the Kindle edition, get this audiobook for the reduced price of $x.xx.
and it always has the "Price" marked out and: "Whispersync for Voice Price:$x.xx" above the "Add to Cart" button.