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GtrsRGr8 · 12-24-2016, 06:09 PM

The thing that stands out to me most about this Whispersync deal is its enormous bang for buck--over 21 hours of listening, plus the 1025-page ebook is thrown in. All for only $5.98!

The regular price for the audio alone at Audible is either $35.95 or $31.49. I'm not even going to do the calculation of the percentage in price difference--you know that it is enormous.

At the same time, I've got a concern or two that I want to share with you. The ratings at Amazon--4.3 stars--are a little lower than I like to see. Raters at GoodReads give it 3.82 (2231), which, while not terrible for them, is, again, a little lower than I like to see.

Most of the time I would brush that aside. However, IMHO, if you have an audiobook that's 21 hours long, you want it to be really, really interesting. I wonder how well that this audio fits the bill. I would say that unless you are very interested in politics and/or history, you might want to think very carefully about even spending $5.98 for the Whispersync deal.

We don't see abridgments much, but the audio of this book, at least, seems like it would be a good candidate for abridgment. I like history, but I don't like politics. So, since it's not an abridgment, I'm going to pass on it.

Just trying to be honest and forthright. I've always got your back.

Title: Coolidge.
Genre: Non-Fiction (History/United States).
Author(s): Amity Shlaes.
Price: $5.98 ($1.99 ebook (marked down) + $3.99 Whispersync audio).
Regular Price of Audio, by Itself, at Audible: $35.95 (1 credit), as given at Amazon; $31.49, as given at Audible.
Ebook Rating/Number of Reviews: 4.3 stars/466 reviews (Amazon).
Audio Rating/Number of Ratings: 4.2/346 ratings.
Pages/Audio Length: 1025/21 hours and 8 minutes.
Narrator(s): Terence Aselford.
Audible URL: http://www.audible.com/pd/Bios-Memoi...ok/B00B28T0SW/.
Amazon URL (you can get the whole Whispersync deal here): https://www.amazon.com/Coolidge-Amit.../dp/B006SJCM0I.
Comments: #1 seller in one Kindle store category; #1 seller in two regular Amazon book categories.
Book Description (Amazon):
Amity Shlaes, author of The Forgotten Man, delivers a brilliant and provocative reexamination of America’s thirtieth president, Calvin Coolidge, and the decade of unparalleled growth that the nation enjoyed under his leadership. In this riveting biography, Shlaes traces Coolidge’s improbable rise from a tiny town in New England to a youth so unpopular he was shut out of college fraternities at Amherst College up through Massachusetts politics. After a divisive period of government excess and corruption, Coolidge restored national trust in Washington and achieved what few other peacetime presidents have: He left office with a federal budget smaller than the one he inherited. A man of calm discipline, he lived by example, renting half of a two-family house for his entire political career rather than compromise his political work by taking on debt. Renowned as a throwback, Coolidge was in fact strikingly modern—an advocate of women’s suffrage and a radio pioneer. At once a revision of man and economics, Coolidge gestures to the country we once were and reminds us of qualities we had forgotten and can use today.

12-24-2016, 06:09 PM	#3314
GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	Enormous Bang for the Buck on Whispersync Deal on Biography of (Calvin) Coolidge. The thing that stands out to me most about this Whispersync deal is its enormous bang for buck--over 21 hours of listening, plus the 1025-page ebook is thrown in. All for only $5.98! The regular price for the audio alone at Audible is either $35.95 or $31.49. I'm not even going to do the calculation of the percentage in price difference--you know that it is enormous. At the same time, I've got a concern or two that I want to share with you. The ratings at Amazon--4.3 stars--are a little lower than I like to see. Raters at GoodReads give it 3.82 (2231), which, while not terrible for them, is, again, a little lower than I like to see. Most of the time I would brush that aside. However, IMHO, if you have an audiobook that's 21 hours long, you want it to be really, really interesting. I wonder how well that this audio fits the bill. I would say that unless you are very interested in politics and/or history, you might want to think very carefully about even spending $5.98 for the Whispersync deal. We don't see abridgments much, but the audio of this book, at least, seems like it would be a good candidate for abridgment. I like history, but I don't like politics. So, since it's not an abridgment, I'm going to pass on it. Just trying to be honest and forthright. I've always got your back. Title: *Coolidge. Genre:* Non-Fiction (History/United States). Author(s): Amity Shlaes. Price: *$5.98* ($1.99 ebook (marked down) + $3.99 Whispersync audio). Regular Price of Audio, by Itself, at Audible: $35.95 (1 credit), as given at Amazon; $31.49, as given at Audible. Ebook Rating/Number of Reviews: 4.3 stars/466 reviews (Amazon). Audio Rating/Number of Ratings: 4.2/346 ratings. Pages/Audio Length: 1025/21 hours and 8 minutes. Narrator(s): Terence Aselford. Audible URL: http://www.audible.com/pd/Bios-Memoi...ok/B00B28T0SW/. Amazon URL (you can get the whole Whispersync deal here): https://www.amazon.com/Coolidge-Amit.../dp/B006SJCM0I. Comments: #1 seller in one Kindle store category; #1 seller in two regular Amazon book categories. Book Description (Amazon): Amity Shlaes, author of The Forgotten Man, delivers a brilliant and provocative reexamination of America’s thirtieth president, Calvin Coolidge, and the decade of unparalleled growth that the nation enjoyed under his leadership. In this riveting biography, Shlaes traces Coolidge’s improbable rise from a tiny town in New England to a youth so unpopular he was shut out of college fraternities at Amherst College up through Massachusetts politics. After a divisive period of government excess and corruption, Coolidge restored national trust in Washington and achieved what few other peacetime presidents have: He left office with a federal budget smaller than the one he inherited. A man of calm discipline, he lived by example, renting half of a two-family house for his entire political career rather than compromise his political work by taking on debt. Renowned as a throwback, Coolidge was in fact strikingly modern—an advocate of women’s suffrage and a radio pioneer. At once a revision of man and economics, Coolidge gestures to the country we once were and reminds us of qualities we had forgotten and can use today. Last edited by GtrsRGr8; 12-24-2016 at 06:17 PM.