Current Audiobook Specials

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Sorry, you won't get it on omnibus editions. Whispersync is strictly individual books.

And even then not every book comes with the Wispersync option.

[koland]

Originally Posted by skinmaan

True enough, but I have an account with both - at Audible's suggestion, even. I just looked - the whispersync Kindle titles have the same ASIN number in both Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk. Amazon has a function for transferring your Kindle from one country to another. I've been considering a trip to England for some time, so theoretically I could make the swap, get the Kindles, add the whispersyncs to my Audible.co.uk account, and switch back on my return. Problem is I don't know whether I would lose books (or possibly other digital content) or not - too chicken to try.

Well, a little bird (not a chicken, though) told me that you only risk losing subscriptions ....

Then again, you may not have to transfer the Kindle account, if it and the audible UK acct have the same login credentials... The same bird told me that content purchased in the UK seems to work for US whispersync offers...

[skinmaan]

Originally Posted by koland

Well, a little bird (not a chicken, though) told me that you only risk losing subscriptions ....

Then again, you may not have to transfer the Kindle account, if it and the audible UK acct have the same login credentials... The same bird told me that content purchased in the UK seems to work for US whispersync offers...

I've checked only one title so far: Dracula. I have the Kindle target, but Audible.co.uk doesn't show WFV pricing.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Catlady

. . . .
Downpour's weekly deal is Homer Box Set: Iliad & Odyssey, translated by W. H. D. Rouse, narrated by Anthony Heald, also $4.95.

Thanks for your post.

If you want or need a professional narration of these classics at the cheapest possible price, this deal by Downpour would be hard to beat.

Just a cautionary note, however . . . . the translation of each are older ones. It's my experience that most of the time the older translations (as well as other writers, and speakers) generally are harder to follow than the more recent translations. Call me an uncultured bumpkin, but it hard enough for modern renditions of the Iliad and Odyssey to hold my attention.

Too, I suggest that you take advantage of the "listen" feature on the webpage for the two books. I took a listen and found that I, personally, do not care for the narrator (Anthony Heald); of course YMMV.

[Catlady]

Wouldn't you think that in around a year of Audible daily deals, I'd have been able to find one or two appealing titles that I don't already own? How do they manage to find so many books in which I have zero interest?

[issybird]

Originally Posted by Catlady

Wouldn't you think that in around a year of Audible daily deals, I'd have been able to find one or two appealing titles that I don't already own? How do they manage to find so many books in which I have zero interest?

And the very few that might interest me are usually available cheaper in a Whispersync deal anyway....

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by Catlady

Wouldn't you think that in around a year of Audible daily deals, I'd have been able to find one or two appealing titles that I don't already own? How do they manage to find so many books in which I have zero interest?

LOL, same here. I've bought exactly one daily deal & one other was a book I already had.

[Piepan]

Originally Posted by Catlady

Wouldn't you think that in around a year of Audible daily deals, I'd have been able to find one or two appealing titles that I don't already own? How do they manage to find so many books in which I have zero interest?

I have to agree - although I have purchased 3 of the Audible Daily Deals in the last 12 months. 1 was a Star Wars, 1 was a Dr. Who, and the 3rd was a non-fiction book that "I should read" and have been agonizingly listening to bit by bit every time the guilt of having bought and not listened overwhelms me <which is not too often as I strenuously try to minimize falling into even my own guilt trips whenever I can avoid them>.

There have been maybe 2 others -which I cannot recall now- that tempted me a little but not quite enough.

I have bought other Audible books to be sure, but not getting a lot of play on the Daily Deals myself. Still, I do check them rather compulsively. Much the same experience of playing Lotto, a lot of hope and not much luck.

[Synamon]

I don't have a problem finding audiobooks to buy at Audible even though I avoid those I can get at my public library (which has over 10,000 mp3 audiobooks). I bought today's daily deal, that's my 3rd this month. I usually buy 3 or 4 Audible daily deals a month plus the occasional Whispersync for Voice match to go with ebook daily deals or sales. It helps that I'm buying for both myself and my husband; we like different genres so that doubles the probability of hitting the daily deal lotto.

I'm buying at a considerably faster pace than we are listening, but for a few bucks a pop it's worth it to have access to a large library of listening choices. Plus most of the $ I spend on these daily deals comes from promotions and not out of my pocket.

[Catlady]

I too compulsively check the Audible deal every day, and every day I'm disappointed. I don't care for science fiction, and it seems like that's the genre they try to foist on me most often. I considered Breakfast at Tiffany's the other day, but then I forgot and missed the deal.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Samsung isn't very good at upgrading the OS on their cheaper devices. When you buy one of their cheap no-contract phones, expect no upgrades on the OS.

Newer features are leaving older devices behind. Pity, since they're still capable devices.

Well I blame Amazon for not supporting older devices but we all know they do that even with the Kindles. I love my little players I use them with Slacker or just good ole FM radio. Raleigh has a really awesome Classical station that I love. I also use it for Audiobooks I bought an audio book app called Smart AudioBook Player for MP3 books I really like which allows bookmarking, recapping and all the features I wish my Sansa Clip had.

[auntlee]

Originally Posted by booklover6

Or you can get the Go Phone that I have Nokia Lumina 520. It is a Windows phone. The Audible app runs fine on it. You don't have to activate it and use it as a phone.

I got mine for $40 on the AT&T web site.

That's such great information -- thank you!

Question -- can you connect the phone to a computer and put audio files on it that will play from a music app or something?

I've been working on putting free audio books and old radio shows on MP3 players for old people (I'm old; everybody I know is old) to use when bed-bound, but they're having trouble with the clunky menu system.

I had planned to use Sansa Clip Sport, which works great except that a lot of old people can't navigate it easily, and it turns out Rockbox won't work on this exact MP3 player.

This would be cheaper and easier all around, if I cold get librivox books and archive.org old time radio mp3 files on it. Any suggestions for this project would be appreciated, thanks.

lee

[skinmaan]

Look, everybody - an actual free audiobook in the audiobook deals group! (Sorry, we've had a lot of sidebar discussions lately including myself - felt like a kid with no presents under the tree every time I saw a new post. ) Over at Noisetrade you can get Charles Martin's "Unwritten" for free. Charles had another freebie there last year ("Thunder & Rain") and I think it was only around for a couple of weeks. If you are interested go here and get it while the gettin' is good.

An actress running from her past finds escape with a man hiding from his future.When someone wants to be lost, a home tucked among the Ten Thousand Islands off the Florida coast is a good place to live. A couple decent boats, and a deep knowledge of fishing and a man can get by without ever having to talk to another soul. It's a nice enough existence, until the one person who ties him to the world of the living, the reason he's still among them even if only on the fringes, asks him for help. Father Steady Capri knows quite a bit about helping others. But he is afraid Katie Quinn's problems may be beyond his abilities. Katie is a world-famous actress with an all too familiar story. Fame seems to have driven her to self-destruct. Steady knows the true cause of her desire to end her life is buried too deeply for him to reach. But there is one person who still may be able to save her from herself. He will show her an alternate escape, a way to write a new life. But Katie still must confront her past before she can find peace. Ultimately, he will need to leave his secluded home and sacrifice the serenity he's found to help her. From the Florida coast, they will travel to the French countryside where they will discover the unwritten story of both their pasts and their future.

Enjoy!
skinmaan
Your audiobook bloodhound

[Catlady]

Originally Posted by skinmaan

Look, everybody - an actual free audiobook in the audiobook deals group! (Sorry, we've had a lot of sidebar discussions lately including myself - felt like a kid with no presents under the tree every time I saw a new post. )

If only we had a dedicated forum for audiobooks ...

[skinmaan]

Originally Posted by Catlady

If only we had a dedicated forum for audiobooks ...

I'm with you. I left my stick at home, otherwise...



It's TM's thread and he doesn't mind mildly OT stuff. Heck, I like it too. I was just making a joke about the lack of freebies in the freebie forum.