Current Audiobook Specials

[tubemonkey]

SYNC -- free audiobooks for week 10 are now available -- details here -- exp 23 Jul

• The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline -- Nancy Springer --> no restrictions
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes II -- Arthur Conan Doyle --> no restrictions

[Froide]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

SYNC -- free audiobooks for week 10 are now available -- details here -- exp 23 Jul

• The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline -- Nancy Springer --> no restrictions
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes II -- Arthur Conan Doyle --> no restrictions

Again this week (Week 10), don't overlook the accompanying 8-page reference guide, this time for The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes II (which SYNC does not mention, AFAIK). Audible has posted the link under the audiobook's Publisher's Summary on this page, which link directs one to this 8-page, downloadable PDF document.

[Froide]

While the deadlines have passed to download the following titles free-of-charge from SYNC, one can still download those audiobooks' perpetually free reference guides:

• Week 2 - Oedipus the King -- Sophocles

Audible has posted the link under the audiobook's Publisher's Summary on this page, which link directs one to this downloadable, 11-page PDF document.

• Week 9 - While the World Watched --Carolyn Maull McKinstry with Denise George

Audible has posted the link under the audiobook's Publisher's Summary on this page, which link directs one to this downloadable, 13-page PDF document.

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[tubemonkey]

Heads up - here's another free Audible 3-month promo; even existing customers qualify.

Signup for a free 30-day trial of Amazon's new Kindle Unlimited ebook subscription service and get a free 3-month Audible membership - valid for new and existing customers.

The Audible link won't work until after you sign up for the free 30-day KU promo. I signed up for KU, then hit the Audible promo link and got my free Audible credit. In order to get all 3 Audible credits, you must maintain an active KU membership. I plan to terminate KU at the end of the free 30-day trial, so I'll lose the remaining 2 Audible credits. Two more months of each isn't worth $20 for me.

In addition to the thousands of professionally narrated audiobooks included in Kindle Unlimited, subscribers get a complimentary three-month Audible membership, with access to more than 150,000 titles.

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It's time to start listening!

Your free 3-month Audible membership comes with one credit each month, good for any audiobook in our catalog.

Already an Audible member? One credit will be applied to your account now, and the remaining credits will be applied within your next two Kindle Unlimited billing cycles.

Audible Kindle Unlimited Complimentary Membership Terms and Conditions

• The promotion is available to Kindle Unlimited (KU) members only.
• KU members who are new Audible customers will receive 1 credit per month for three consecutive months.
• An active KU membership is required to be eligible to receive each credit.
• Each credit is good towards the purchase of any audiobook on Audible. All audiobooks are purchasable for one credit.
• There is no obligation to continue your Audible membership at the end of the 3 month period.
• Existing Audible members who redeem this offer will receive 1 credit upon signing up for their first month of KU. The remaining two credits will be awarded within the next two billing cycles following a KU member's first payment for the KU service, subject to maintaining KU membership in good standing.
• The promotion applies only to items sold by audible.com. The same items sold by other sellers (e.g. audible.co.uk, etc.) do not qualify.
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[Shane R]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Heads up - here's another free Audible 3-month promo; even existing customers qualify.

Signup for a free 30-day trial of Amazon's new Kindle Unlimited ebook subscription service and get a free 3-month Audible membership - valid for new and existing customers.

The Audible link won't work until after you sign up for the free 30-day KU promo. I signed up for KU, then hit the Audible promo link and got my free Audible credit. In order to get all 3 Audible credits, you must maintain an active KU membership. I plan to terminate KU at the end of the free 30-day trial, so I'll lose the remaining 2 Audible credits. Two more months of each isn't worth $20 for me.

Awesome. I have a busy two or three weeks ahead of me, but after that I'm going to sign up for my 30 day trial and gorge myself (assuming the selection is any good) and then cancel too.

[Catlady]

Thanks, tubemonkey; the Audible perk certainly makes it worthwhile to give this a try!

I'm confused by another aspect of the program--the KU books listed as "with narration." How does that work? Sounds like they're free, but are they downloadable to a computer, or do they only stream to a device, like the Prime Music does?

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by Catlady

Thanks, tubemonkey; the Audible perk certainly makes it worthwhile to give this a try!

I'm confused by another aspect of the program--the KU books listed as "with narration." How does that work? Sounds like they're free, but are they downloadable to a computer, or do they only stream to a device, like the Prime Music does?

YW

I haven't seen that feature yet. I'll look for it and then test it out later today.

[tubemonkey]

Here's an interesting feature I just saw on a Kindle Unlimited title that's also a Whispersync title - The Atlantis Plague

Add narration for a reduced price of $1.99 after you borrow the Kindle book as part of your Kindle Unlimited membership.

[skinmaan]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Here's an interesting feature I just saw on a Kindle Unlimited title that's also a Whispersync title - The Atlantis Plague

Sounds to me like Amazon is going to let Kindle Unlimited work like KLL and library titles used to work. Maybe that's what they mean about getting the audiobook version...

[Catlady]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

YW

I haven't seen that feature yet. I'll look for it and then test it out later today.

Here's the info about it.

Here's an example of a title with the free narration: Moving Day.

ETA: Books with Narration in Kindle Unlimited.

[Catlady]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Here's an interesting feature I just saw on a Kindle Unlimited title that's also a Whispersync title - The Atlantis Plague

Apparently you're seeing that line about borrowing because you joined. I still see the previous statement about getting the reduced price if I buy.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by Catlady

Apparently you're seeing that line about borrowing because you joined. I still see the previous statement about getting the reduced price if I buy.

Nice to know that.

Is it the same price? and does it still show the book as a KU title?

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by Catlady

Here's the info about it.

Here's an example of a title with the free narration: Moving Day.

ETA: Books with Narration in Kindle Unlimited.

Thanks - "kindle unlimited with narration" is nothing more than a Whispersync pairing.

I borrowed the Hobbit and it delivered a Whispersync pair - the ebook and the matching audiobook. So instead of borrowing each one separately, you get both when you borrow the KU title.

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• titles download to mobile devices only - internet connection not required for playback
• titles do NOT download to a computer

[Catlady]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Nice to know that.

Is it the same price? and does it still show the book as a KU title?

Yes, it's the same price, and it shows as as KU title.