FREE/BARGAIN - Audiobooks - 2014

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by bookmarked

I installed the app when this was first posted, but I could only find one book I wanted ("Ender's Game") so I selected that thinking that I had until January to select another one. I just went back to see if they have any new selections and things have changed.

First, the book I had selected is gone from my library. Second, they do have a new selection of titles (below). Third, there is a note in the app's promotion that says "Promotion valid for one week after selecting first title."

Finally, apparently the terms have changed. The app's page on the Google Play store says:

while the Nook Audiobooks web page says:

I was going to email B&N about the problem/confusion, but they've removed any option to email them for support from their website. While frustrating, this isn't as great a loss as it may seem. They've always managed to misunderstand most previous support emails I've sent so completely that I just gave up. So I'll have to call them or chat during business hours.

If anyone is still interested, here are the new titles (the previous titles are no longer available for free):

• If I Stay by Gayle Forman
• Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
• In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
• The Eye of God by James Rollins
• Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

Thanks for the heads up. It's not nice to have conflicting terms.

Let us know how the problem works out.

[tubemonkey]

ChristianAudio

• $7.49 - The Twice Yearly Sale (4,849 titles) -- exp 19 Dec

Almost All Digital Downloads Only $7.49

[tubemonkey]

Ford Audiobook Club -- exp 31 Dec

• FREE - A Christmas Carol -- Charles Dickens --> narrated by Tim Curry (unabridged - 3.5 hrs)

A Signature Performance: Tim Curry rescues Charles Dickens from the jaws of Disney with his one-of-a-kind performance of the treasured classic. Our listeners loved this version so much that it inspired our whole line of Signature Classics.

Renowned actor Tim Curry’s voice is warm, deep, and arch to the point of campiness. Curry is an actor’s actor. His voice is so distinctive as to be unmistakable. Fans of this Dickens classic will enjoy hearing Curry manifest the coterie of pithy characters that inhabit this novel, ranging from small boy to old man to dire ghost. Curry’s knowing tone suits this fable well. His dramatic but nuanced performance highlights the emotions of loss, fear, hope, and joy that inform this text. Curry takes delight in the macabre aspects of this gothic tale. His irreverent take on this famous novel heightens the drama even for listeners who know the story inside and out.

Happy Holidays from the Ford Audiobook Club on Goodreads

Take a break from the craziness of the #Holidaze with a free, family-friendly audiobook on Ford. Enjoy Tim Curry read A Christmas Carol, free to download until 12/31/2014.

* Terms and conditions:
The promotion is valid until December 31th, 2014. The promotion applies only to the specified products indicated in the offer. If you already have such product in your Audible library, the offer will not apply. 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. This promotion may not be combined with other offers. Limit one per customer and account. Audible account required. Other terms and conditions apply, including those available at http://www.audible.com/gift-terms. If you violate any of the terms or conditions, the promotion will be invalid, and the offer will not apply. Audible reserves the right to modify or cancel at any time. Void where prohibited.

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[tubemonkey]

Audible -- exp unknown

• FREE - The Cricket on the Hearth -- Charles Dickens --> read by Jim Dale (3.6 hrs)

Attn: please let me know if the above link is showing this book as free. There are two links for this version of the book -- one free and one paid.

The holidays are upon us, and this year Audible is very happy to present to our members one of Charles Dickens’ most popular Christmas stories, The Cricket on the Hearth. This holiday classic (original subtitle: “A Fairy Tale of Home”) tells the innocent, picturesque, and charming story of a poor family and their would-be guardian angel; in short, a delightful vision of Victorian Christmas. As always, a great story calls for a great voice, so we’ve brought in legendary actor and record-breaking Audie and Grammy award-winning narrator Jim Dale (The Night Circus). Happy holidays and happy listening!

[MobileJanie]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

[B]

Attn: please let me know if the above link is showing this book as free.

Shows as free for me, even from AU. Thanks very much. I enjoy Jim Dale and Dickens, so this is a great pre-Christmas present for me.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by MobileJanie

Shows as free for me, even from AU. Thanks very much. I enjoy Jim Dale and Dickens, so this is a great pre-Christmas present for me.

YW; and thanks for checking

[Catlady]

These two Dickens audiobooks were already free, last year and the year before. I need some new freebies! I do wish "they" would show a little more imagination; authors other than Dickens did write Christmas stories!

(I know, I know, it's not nice to complain about free stuff.)

[tubemonkey]

Downpour -- exp 15 Dec

• FREE - Rapid French (vol 1) -- Earworms MBT (1.1 hrs)

Earworms MBT is a revolutionary accelerated technique that takes the hard work out of learning a new language. By repeatedly listening to melodies specially composed with rhythmic repetitions of French and English, you will pick up essential words and phrases that will not only be on the tip of your tongue but burned deeply into your long-term memory in next to no time.

If you like music and want to make rapid progress without any formal knowledge of language learning, Earworms MBT Rapid French is for you. Volume 1 is your survival kit of essential words and phrases to get you by on your trip abroad. You will feel you are learning within minutes and will be amazed by how easy acquiring a language can be.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by Catlady

These two Dickens audiobooks were already free, last year and the year before. I need some new freebies! I do wish "they" would show a little more imagination; authors other than Dickens did write Christmas stories!

(I know, I know, it's not nice to complain about free stuff.)

How about some links to some LibriVox Christmas titles?

[Red Falcon]

Thanks guys.I got both Dickens.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by Red Falcon

Thanks guys.I got both Dickens.

YW

[tubemonkey]

Here's another Christmas freebie you can get by signing up for a newsletter:

Just a few days left to sign up for Macmillan Audio's HEAR, HERE! newsletter in time to receive a FREE Christmas story read by Jim Dale in our next issue.

And even if you don't like Christmas stories, the HEAR, HERE! is full of delightful audiobook tidbits like excerpts, recommendations, and casting news

http://us.macmillan.com/static/macau...ere/index.html

All it wants is an email, birth month, and birth year. Hopefully, the story isn't one of the two above.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Downpour -- exp 15 Dec

• FREE - Rapid French (vol 1) -- Earworms MBT (1.1 hrs)

Merci beaucoup!

[MobileJanie]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Merci beaucoup!

You're a quick learner

Still, it did say Rapid French....

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Catlady

. . . .
authors other than Dickens did write Christmas stories!
. . . .

Yes, but were the other authors as good as Dickens, et al.? Personally, I think not (although I confess to not having read widely the Christmas literature), and that may be the reason that they get used so much in the Christmas season.

Wouldn't it be great if some modern-day author would produce one or more works the quality of Dickens', et al.! The downside would be that it wouldn't wouldn't be in the public domain until ????? and until then it would cost a lot more to read and listen to.