FREE/BARGAIN - Audiobooks - 2015

[bookmarked]

Has anyone come across any new free or discounted Audible membership offers that may work for accounts that have previously been members? I've tried all the ones on the first page without success.

I did something dumb. A few weeks ago, I was finishing up a free trial and I still had 2 credits. I also had a $20 coupon balance from the 2 recent promos. I used my credits and cancelled my membership before the renewal date, but I forgot that members get a 30% discount, so the audiobooks I had picked out to buy with my coupon balance are now more expensive.

The coupon balance starts expiring Saturday, so I have to use it before then.

Thanks.

[soondai]

They seem to have pulled the plug on cancelling and rejoining. I've had no luck the last few months getting any offer to work.

[TrevorViking]

From the romance thread, but it contains lots of non-Romance and a couple free Audibles at the end. Maybe old freebies, but a couple were new to me.

Originally Posted by koland

I think this pulls up all the free titles, from the various imprints, with minimal extras indie authors and excerpt/samplers:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...mpler+-excerpt

[avi1368]

Audible Most Wanted Sale - 100+ Most Wanted Books On Sale for $6.95 Each!

http://www.audible.com/mt/Most-Wanted-Sale/

The "Most Wanted" Sale is exclusive to Audible members. Discount is not transferable and cannot be combined with any other offer. Sale ends March 23, 2015 at 11:59 PM ET.

[bookmarked]

New Audible membership offer
http://www.audible.com/appsumo
• Pay $2.95/month for the first 3 months and $14.95/month thereafter.
• Audible Gold gives you 1 audio book a month.
• ONLY for new Audible customers.
• If you don't like it, you can cancel anytime!
• Must redeem by 4/15.

* Terms and conditions:
At the end of the 3-month promotional period, your Audible.com subscription will be automatically renewed at the then current full price (currently $14.95 per month) with your designated credit card or another available card on file. Cancel anytime. This promotion is available only for a limited time and for new customers of Audible.com. Other terms and conditions apply, including those available at http://www.audible.com/gift-terms. Audible reserves the right to modify or cancel at any time.

I cancelled my membership at the end of February, but I was unable to take advantage of this offer.

[melmac]

Originally Posted by avi1368

Audible Most Wanted Sale - 100+ Most Wanted Books On Sale for $6.95 Each!

http://www.audible.com/mt/Most-Wanted-Sale/

The "Most Wanted" Sale is exclusive to Audible members. Discount is not transferable and cannot be combined with any other offer. Sale ends March 23, 2015 at 11:59 PM ET.

Cool not a huge choice but I have a credit so may get The Girl with all the Gifts

[issybird]

Originally Posted by avi1368

Audible Most Wanted Sale - 100+ Most Wanted Books On Sale for $6.95 Each!

http://www.audible.com/mt/Most-Wanted-Sale/

The "Most Wanted" Sale is exclusive to Audible members. Discount is not transferable and cannot be combined with any other offer. Sale ends March 23, 2015 at 11:59 PM ET.

Most unusually for me, two wishlist books are for sale, as Audible was so kind as to inform me by email.

[auntlee]

The New Yorker has a podcast featuring famous authors reading famous authors -- almost a hundred stories so far, all free for the downloading:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/...on/id256945396


If you set up iTunes' Import Settings to import as .mp3, you've got generic .mp3 files in your iTunes podcast folder that you can transfer to any audio device. (Edit--Preferences -- General -- Import Settings -- Import Using mp3 encoder)

I'm also enjoying audio of various iTunes U college courses on literature and history using the same process -- download free course into iTunes and then transfer the .mp3 files to my .mp3 player.

[GtrsRGr8]

Via a Whispersync Companion deal.

What is it about the Titanic and its sinking that holds such endless fascination to us?

The book is A Night to Remember. By Walter Lord. A #1 New York Times Bestseller.

Book Description (from Amazon)
Lord’s classic bestseller, and the definitive account of the unsinkable ship’s fateful last hours

At first, no one but the lookout recognized the sound. Passengers described it as the impact of a heavy wave, a scraping noise, or the tearing of a long calico strip. In fact, it was the sound of the world’s most famous ocean liner striking an iceberg, and it served as the death knell for 1,500 souls.

In the next two hours and forty minutes, the maiden voyage of the Titanic became one of history’s worst maritime accidents. As the ship’s deck slipped closer to the icy waterline, women pleaded with their husbands to join them on lifeboats. Men changed into their evening clothes to meet death with dignity. And in steerage, hundreds fought bitterly against certain death. At 2:15 a.m. the ship’s band played “Autumn.” Five minutes later, the Titanic was gone.

Based on interviews with sixty-three survivors, Lord’s moment-by-moment account is among the finest books written about one of the twentieth century’s bleakest nights.

Info on the Ebook and Audiobook
The ebook: $2.99.
Rated 4 1/2 stars, from 413 reviews at the present moment. Print list price $14.99; digital list price $14.99; Kindle price now $2.99. Open Road Media, publisher. 208 pages.

The audiobook: $3.99.
Rated 4.7 at Audible. Running time: 5 hours and 46 minutes. Narrator: Richard Davidson. The price for the audiobook alone, at Audible, is $17.95! Additional information on the audiobook, at Audible.

How to Get the Deal
Buy the ebook for $2.99. You can then purchase the audiobook for $3.99, on the same webpage; alternately, you may follow this link to the audiobook's webpage at Amazon. Your total price for the audiobook plus the Whispersync ebook, then, is $6.98.

[GtrsRGr8]

That's right, you guessed it--another Whispersync Companion deal.

The full title is How to Do Everything and Be Happy: Your step-by-step, straight-talking guide to creating happiness in your life, by Peter Jones.

The Kindle ebook is rated 4 1/2 stars, from 17 reviews at the present moment.

The math: $1.99 (ebook) + $3.99 (Whispersync audio) = $5.98.

This is the link to the webpage for the Amazon ebook. You know what to do next.

[Barbara1955]

Willow Rose Fans!! Right now Buy Hope to Die ebook for $1.99 & get the Audible for $1.99!! Same with Miss Polly had a Dolly! Already own the ebooks thru Amazon get the Audible for $1.99

[GtrsRGr8]

In case you are unfamiliar with the concept of Amazon's Whispersync program, here's how it works and how you can save some money on audiobooks with it. If you buy a Kindle ebook, Amazon sometimes allows you to buy the corresponding audiobook for a reduced price--often a sharply reduced price. As a result you can sometimes end up paying less--sometimes much less--than what you would pay for the Audible audio had you purchased it alone, even after taking into account what you have had to pay for the ebook in order to qualify for the reduced price on the audiobook!

Since the audiobook is a "Whispersync" companion, that means that the ebook and the audiobook automatically sync up with each other. For example, if you're reading in the ebook, but decide to listen to the audiobook for a while, when you start it it will automatically begin at the spot where you left off with your reading! You don't get this when you buy the standalone Audible audiobook.

I'm considering it my mission in life (well, at least my mission part of the time in my life, for the time being. ha.) to let Mobilereaders following this thread know about the better Whispersync Companion deals that I come across.

Oh, and I won't lower my standards just to be able to post a Whispersync deal that's cheap. The ebook must be highly rated or I won't post the deal.

Okay, here's another great Whispersync Companion deal.

The full title of the ebook is The Adderall Empire: A Life With ADHD and the Millennials' Drug of Choice, by Andrew K. Smith.

The Kindle ebook is rated 4 1/2 stars, from 23 reviews at the present moment.

The ebook is 180 pages, making the audio running time 4 hours and 14 minutes.

The math: $0.00 (ebook (print list price $14.95; digital list(?) price $0.99)) + $3.99 (Whispersync audio) = $3.99.

This is the link to the webpage for the Amazon ebook. You can purchase the Whispersync audiobook at the same page.

[rgeorg]

Audible has a 48-hour (through March 28) 2 books for 1 credit from a selected list of 150 books.

[SleepyBob]

Originally Posted by rgeorg

Audible has a 48-hour (through March 28) 2 books for 1 credit from a selected list of 150 books.

This includes a number from which I consider masters of SF/Fantasy:

The Rowan - McCaffrey
Natural Ordermage - Modesitt
Legacies - Modesitt
House of the 4 Winds - Lackey

As well as books by Cherryh, Jack Campbell, and others. Really, a pretty good selection.

[skinmaan]

Audible has a number of titles available for pre-order from author Jodi Taylor, I assume as an introduction to her work. There are three short stories, all from her series "The Chronicles of St. Mary." Based on the descriptions this series would seem to be a Science Fiction/Fantasy time travel theme. The current freebies are:

• Roman Holiday
• Christmas Present
• When a Child is Born

All three titles are currently free and show to be released on April 7, and are about an hour each. I don't know if they will be free after that date (heck I don't know if they will still be free in an hour) so if you are interested don't delay.

Also, the author has another short not in this series that is already available and free. If you are interested in "Little Donkey: A Short Story," it can be found here. This appears to be a Christmas-themed fiction, though not a Christian-themed book (I haven't read it, so I could be wrong).

Enjoy!
skinmaan
Your audiobook bloodhound