FREE/BARGAIN - Audiobooks - 2015

[rgeorg]

It is a very good book. I can imagine the audiobook would be even better.

[GtrsRGr8]

This book proposes an antipodal view to "helicopter parenting" (the approach where the whole lives of parents are wrapped up in their children).

The book is Duct Tape Parenting: A Less Is More Approach to Raising Respectful, Responsible, and Resilient Kids, by Vicki Hoefle.

The ebook is rated 4 1/2 stars, from 122 reviews at the present moment. It is 288 pages long, rendering a audio length of just under 9 hours.

A breakdown of the deal: buy the ebook for the marked-down price of $1.99 (digital list price $18.99). Then, you can buy the Whispersync audiobook companion for only $3.99. Total for the audiobook, with the ebook and Whispersync benefits thrown in for "free," $5.98.

You can get both the ebook and the Whispersync audiobook from this one page: http://www.amazon.com/Duct-Tape-Pare...Resilient+Kids.

My posting of this book does not mean that I necessarily endorse the view of parenting held by the author. I am just putting the book "out there" for your consideration.

[GtrsRGr8]

Thanks to the ebook being a Kindle Deal of the Day, you can get the Whispersync'd ebook and audiobook of Call the Nurse: True Stories of a Country Nurse on a Scottish Isle for only $3.98!

Here's the math: The ebook today is $1.99. The Whispersync audiobook is $1.99. $1.99 + $1.99 = $3.98.

This looks to be a really great listen and/or read--the ebook is rated 4 1/2 stars, from 322 reviews at the present moment. The audio at Audible is rated 3.50, from 45 ratings. With the ebook being 320 pages, that makes for a audio length of 10 hours and 17 minutes.

Go here to get the deal.

[gabby98]

I didn't see this listed, so I sorry if its a duplicate...

For a limited time via Groupon:
$2.95 Per Month for First Three Months of Audible Membership

(NOTE: The link keeps throwing a citty at the end, but i kep clicking different citys and it was basically the same thing)

http://www.groupon.com/deals/audible-com-dallas

The Deal
$2.95 per month for first three months of Audible membership ($44.85 value)

One credit per month to download a book
Free access to the audio edition of New York Times or Wall Street Journal
30% off any additional audiobook titles
24/7 customer support
Exchange any book you dislike, no questions asked
Get three months of membership to Audible, which has a collection of more than 180,000 downloadable audiobooks and other spoken-word content. This deal includes one credit per month to download a book, including new releases and bestsellers. Once you download your audiobook, you can listen to it whenever, even if you aren’t connected to a network. If you dislike your book selection for the month, you can exchange it at any time, no questions asked.

At the end of three months, your Audible subscription will be automatically renewed at the full price (currently $14.95 per month). You can cancel anytime.

In a Nutshell
Three-month membership lets you download your choice of audiobooks and spoken-word content, including new releases and bestsellers

The Fine Print
Expires 90 days after purchase. Valid for new members only. Limit 1/person. Limit 1/visit. At the end of the 3-month promo 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 card on file. Cancel anytime. This promotion is available only for a limited time. 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. Review our terms of use with respect to third party websites. Merchant is solely responsible to purchasers for the care and quality of the advertised goods and services.

[GtrsRGr8]

With the ebook of Escape from Sobibor: Revised and Updated Edition being marked down right now to only $1.99, that lowers the total for the Whispersync companion deal to only $5.98. The audio alone, at Audible, is $25.95!

Here's a little blurb about the book:
This gripping true story of courage in the face of unimaginable cruelty vividly recounts the biggest prisoner escape of World War II, when hundreds of Jews imprisoned in a secret Nazi death camp bravely revolted against their captors.

Yes, the ebook is very highly rated (I don't post any other kind)--4 1/2 stars, from 256 reviews at the present moment. The audio is rated 4.4 at Audible, from 65 ratings.

The ebook is 390 pages long, making for an audio length of just over 14 hours.

Follow this link to get the deal.

[skinmaan]

Well, another week has come and gone. Just two weeks left to go until Sync gets here. Yipee! In the meantime, if you are desperate for some free audiobooks like I am here is another little-known source for your listening pleasure.

Last year as I counted down to Sync one thing I mentioned was real published audiobooks posted as (or as a part of) podcasts. Podcasts made a bit of buzz comeback last year thanks to the Serial podcast; it was more of a documentary / radio program so it doesn't count for what I'm talking about. I highlighted Baen last year, who offers one of their audiobooks published by Audible serialized weekly as a part of their podcast (here). Right now they are serializing Larry Correia's "Hard Magic."

Another audiobook-as-podcast I'm coming to like is by Mur Lafferty. Starting in 2013 she released her book "The Shambling Guide to New York City" chapter by chapter as a podcast. While it is read by the author I think it is a cut above most in that category, and it has been released by Hachette Audio. That one has come and gone but the sequel "Ghost Train to New Orleans" was recently serialized and is still available, through June, on her website. I'm listening to it now and I would recommend it.

Well, that's it for this week. I'll do this one more time next week to tide you over until we begin another fun summer of audiobook freebies.

Enjoy!
skinmaan
Your audiobook bloodhound

[Kieran Seymour]

Big Finish have got a special offer running for the next few days on their Doctor Who: The Lost Stories range.

£2.99 each for downloads of the stories that are available individually and reductions on the box sets as well. The physical CD releases are also reduced in price for the duration.

[badgoodDeb]

I recommend "Escape from Sobibor". I read it 2 years ago. Very gripping tale.

[skinmaan]

Originally Posted by skinmaan

Another audiobook-as-podcast I'm coming to like is by Mur Lafferty. Starting in 2013 she released her book "The Shambling Guide to New York City" chapter by chapter as a podcast. While it is read by the author I think it is a cut above most in that category, and it has been released by Hachette Audio. That one has come and gone but the sequel "Ghost Train to New Orleans" was recently serialized and is still available, through June, on her website. I'm listening to it now and I would recommend it.

I just realized I mucked up the murverse link. Sorry about that. Fixed.

[melmac]

I was just able to sign up using the twittv link in the second post for a 2 credit membership trial on an account that has already had a previous membership strangely the living social 2 credit membership wouldn't work but the twittv one did. Thank you tubemonkey

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by melmac

I was just able to sign up using the twittv link in the second post for a 2 credit membership trial on an account that has already had a previous membership strangely the living social 2 credit membership wouldn't work but the twittv one did. Thank you tubemonkey

Worked for me as well.

[GtrsRGr8]

It's another Whispersync companion deal!

The title is The One: The Life and Music of James Brown, by R.J. Smith. The publisher modestly (ha) calls this "the definitive biography of James Brown."

The ebook is marked down from a regular digital price of $13.05. It is rated 4 stars, from 65 reviews at the present moment.

With the book being large (472 pages), the audio is correspondingly long--a whopping 14 hours and 16 minutes.

You get the deal by first buying the ebook for $2.99 at http://www.amazon.com/One-Life-Music...of+James+Brown. Then, on the same webpage, you buy the Whispersync audio for $3.99. That makes the total for the audio and ebook, with Whispersync benefits, only $6.98. In case you're curious, the audio alone at Audible is $26.95!

[tubemonkey]

I'm baaaaack...

Now to catch up

[gabby98]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

I'm baaaaack...

Now to catch up

Welcome back TM

[skinmaan]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

I'm baaaaack...

Now to catch up

You've been missed.