FREE/BARGAIN - Audiobooks - 2015

[skinmaan]

Tis the season - for Christmas freebies! Audible is kicking things off for us this year, and doing it with a bit of a surprising combination - Christmas from The Great Courses. If you're interested in getting "A Brief History of Holiday Music" by Prof. Robert Greenburg, you can get it here.

Discover the fascinating journey of Christmas music through the centuries, led by world-renowned music historian Robert Greenberg. Christmas music has had an immensely rich history, heavily influenced by the church, cultural traditions like the Germanic Yuletide, and even drinking songs. Hear some of the first Christmas music ever composed and gain new insight into the beloved Christmas classics we still sing today.

I don't know how long it'll be free, but I suspect it will be most of the month. I'm actually looking forward to this one; if you're as excited as me to get in the Christmas spirit don't delay.

Enjoy!
skinmaan
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[skinmaan]

Christian Audio is having a sale right now. According to their latest newsletter, almost all titles are on sale for $7.49 each. The sale is scheduled to run through December 18.

Enjoy!
skinmaan

[tubemonkey]

Another Christmas freebie. This time from LearnOutLoud. It's their audiobook of the month.

• FREE -- A Christmas Carol -- Charles Dickens -- read by Antonia Bath (2.8 hrs)

A Christmas Carol has become Charles Dickens' immortal holiday gift to generations of readers. In this short novel, Dickens follows old mizer Ebenezer Scrooge as he is forced to face up to a life of selfish behavior and all-consuming greed. This redemptive tale has left its mark on the culture via stage, television and cinema, but perhaps its purist impact can only be found on the page. We hope you enjoy this audio rendition of the definitive Christmas parable.

[skinmaan]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Another Christmas freebie. This time from LearnOutLoud. It's their audiobook of the month.

• FREE -- A Christmas Carol -- Charles Dickens -- read by Antonia Bath (2.8 hrs)

You know, I'm on year 4 of listening to a different version of this every Christmas season. I wonder how many years I can keep that up before running out of freebies?

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by skinmaan

You know, I'm on year 4 of listening to a different version of this every Christmas season. I wonder how many years I can keep that up before running out of freebies?

How many narrators are there?

[skinmaan]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

How many narrators are there?

If I include Librivox versions I'll probably be a very old man, indeed.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by skinmaan

If I include Librivox versions I'll probably be a very old man, indeed.

...and I'll be a long dead monkey

[Catlady]

Four short freebies from Audible, through December 6.

• And Still I Rise (Unabridged Selections) by Maya Angelou
• Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time by Brian Tracy
• Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne
• Fry's English Delight (radio program) by Stephen Fry

[badgoodDeb]

Oooo - yummy! Thanks!

[GtrsRGr8]

Title: Undeniably Yours (A Porter Family Novel Book #1): a novel.
Genre: Fiction (Christian/Romance).
Author(s): Becky Wade.
Price: $3.99 ($0.00 ebook (marked down) + $3.99 Whispersync audio).
Regular Price of Audio, by Itself, at Audible: $23.95.
Ebook Rating/Number of Reviews: 4.6 stars/372 reviews (Amazon).
Audio Rating/Number of Ratings: 4.4/44 ratings.
Pages/Audio Length: 385/12 hours and 37 minutes.
Narrator(s): Barbara McCulloh.
Audible URL: http://www.audible.com/pd/Romance/Un...9281407&sr=1-1.
Amazon URL (can get the whole Whispersync deal here): http://www.amazon.com/Undeniably-You...deniably+yours.
Comments:
Book Description (Amazon):
When Meg Cole's father dies unexpectedly, she's forced to return home to Texas and to Whispering Creek Ranch to take up the reins of his empire. The last thing she has the patience or the sanity to deal with? Her father's Thoroughbred racehorse farm. She gives its manager, Bo Porter, six months to close the place down.

Bo knows he ought to resent the woman who's determined to take from him the only job he ever wanted. But instead of anger, Meg evokes within him a profound desire to protect. The more time he spends with her, the more he longs to overcome every obstacle that separates them and earn her love.

Just when Meg realizes she can no longer deny the depth of her feelings for Bo, their fragile bond is broken by a force from Meg's past. Can their relationship--and their belief that God can work through every circumstance--survive?

[Ukalady]

I was in my Audible account this evening to do a bit of clean-up. I was canceling one of the three-month memberships (after snagging the "Andy and Don: Making of a Friendship" about the Andy Griffith Show--'hope it's good).

I'd activated a live Chat to make sure of my account dates before adding a three-month gift certificate and I had a helpful CSR. He walked me through the process (easy peasy, as I'd thought it'd be, but I appreciated the hand-holding), then, as we closed the conversation, he wished me a good weekend and I turned around and hoped the same for him. He typed that he appreciated my thoughts and gave me an additional one credit. And it showed up immediately.

My advice: Use the Chat feature occasionally and be nice. Maybe it'll pay off! (Although I have to say I had no idea of anything like that before this--I just tend to Chat friendly most of the time because it's a nice thing to do).

[rgeorg]

Originally Posted by Catlady

Four short freebies from Audible, through December 6.

• And Still I Rise (Unabridged Selections) by Maya Angelou
• Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time by Brian Tracy
• Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne
• Fry's English Delight (radio program) by Stephen Fry

Thanks for posting!

[Marrella]

Originally Posted by Catlady

Four short freebies from Audible, through December 6.

• And Still I Rise (Unabridged Selections) by Maya Angelou
• Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time by Brian Tracy
• Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne
• Fry's English Delight (radio program) by Stephen Fry

Anything by Stephen Fry is a delight. Thank you!

[GtrsRGr8]

I discovered this thanks to a post by Little.Egret on another thread. Thanks, Little.Egret.

Title: At Last (The Idle Point, Maine Stories - Book #1).
Genre: Fiction (Contemporary Romance).
Author(s): Barbara Bretton.
Price: $1.99 ($0.00 ebook (marked down) + $1.99 Whispersync audio).
Regular Price of Audio, by Itself, at Audible: $17.95.
Ebook Rating/Number of Reviews: 4.5 stars/283 reviews (Amazon).
Audio Rating/Number.of Ratings: 4.20/26 ratings.
Pages/Audio Length: 324/8 hours and 24 minutes.
Narrator(s): Moe Egan.
Audible URL: http://www.audible.com/pd/Romance/At...9370881&sr=1-1.
Amazon URL (can get the whole Whispersync deal here): http://www.amazon.com/Last-Idle-Poin...ywords=at+last
Comments:
Book Description (Amazon):
Gracie Taylor fell in love with Noah Chase on the first day of kindergarten. Gracie was the girl from the wrong side of town. Noah was the town's golden boy. Their families had been at loggerheads since the death of Gracie's mother years ago and as they grew up, they had to risk everything to be together.

But it was worth it, because when they were together, nothing else mattered.

Then, on their wedding day, Gracie discovered a secret that sent her running from Idle Point, leaving Noah with a broken heart to match her own.

Now, eight years later, Gracie returns to Maine for her father's wedding. When she discovers Noah has come home to Idle Point to save the family business (and that he has a little daughter named Sophie) Gracie also discovers that nothing has changed. Their love for each other is stronger than ever, but the secrets that drove them apart still hold the power to ruin their lives.

Will past mistakes destroy their love or will they finally find happiness together... at last?

[GtrsRGr8]

Modern Scholar, a part of the Recorded Books company, is a company that produces audiobooks of courses from first-rate college professors on various subjects. I have listened to quite a few of their offerings. Their audiobooks may not be quite as a good as The Great Courses, by The Teaching Company (but, in my opinion The Great Courses is the creme de la creme) but Modern Scholar is still very good.

ChristianAudio is one company that sells Modern Scholar audiobooks (it's a modest selection, but it may represent all that Modern Scholar makes in the religious genre). Audible sells a large number of them, too. I got curious--how do Audible's prices compare with ChristianAudio's on the Modern Scholar audiobooks that they both sell? Well, I was floored. Let me give you a few examples of audiobooks that they both handle:
God Wills It! Understanding the Crusades. Audible--$42.95 ChristianAudio--$9.98.
Heaven or Heresy: A History of the Inquisition. Audible--$42.95 ChristianAudio--$9.98.
Faith and Reason: The Philosophy of Religion. Audible--$42.95 ChristianAudio--$9.98.
The Dead Sea Scrolls: The Truth Behind the Mystique. Audible--$42.95 ChristianAudio--$9.98.
The Bible as the Root of Western Literature. Audible--$42.95 ChristianAudio--$9.98
Well, you see the point.

Yes, I'm aware that Audible has sales, and sometimes a few Modern Scholar audiobooks are among the bunches. And, I know that if you are a credit member of Audible, you get a couple of credits to use (and after spot-checking Audible's Modern Scholar titles, I see that each one is only 1 credit each).

ChristianAudio also has a membership plan or two, themselves, starting at $14.95 a month. They include a couple of credits or so. And if you are a member, the price of additional audiobooks that you might buy is 25% off the regular price (so, for the ChristianAudio titles above, the prices would be $7.49 each, instead of $9.98 each). BTW--they have a 30-day free trial membership.

Of course, the big limitation at ChristianAudio is that they only handle religious (but not all are "Christian") titles where Audible, of course, doesn't.

BTW--keep in mind that right now ChristianAudio has "almost all" of their audio downloads on sale for $7.49 each. It looks like that includes the Modern Scholar titles. As soon as I finish this post, I'm going to head over to their site and grab a few titles that I saw and I liked.

Here's a link that should give you all of the Modern Scholar titles available at ChristianAudio.

I hope that the above information will help some Mobilereaders save some money on some audiobooks!