FREE/BARGAIN - Audiobooks - 2016

[tubemonkey]

Well, it's April and I haven't heard anything from Audible about their "Buy 4, Get $10" promo. They used to do this twice a year in Apr & Nov. They skipped it last Nov, so it's looking like they're no longer doing this promo.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Well, it's April and I haven't heard anything from Audible about their "Buy 4, Get $10" promo. They used to do this twice a year in Apr & Nov. They skipped it last Nov, so it's looking like they're no longer doing this promo.

I'll have a talk with Jeffrey (Bezos) about it the next time that we do lunch together.

[tubemonkey]

Audible Daily Deal -- exp 04 Apr @ 11:59pm ET


$2.95 -- The Days of Abandonment -- Elena Ferrante/ Hillary Huber --> 7.6 hrs/ R-4.2 --> contemp

Whispersync: the Audible book is $2.95, if you own or borrow the Kindle ebook ($11.99)

An IndiBound best seller, The Days of Abandonment shocked and captivated its Italian public when first published. It is the gripping story of a woman's descent into devastating emptiness after being abandoned by her husband, with two young children to care for. When she finds herself literally trapped within the four walls of their high-rise apartment, she is forced to confront her ghosts, the potential loss of her own identity, and the possibility that life may never return to normal.

[tubemonkey]

Nook Daily Find -- exp 04 Apr


$7.99 -- Superman vs Ku Klux Klan -- Rick Bowers/ Johnny Heller --> 3.6 hrs/ R-3.9 --> history

Whispersync: no deals at this time

Journalist Rick Bowers has contributed to Time, The Washington Post, and USA Today, and his fascinating Spies of Mississippi—about the spy network that tried to take down the Civil Rights Movement—earned a starred review from Booklist. Here, Bowers examines how, in the late 1940s, The Adventures of Superman radio show struck a powerful blow against the Ku Klux Klan when Superman aired episodes pitting the hero against the Klan in an effort to teach young listeners to stand up to bigotry.

[skinmaan]

Looks like Audible updated the free Whispersync title for the new month recently. If you'd like to get the audible edition of Jane Austen's "Mansfield Park," you can do so by first getting the Kindle edition (here), then getting the Audible edition (here). Remember, the order counts! It should be free for the month, but with Amazon you never can tell. If you're interested don't delay.

Enjoy!
skinmaan
Your audiobook bloodhound

[koland]

Originally Posted by abqkjh

I have never heard of these before, but today a bunch of the books came up on my listing of free Kindle books.

"All Coterie Classics have been formatted for ereaders and devices and include a bonus link to the free audio book."

Ugh. rip off a free book, stick in a few links to librivox.

the sample of one I looked at showed the TOC only worked for the first few stories - guess they got tired of making links and dumped it into the Kindle store as-is.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by skinmaan

Looks like Audible updated the free Whispersync title for the new month recently. If you'd like to get the audible edition of Jane Austen's "Mansfield Park," you can do so by first getting the Kindle edition (here), then getting the Audible edition (here). Remember, the order counts! It should be free for the month, but with Amazon you never can tell. If you're interested don't delay.

That would've been today, because I checked it early this morning and it was still Black Beauty. Thanks - I'll make the change in the OP


Amazon Whispersync -- Free Monthly Offer -- exp unk

FREE -- Mansfield Park -- Jane Austen/ Wanda McCaddon --> 14.5 hrs/ R-4.2 --> British classic

Whispersync: the Audible book is $0.00, if you own or borrow the Kindle ebook ($0.00)

Fanny Price, one of a dozen children born into a family that can ill afford so many, is sent at the age of 10 to live with her wealthy relatives. In typical Jane Austen form, immutable laws of propriety frame acts both vicious and virtuous, enabling Fanny to find her place in the world. Wanda McCaddon is the ideal choice to present this classic. Her impeccable elocution fits Austen's persnickety style. McCaddon gives a soft, sweet cadence to Fanny's thoughts and words while conveying all the author's derision toward the story's shallow characters. Both story and performance deliver a nineteenth-century "tell-all" just as impossible to resist as the tabloids in the checkout line.

[tubemonkey]

LearnOutLoud -- Free Monthly Offer -- exp 30 Apr


FREE -- Greek Gods -- William Smith/ Bath & LaHood --> 2.0 hrs/ R-4.1 --> short bios

LearnOutLoud is pleased to present Greek Gods. Here we present 14 brief audio sketches of each of the major Greek Deities; providing the listener with information on lineage, characteristics, historical significance and artistic renditions. Edited by William Smith along with a team of thirty-five classics scholars, these entries from the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology serve as one of the most comprehensive guides to classical mythology drawing from a wide array of sources in Greek and Roman literature. A great primer for the student, we hope this lays the groundwork for a firmer understanding and enjoyment of classical mythology.

The gods covered in this presentation are the following: Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Apollo, Athena, Ares, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, Artemis, Hermes, Hestia, Hades, Dionysus

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

LearnOutLoud -- Free Monthly Offer -- exp 30 Apr


FREE -- Greek Gods -- William Smith/ Bath & LaHood --> 2.0 hrs/ R-4.1 --> short bios

Some of LearnOutLoud's "free" offerings are LibriVox recordings. This one is not.

[tubemonkey]

Kindle Daily Deals (4 titles) -- exp 04 Apr

Note: the Audible books are available at this price, if you own or borrow the Kindle ebooks ($1.99 ea)

• $2.99 -- Clammed Up -- Barbara Ross/ Dara Rosenberg --> 8.7 hrs/ R-3.7 --> mystery
• $3.47 -- Shattered Blue -- Lauren Horowitz/ Dara Rosenberg --> 10.3 hrs/ R-4.5 --> fantasy
• $4.99 -- Emotional Intelligence 2.0
• $10.49 -- The Bet

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[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Kindle Daily Deals (4 titles) -- exp 04 Apr

Note: the Audible books are available at this price, if you own or borrow the Kindle ebooks ($1.99 ea)
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Would you please quit posting bargain audiobooks? I'm running out of money.

[skinmaan]

Okay, this title should have been the one to come out for April Fool's Day. Even more madcap than the encyclopedia, I give you a pre-order of Larry Correia's "The Adventures of Tom Stranger, Interdimensional Insurance Agent." Due to be released May 24, you can get it for free for now here.

Have you ever seen a planet invaded by rampaging space mutants from another dimension or Nazi dinosaurs from the future?

Don't let this happen to you!

Rifts happen, so you should be ready when universes collide. A policy with Stranger & Stranger can cover all of your interdimensional insurance needs. Rated "Number One in Customer Satisfaction" for three years running, no claim is too big or too weird for Tom Stranger to handle.

But now Tom faces his greatest challenge yet. Despite being assigned the wrong - and woefully inadequate - intern, Tom must still provide quality customer service to multiple alternate Earths, all while battling tentacle monsters, legions of the damned, an evil call center in Nebraska, and his archnemesis, Jeff Conundrum. Armed with his Combat Wombat and a sense of fair play, can Tom survive? And will Jimmy the Intern ever discover his inner insurance agent?

It's time to kick ass and adjust claims.

Adam Baldwin (Firefly, Chuck) performs Larry Correia's madcap interdimensional tale of underwriting and space travel, where the only thing scarier than tentacle monsters is a high deductible.

I couldn't make this stuff up, folks, even if I tried. If you're interested, and can stop laughing long enough to hold the mouse steady, don't delay.

Enjoy!
skinmaan
Your audiobook bloodhound

[tubemonkey]

Audible Daily Deal -- exp 05 Apr @ 11:59pm ET


$3.95 -- Dawn -- Octavia Butler/ Aldrich Barrett --> 9.3 hrs/ R-4.2 --> sci-fi

Dawn - Xenogenesis (book 1 of 3)

Whispersync: the Audible book is $3.49, if you own or borrow the Kindle ebook ($6.99)

In a world devastated by nuclear war with humanity on the edge of extinction, aliens finally make contact. They rescue those humans they can, keeping most survivors in suspended animation while the aliens begin the slow process of rehabilitating the planet. When Lilith Iyapo is "awakened", she finds that she has been chosen to revive her fellow humans in small groups by first preparing them to meet the utterly terrifying aliens, then training them to survive on the wilderness that the planet has become. But the aliens cannot help humanity without altering it forever.

Bonded to the aliens in ways no human has ever known, Lilith tries to fight them even as her own species comes to fear and loathe her. A stunning story of invasion and alien contact by one of science fiction's finest writers.

[tubemonkey]

Nook Daily Find -- exp 05 Apr


$4.99 -- Orphan X -- Gregg Hurwitz/ Scott Brick --> 11.3 hrs/ R-4.5 --> thriller

Orphan X --> Evan Smoak (book 1 - new series)

Whispersync: the Audible book is $4.49, if you own or borrow the Kindle ebook ($12.99)

The Nowhere Man is a legendary figure spoken about only in whispers. It's said that when he's reached by the truly desperate and deserving, the Nowhere Man can and will do anything to protect and save them.

But he's no legend. Evan Smoak is a man with skills, resources, and a personal mission to help those with nowhere else to turn. He's also a man with a dangerous past. Chosen as a child, he was raised and trained as part of the off-the-books black box Orphan program, designed to create the perfect deniable intelligence assets - i.e. assassins. He was Orphan X. Evan broke with the program, using everything he learned to disappear.

Now, however, someone is on his tail. Someone with similar skills and training. Someone who knows Orphan X. Someone who is getting closer and closer. And will exploit Evan's weakness - his work as The Nowhere Man - to find him and eliminate him.

Grabbing the listener from the beginning, Orphan X is a masterful thriller, the first in Gregg Hurwitz's electrifying new series featuring Evan Smoak.

[tubemonkey]

Kindle Daily Deals (1 title) -- exp 05 Apr


$7.99 -- The Paris Architect -- Charles Belfoure/ Mark Bramhall --> 11.2 hrs/ R-4.5 --> historical

Whispersync: the Audible book is $7.99, if you own or borrow the Kindle ebook ($1.99)

Like most gentiles in Nazi-occupied Paris, architect Lucien Bernard has little empathy for the Jews. So when a wealthy industrialist offers him a large sum of money to devise secret hiding places for Jews, Lucien struggles with the choice of risking his life for a cause he doesn't really believe in. Ultimately he can't resist the challenge and begins designing expertly concealed hiding spaces - behind a painting, within a column, or inside a drainpipe - detecting possibilities invisible to the average eye. But when one of his clever hiding spaces fails horribly and the immense suffering of Jews becomes incredibly personal, he can no longer deny reality.

Written by an expert whose knowledge imbues every word, this story becomes more gripping with every life the architect tries to save.