FREE/BARGAIN - Audiobooks - 2016

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by NickSpalding

What a lazy b*st*rd.

Good to see you. Karma for that one!

[abqkjh]

Originally Posted by NickSpalding

What a lazy b*st*rd.

Forgive me for interjecting a non-deal. Nick, I love the Cornerstone audiobook - hilarious.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Audible Daily Deal -- exp 12 Jun @ 11:59pm ET

$1.95 -- The Hunt for Vulcan -- Thomas Levenson/ Kevin Pariseau --> 5.8 hrs/ R-4.5 --> astronomy

Ebook 4.6 stars.
Audio 4.5.

[Catlady]

I was being a bit facetious, though I do think Audible should try to woo me back with flowers and candy and freebies. Do they not care about a lost sheep?

Several books due out at the end of this month and in July are on my radar, so I'll rejoin when they're available. I don't like to preorder without seeing if I can take advantage of a Whispersync deal.

I have a backlog of books to keep me amused for quite a while!

[tubemonkey]

Nook Daily Find -- exp 12 Jun

$4.99 -- The Poisonwood Bible -- Barbara Kingsolver/ D Robertson --> 13.4 hrs/ R-4.4 --> historical

Whispersync: Audible ($3.95) | Kindle ($10.99)

Note: the Audible version is 2h 8m longer

The Poisonwood Bible is a story told by the wife and four daughters of Nathan Price, a fierce evangelical Baptist who takes his family and mission to the Belgian Congo in 1959. They carry with them all they believe they will need from home, but soon find that all of it - from garden seeds to Scripture - is calamitously transformed on African soil.

This tale of one family's tragic undoing and remarkable reconstruction, over the course of three decades in postcolonial Africa, is set against history's most dramatic political parables.

The Poisonwood Bible dances between the darkly comic human failings and inspiring poetic justices of our times. In a compelling exploration of religion, conscience, imperialist arrogance, and the many paths to redemption, Barbara Kingsolver has brought forth her most ambitious work ever.

[tubemonkey]

Last Day -- Audiobooks.com -- exp 12 Jun


Fri: Weekend Giveaway (3 titles) --> details

• FREE -- Heaven is Real -- T Burpo, et al/ D Gallagher --> 4.3 hrs --> Christian memoir
• FREE -- Soul Surfer -- B Hamilton/ E Pappageorge --> 3.9 hrs --> Christian memoir
• FREE -- Thunder Dog -- M Hingson, et al/ C Prince --> 6.6 hrs --> 9/11 memoir

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by issybird

Audible is having an Editors' Choice Sale. Books in various categories are $4.95 each. The sale ends June 13 and appears to be members only.

ETA: I recently finished one of the books in the history category, Caesar: Life of a Colossus and it was terrific.

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Audible's Editors' Sale ends in just a little over 2 days. I just want to give you a heads up.

I had researched many of the selection, and had picked out about 6 picked out them and placed in my cart. I wanted to go through them and cull out any that I didn't really need or want. They disappeared! I had to restart my computer once since I picked them out, though. I may have not been logged in at Audible at the time and, because of that, they didn't save them. I don't know the reason for sure.

Now I'm going to have to go back and try to remember the ones that I had picked out. Bummer.

I hope that you will do what you need to to keep that from happening to you.

Well, I was going to go back and reconstruct my shopping cart. Since information about the Editors' Sale doesn't appear on Audible's homepage, even for members (I know, the sale prices do appear for them for the applicable titles), I my inbox to find a link to it. I couldn't find an email about it. I think that I must not have ever got one from Audible about it!

Has anyone else had this experience? Again, the sale prices do show fo me, I just don't think that I received a message from Audible about it. I am a ListenerLighter, by the way.

I ended up having to go back to the post that issybird made about the sale, and using the link that he/she provided.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Well, I was going to go back and reconstruct my shopping cart. Since information about the Editors' Sale doesn't appear on Audible's homepage, even for members (I know, the sale prices do appear for them for the applicable titles), I my inbox to find a link to it. I couldn't find an email about it. I think that I must not have ever got one from Audible about it!

Has anyone else had this experience? Again, the sale prices do show fo me, I just don't think that I received a message from Audible about it. I am a ListenerLighter, by the way.

I ended up having to go back to the post that issybird made about the sale, and using the link that he/she provided.

I can see the sale in the scrolling banner. The difference is that I have a credit membership and you don't; so I'm assuming that's why you don't see it.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

I can see the sale in the scrolling banner. The difference is that I have a credit membership and you don't; so I'm assuming that's why you don't see it.

I don't have the scrolling banner, I just checked.

Yep, I think credits must make the difference. Oh well, at least I can see the list of sale audiobooks, and purchase. MobileRead will have to be my source of announcements for these sales.

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Unless I've missed something, these are giveaways for a person who does the 30-day trial thingie? Even if they are, that's still pretty good if you can also get the free credit for doing the free trial.

No, they are free for everyone who has an account. I had a free membership for a month last year and was able to get these just fine.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

No, they are free for everyone who has an account. I had a free membership for a month last year and was able to get these just fine.

Thanks.

[tubemonkey]

Audible Daily Deal -- exp 13 Jun @ 11:59pm ET

$3.95 -- Summer's Child -- Diane Chamberlain/ C Mercer-Meyer --> 13.0 hrs/ R-4.4 --> contemp

Whispersync: no deals at this time

Early on the morning of her 11th birthday, on the beach beside her North Carolina home, Daria Cato receives an unbelievable gift from the sea: an abandoned newborn baby. When the infant's identity cannot be uncovered, she is adopted by Daria's loving family. Now, 20 years later, Shelly has grown into an unusual, ethereal young woman whom Daria continues to protect. But when Rory Taylor, a friend from Daria's childhood and now a television producer, returns at Shelly's request to do a story about the circumstances surrounding her birth, something precarious shifts in the small town of Kill Devil Hills.

The more questions Rory asks, the more unsettled the tiny community becomes, as closely guarded secrets and the sins of that long-ago summer begin to surface. Piece by piece, the mystery of summer's child is being exposed, a mystery that no one involved - not Shelly, Daria, not even Rory - is prepared to face.

[tubemonkey]

Nook Daily Find -- exp 13 Jun

$4.95 -- Carol -- Patricia Highsmith/ Bronson Pinchot --> 10.6 hrs/ R-4.2 --> LGBT romance

Carol (aka The Price of Salt)

Whispersync: Audible ($2.99) | Kindle ($1.99)

A chance encounter between two lonely women leads to a passionate romance in this lesbian cult classic. Therese, a struggling young sales clerk, and Carol, a homemaker in the midst of a bitter divorce, abandon their oppressive daily routines for the freedom of the open road, where their love can blossom. But their newly discovered bliss is shattered when Carol is forced to choose between her child and her lover.

Highsmith's sensitive treatment of fully realized characters who defy stereotypes about homosexuality marks a departure from previous lesbian pulp fiction. Erotic, eloquent, and suspenseful, this story offers an honest look at the necessity of being true to one's nature.

The Price of Salt is the basis for the upcoming film Carol, starring Rooney Mara, Cate Blanchett, and Kyle Chandler, to be released December 18, 2015.

[tubemonkey]

Last Day -- Downpour -- exp 13 Jun

• $1.99 -- Rental of Week --> After the Civil War --> details
• $4.95 -- Deal of Week --> The Lightkeepers --> details
• SALE -- Weekly Deals (15 titles) --> details

[tubemonkey]

Last Day -- Audible -- exp 13 Jun

• $4.95 -- Editors' Choice Sale (150 tiles) --> details --> members only