FREE/BARGAIN — Audiobooks

[skinmaan]

I found a rare freebie from Graphic Audio! I've no idea how long it will last, but if you go here you can get "Murder In The Majestic Playhouse" by Michael G. Ryan for free by using code PRIVATEER at checkout. The is a short story (less than two hours) from the upcoming collection "Wicked Ways". A reminder, Graphic Audio makes full-cast adaptations with music and sound effects. These are not just straight-forward audiobooks.

No Rest for the Wicked…or for Those who Investigate Them

The Strangelight Workshop investigates the ghostly and the infernal forces working to destroy the world of the living. Led by the brilliant Abigail Thorne, this team of misfits travels the continent of Immoren, fighting unseen forces with the use of the special equipment developed by the Workshop.

When the team finds itself in need of a new bodyguard and they recruit former convicted felon John Kinkaid, who is quickly thrown into the deep end of the spiritual pool, when the team is sent to investigate a mysterious haunting at a local theatre. Events take a turn for the deadly as the masked spirit seeks revenge against those who wronged him in the world of the living. Will any of them survive before the ghost brings down the curtain for good?

Enjoy!
skinmaan
Your audiobook bloodhound

[tubemonkey]

Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 12 Jul @ 11:59 PM BST

• £1.99 -- The Wind in the Willows (book 1) -- Kenneth Grahame --> kids 5-7

[skinmaan]

Originally Posted by skinmaan

You all know, Amazon discontinued the free monthly Whyspersync title last year. While the deal isn't quite as good, there is a new sorta-free offer - you just have to work for it a little. If you're a Prime member, you I'm sure know you can get a free book using Kindle First. Amazon added a little extra to this offer this year - a free Kindle Single for Prime reading. This means you can borrow it (and sometimes the audio) for free.

It turns out you can get it even if you don't have Prime. Both January's and February's Single have the Whyspersync price set for $0.00. This means that when you get the Kindle version (both are $1.99 for now) you can get the Audible version free. I've been using my $1 slo-mo shipping credits to get the book so that I don't lose the Audible version when they eventually rotate off Prime reading.

Enjoy!
skinmaan
Your audiobook bloodhound

After taking a few months off to feature books that did not have an Audible option, the Kindle Firsts page has featured for the last two months several titles that have free Audible content with them. If you are a Prime member you can borrow both the Kindle and Audible books with your subscription. If you are not (or want to own these titles permanently) you can buy the Kindle book for $1.99 and get the Whispersync book for free.

The June collection is titled "The Real Thing," and is a collection of short romance titles from various authors.

When it comes to love, not everyone is looking for the same thing, but everyone is looking for something real. A lover. A friend. A soul mate. In this collection of moving, hilarious, and big-hearted personal testimonies, a chorus of bestselling contemporary authors reveals the modern realities of friendship, romance, commitment, and love.

The July collection is titled "Bloodlands," and is a collection of true-crime nonfiction from author Harold Schechter, who seems to specialize in this genre.

Exploring the dark heart of US history, true-crime master Harold Schechter reveals six sensational but nearly forgotten acts of carnage and bloodlust that shocked the nation. From a diabolical Kansas family down the road from Laura Ingalls Wilder to an Elvis-inspired “rebel” to the country’s first mass shooter, these chilling criminals dominated the headlines—and nightmares—of their day.

(Note: "The Pirate" can be borrowed free with Prime, but the Whispersync is $1.95 instead of $0.00 like the others.)

The titles seem to be sticking in Prime for a while - the ones from January and February are still around. I have no idea of when or if this will change in the future. I am currently looking through the "Bloodlands" titles and they seem quite well-done.

Enjoy!
skinmaan
Your audiobook bloodhound

[tubemonkey]

Daily Deals -- exp 12 Jul @ 11:59 PM PT

• Audible -----> $3.95 -- Single Malt Murder (book 1) -- Melinda Mullet --> cozy mystery
  
• Downpour --> $3.95 -- The Kill Circle (book 6) -- David Freed --> mystery
  
• eStories ----> $4.99 -- Locked On -- Tom Clancy, et al --> thriller

[tubemonkey]

Sync Audio -- Weekly Offers -- FAQs & Help -- exp 19 Jul @ 7 AM ET

Week 12 -- Our 12th week of AudiobookSYNC 2018 brings us a pair of novels with distinctly Puritan Colonial roots. Thanks to Listening Library for providing them.

FREE -- How to Hang a Witch -- Adriana Mather/ A Mather --> 10.7 hrs --> fantasy

How to Hang a Witch Series (book 1 of 2)

For fans of Conversion and Mean Girls comes a debut novel where the trials of high school start to feel like a modern-day witch hunt for a teen with all the wrong connections to Salem's past.

Salem, Massachusetts, is the site of the infamous witch trials and the new home of Samantha Mather. Recently transplanted from New York City, Sam and her stepmother are not exactly welcomed with open arms. Sam is the descendant of Cotton Mather, one of the men responsible for those trials—and almost immediately, she becomes the enemy of a group of girls who call themselves the Descendants. And guess who their ancestors were?

If dealing with that weren’t enough, Sam also comes face to face with a real, live (well, technically dead) ghost. A handsome, angry ghost who wants Sam to stop touching his stuff. But soon Sam discovers she is at the center of a centuries-old curse affecting anyone with ties to the trials. Sam must come to terms with the ghost and find a way to work with the Descendants to stop a deadly cycle that has been going on since the first accused witch was hanged. If any town should have learned its lesson, it’s Salem. But history may be about to repeat itself.

FREE -- The Scarlet Letter -- Nathaniel Hawthorne/ D Peters --> 6.9 hrs --> classic

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s exploration of the dichotomy between the public and private self, internal passion and external convention, gives us the unforgettable Hester Prynne, who discovers strength in the face of ostracism and emerges as a heroine ahead of her time. As Kathryn Harrison points out in her Introduction, Hester is “the herald of the modern heroine."

[tubemonkey]

Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 13 Jul @ 11:59 PM BST

• £2.99 -- James and the Giant Peach -- Roald Dahl --> kids 8-10

[tubemonkey]

Daily Deals -- exp 13 Jul @ 11:59 PM PT

• Audible -----> $2.95 -- Andrea Vernon and the... -- Alexander C Kane --> sci-fi
  
• Downpour --> $3.95 -- Friends and Traitors (book 8) -- John Lawton --> thriller
  
• eStories ----> $9.99 -- Duke of Desire (book 14) -- Elizabeth Hoyt --> romance

* Andrea Vernon and the Corporation for UltraHuman Protection

[GtrsRGr8]

_Podcast_ search engine: Listen Notes (www.listennotes.com).

Almost all podcasts are _free_--in fact, off the top of my head, I can't think of one that isn't.

[Kacetwo]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

_Podcast_ search engine: Listen Notes (www.listennotes.com).

Almost all podcasts are _free_--in fact, off the top of my head, I can't think of one that isn't.

Thank you and I found this little gem in there

https://www.listennotes.com/c/d99871...andma-guignol/

More details at

http://bafflegab.co.uk/grandma-guignol/

and if you like Brenda and Effie there are quite a few cheap on Amazon UK and a few with Whispersync audios as well

Never the Bride (The Brenda and Effie Mysteries Book 1) is 99p (With W/S)

Something Borrowed (The Brenda and Effie Mysteries Book 2) is £1.99 (with W/S)

Conjugal Rites (The Brenda and Effie Mysteries Book 3) is the joint most expensive at £2.99 (with W/S)

Hell's Belles (The Brenda and Effie Mysteries Book 4) is 99p

The Bride That Time Forgot (The Brenda and Effie Mysteries Book 5) is £2.99 and so also joint most expensive (with W/S)

Brenda and Effie Forever! (The Brenda and Effie Mysteries Book 6) is £1.99 (with W/S)

and the most recent Fellowship of Ink (The Brenda and Effie Mysteries Book 7) also £2.99

As the podcast will let you hear these are very quirky stories but quite enjoyable

They are on Amazon.com as well but I cannot see all the details from this side of the pond. Just cgange the link from '.co.uk' to '.com' to get the details

[tubemonkey]

Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 14 Jul @ 11:59 PM BST

• £2.99 -- A Bear Called Paddington (book 1) -- Michael Bond --> kids 8-10

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Daily Deals -- exp 14 Jul @ 11:59 PM PT

• Audible -----> $2.95 -- Solar Bones -- Mike McCormack --> literary
  
• Downpour --> $2.95 -- No Direction Rome -- Kaushik Barua --> literary
  
• eStories ----> $4.99 -- Murder in Vegas -- Michael Connelly --> mystery

[tubemonkey]

Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 15 Jul @ 11:59 PM BST

• £2.99 -- The Lie Tree -- Frances Hardinge --> thriller

[tubemonkey]

Daily Deals -- exp 15 Jul @ 11:59 PM PT

• Audible -----> $2.95 -- How to Tame a Fox... -- Lyudmila Trut, et al --> NF biology
  
• Downpour --> $2.95 -- Things That Can and... -- Arundhati Roy, et al --> NF politics
  
• eStories ----> $4.95 -- Mafia Summit -- Gil Reavill --> NF history

* How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog): Visionary Scientists and a Siberian Tale of Jump-Started Evolution

* Things That Can and Cannot Be Said: Essays and Conversations

[Tarana]

Audible has a special for Audible members only from 7/15-7/18. Use 2 credits, get $5, use 3, get $10. It says you get a coupon, but typically, it just gets added to your account.

[tubemonkey]

Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 16 Jul @ 11:59 PM BST

• £1.99 -- The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle -- Stuart Turton --> mystery