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I'm afraid I don't know anything about audio books and whispersyncing. Sorry. There is a link to the audio book near the buy now button on the ebook product page. |
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I think they only make a big deal of it when you can add audio under a certain price threshold. Otherwise they just stick it in that area now. |
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I'm glad that there is a notice, albeit small, on the ebook product page. I infer that the other ebooks with Whispersync narration also have that or some other form of notification on their webpages. Last edited by GtrsRGr8; 11-03-2019 at 05:04 PM. |
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Charles River Editors, Free
Ellis Island and Angel Island: The History and Legacy of America’s Most Famous Immigration Stations Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat: The Lives and Careers of the Leaders Who Made Peace Between Israel and Egypt The Edomites: The History and Legacy of the Kingdom of Edom in the Ancient Near East https://www.amazon.com/s?i=digital-t...+river+editors https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?i=digital...+river+editors https://www.amazon.ca/s?i=digital-te...+river+editors |
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City of Nets by Otto Friedrich, a terrific book about 1940s Hollywood, is $1.99 for Kindle (and Kobo). Limited time.
https://smile.amazon.com/City-Nets-P...s%2C158&sr=1-1 |
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#1821 |
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Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
by Tony Judt is $1.99 at U.S. stores Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Postwar-Histo...t%2C413&sr=1-1 Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/pos...ope-since-1945 Below is the blurb: **Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize Winner of the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Book Award One of the New York Times'Ten Best Books of the Year** Almost a decade in the making, this much-anticipated grand history of postwar Europe from one of the world's most esteemed historians and intellectuals is a singular achievement. Postwar is the first modern history that covers all of Europe, both east and west, drawing on research in six languages to sweep readers through thirty-four nations and sixty years of political and cultural change-all in one integrated, enthralling narrative. Both intellectually ambitious and compelling to read, thrilling in its scope and delightful in its small details, Postwar is a rare joy. |
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Jan Hus and Ulrich Zwingli: The Lives and Deaths of the Reformation’s Most Famous Martyrs The Decline of the Soviet Union: The History of the Communist Empire in the Last 30 Years of Its Existence Buried Treasure: A Collection of Strange Mysteries, Golden Legends, and Lucky Finds in the Search for Hidden Wealth Weird Radio and Television: A Collection of Spy Transmissions, Unidentified Stations, Paranormal Activities, and other Mysteries across the Media https://www.amazon.com/s?i=digital-t...+river+editors https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?i=digital...+river+editors https://www.amazon.ca/s?i=digital-te...+river+editors |
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The First Battle of Heligoland Bight: The History and Legacy of the Royal Navy’s Greatest Victory in World War I https://www.amazon.com/s?i=digital-t...+river+editors https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?i=digital...+river+editors https://www.amazon.ca/s?i=digital-te...+river+editors |
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I had barely heard of Storey Publishing. But I ran across an ebook published by them, that I was intrigued by, and found has great ratings (4.5 stars, from lots of review). It was a buy for me.
Being interested in what else that they might have on sale, I did a search on Amazon for "storey publishing," filtered by price, and limited to the "Kindle store". I came across a colossal number of ebooks on sale, and they "all" had consistently great ratings! Scanning over a bunch of titles, I get the impression that Storey seems to be a less staid, less sophisticated, more playful version (so to speak) of the venerable publisher Rodale. Storey publishes, it appears to me, a lot of books on such subjects as gardening, simple cooking, getting back to a simpler lifesyle--those kinds of things. The book that I bought is one on building everything from old-fashioned sheds to building tiny houses. It is written by Derek "Deek" Deadrickson. It is $2.99; the retail price of the paper-based version is something between $15 and $16. (I'm seriously thinking about building a tiny house to move into when I have my real retirement). The link to the Amazon search that I did: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=%22storey...f=aa_sbox_sort. As usual, Amazon's sort-by-price feature doesn't work well (why don't they fix that?!). But you'll find lots of $2.99 titles, and a few even cheaper. Hope you find some good stuff. Last edited by GtrsRGr8; 11-12-2019 at 08:39 PM. |
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Amazon searches have gone downhill in recent years. Trying to find a match to an exact title just isn't possible.
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Here my recent complaint that Advanced Search on Publisher now has to be exact.
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=324429 No responses. BUT my experience of Advanced Search on Title is that it works as well as it ever did. So Advanced Search on Title Ignition starts with Ignition!: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants (Rutgers University Press Classics) Which is reasonable as is a Advanced Search on Title "on Basilisk station " Last edited by Little.Egret; 11-13-2019 at 06:31 PM. |
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Talking to Strangers by Matcolm Gladwell is on sale at amazon for $4.99
https://www.amazon.com/Talking-Stran...dp/B07NDKVWZW/ It was published a little over 60 days ago. I've not read anything by Gladwell yet, but I'm going to give this one a try. One thing of note for the people in the audiobooks aren't reading wars, the author says the best way to experience the book is as audio. I'll be getting the kindle version. As usual for Gladwell, the reviews are mixed. The top 2 on amazon are 2 stars, followed by a bunch of 4 and 5 star reviews. |
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Charles River Editors, Free
The Galápagos: The History of the Famous Pacific Islands and Their Unique Ecosystem The Battle of Red Cliffs: The History and Legacy of the Decisive Battle Fought Near the Start of Ancient China’s Three Kingdoms Period The Battle of Manzikert: The History and Legacy of the Seljuk Turks’ Decisive Victory over the Byzantine Empire https://www.amazon.com/s?i=digital-t...+river+editors https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?i=digital...+river+editors https://www.amazon.ca/s?i=digital-te...+river+editors |
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I suspect that almost all companies (except, for example, Google, of course), have to have their search engines purchased "out of house," not built by their IT guys. If that is the case, the more that the company pays, the better their search engine is likely going to be. It's like a person buying a house or a car--you basically get what you pay for. I, for one, have not noticed Amazon's search engine getting worse, and I've been a customer since the days in the late 1990's, when Amazon was just a bookstore. The one exception is the sorting/filtering by price feature. It definitely seems to have gotten worse--the results of a search by price, now, seem almost to have no bearing on what you ask their search engine to do. Last edited by GtrsRGr8; 11-17-2019 at 11:34 PM. |
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60% Off on Book about Donald Trump.
It's Trump's Media War.
Editors: Happer, Catherine, Hoskins, Andrew, Merrin, William. Published very recently--this year (2019). The blurb: Features short, sharp contributions from both academics and journalists, two of whom were on the Trump campaign trail Extremely topical and addresses current issues related to Trump, such as his celebrity persona, election campaign, press conferences and relationship with the mainstream media Looks at the political use of Twitter, social media and the internet in general Book is $9.99; list price is $24.99. So, the discount is a nice 60%. Price is valid through November 21. https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/978...=9783319940694 Last edited by GtrsRGr8; 11-20-2019 at 02:24 AM. |
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