FREE/BARGAIN — Audiobooks

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 27 Apr @ 11:59 pm BST

• TBA -- Blackstone Fortress (book 1) -- Darius Hinks -- fantasy

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Daily Deals -- exp 27 Apr @ 11:59 pm PT

• Audible US ---> TBA ---- Creative Calling -- Chase Jarvis -- NF self-help
  
• Audible CA ---> $1.25 -- Murder at the Mousetrap (book 1) -- Helena Marchmont -- mystery
  
• Downpour ----> TBA

* Creative Calling: Establish a Daily Practice, Infuse Your World with Meaning, and Succeed in Work + Life

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 28 Apr @ 11:59 pm BST

• TBA -- Stormbreaker (book 1) -- Anthony Horowitz -- YA espionage

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Daily Deals -- exp 28 Apr @ 11:59 pm PT

• Audible US ---> TBA ---- The Adventurer's Son -- Roman Dial -- NF memoir
  
• Audible CA ---> $4.95 -- What Lies Between Us -- John Marrs -- thriller
  
• Downpour ----> $3.95 -- Pain: The Search for Relief -- Scientific American -- NF science

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Downpour -- Rental of the Week -- exp 03 May @ 11:59 pm PT

• $1.99 -- Killer Triggers -- Joe Kenda/ Joe Kenda -- ??? hrs -- NF true crime

Rental Only

The most common triggers for homicide are fear, rage, revenge, money, lust, and, more rarely, sheer madness. This isn’t an exact science, of course. Any given murder can have multiple triggers. Sex and revenge seem to be common partners in crime. Rage, money, and revenge make for a dangerous trifecta of triggers, as well.

This book offers my memories of homicide cases that I investigated or oversaw. In each case, I examine the trigger that led to death. I chose this theme for the book because even though the why of a murder case may not be critical in an investigation, it can sometimes lead us to the killer.

And even if we solve a case without knowing the trigger, the why still intrigues us, disrupting our dreams and lingering in our minds, perhaps because each of us fears the demons that lie within our own psyche—the triggers waiting to be pulled.

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LAST DAY -- Audible AU -- exp 29 Apr @ 11:59 pm AEST

• FREE -- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland --> details

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Google Audio -- exp unknown


Come Join Us by the Fire -- multiple/ multiple -- horror anthology

• FREE -- Season 1 -- 35 shorts -- 9.8 hrs
  
• FREE -- Season 2 -- 27 shorts -- 11.0 hrs

Season 1 Synopsis
Season 2 Synopsis

I just noticed that these are also available free at Libro.FM. Season 2 is divided into a free item with 18 stories and a paid item with 9 - it looks as though the latter are original to the full collection.

Come Join Us By the Fire
Come Join Us By The Fire, Season 2

While I'm at it, David Foster Wallace's A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again (Bookstore Day 2017) has been free as long as I've seen. This is the single essay, not the collection that takes its name from it.

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Originally Posted by elaysee

I just noticed that these are also available free at Libro.FM. Season 2 is divided into a free item with 18 stories and a paid item with 9 - it looks as though the latter are original to the full collection.

Come Join Us By the Fire
Come Join Us By The Fire, Season 2

While I'm at it, David Foster Wallace's A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again (Bookstore Day 2017) has been free as long as I've seen. This is the single essay, not the collection that takes its name from it.

Interesting. If you bought Season 2 on Google (for free) when it came out you got all 27 stories, 11 hours. If you buy it today, it's 7 hours.

BTW, this started out as a Google exclusive last year but has since migrated out in a similar pattern to Libro.fm (18 free, 9 paid). You can get it at Audiobooks.com, eStories, Booklits, and possibly others. Season 1 followed a similar pattern (without the split to paid and free, however).

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SYNC Audio -- Weekly Offers -- FAQs -- exp 05 May @ 11:59 pm ET

NOTE -- you MUST use the Sora app in order to download these books for free

Week 1 -- This week’s listens come to us courtesy of Recorded Books, bringing us COME ON IN, and Scholastic, with ILLEGAL. Connected by the theme of what can and does occur after crossing the U.S. border as an immigrant, both of these audiobooks are also #ownvoices realistic fiction performed by multiple narrators.

FREE -- Illegal -- Francisco X Stork/ Roxana Ortega, et al -- 8.3 hrs -- immigration

Disappeared Series (book 2)

Roxana Ortega and Christian Barillas return to narrate the conclusion to Stork's previous book, DISAPPEARED. Having escaped the cartel in Mexico and illegally entered the United States, Sara, voiced by Ortega, has applied for asylum and awaits in a detention facility for a decision on her status. Ortega conveys Sara's frustration as her faith in the U.S. justice system wanes with each passing day. Her brother, Emiliano, voiced by Barillas, manages to evade U.S. authorities but is being pursued by the cartel because he has evidence that proves their trafficking activities. Brutal worlds are revealed as the siblings risk everything to secure better lives. An intense, action-packed listen.

FREE -- Come On In -- Adi Alsaid [Ed]/ multiple -- 7.0 hrs -- immigration

This compelling audio collection of 15 #ownvoices short stories explores the realities of immigration and its abundant facets. The works are written by YA authors who are immigrants or the children of immigrants. Listeners will meet characters experiencing supposedly random police stops, making space for family displaced from a tumultuous home country, and continually being asked where they're from--when the answer might very well be the country they're already in. Each story is voiced by one of several narrators; each narrator matches the origin and gender of the characters in a particular work, creating an authentic performance with appropriate pronunciations and accent. While some performances exaggerate character voices so absurdly as to be comical, this captivating anthology will hook listeners nonetheless.

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SYNC Audio -- Setting Up Sora

Can I use Libby or the OverDrive app for the SYNC program instead of the Sora app?

The SYNC program will only work with Sora, the student reading app from OverDrive. You don’t need to be affiliated with a school to use Sora with the SYNC program.


First register for SYNC 2021, then set up Sora.


How do I set up Sora?

1. Download Sora from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store
   
2. Open Sora and tap I have a setup code (at the bottom of the screen)
   
3. Enter this setup code: audiobooksync
   
4. Enter the email address you used to sign up for SYNC
   
5. Tap Explore (at the bottom of the screen) to see the week’s featured titles

I already use Sora for school. How do I add SYNC titles?

1. In Sora, open the menu (in the top-right corner)
   
2. Select Add a library
   
3. Search for audiobooksync and select the library from the results
   
4. Enter the email address you used to sign up for SYNC

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 29 Apr @ 11:59 pm BST

• TBA -- The Secret Seaside Escape -- Heidi Swain -- romance

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LAST DAY -- Audible UK -- exp 29 Apr @ 11:59 pm GMT

• FREE -- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland --> details

LAST DAY -- Alexa UK -- exp 29 Apr @ 11:59 pm GMT -- streaming only

• FREE -- Women Unlocked --> details
  
• FREE -- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland --> details

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Daily Deals -- exp 29 Apr @ 11:59 pm PT

• Audible US ---> TBA ---- The Gentleman and the Thief (book 3) -- Sarah M Eden -- historical
  
• Audible CA ---> $3.75 -- The Anti-Boyfriend -- Penelope Ward -- romance
  
• Downpour ----> $3.95 -- Fighter Group -- Jay A Stout -- NF history

* Fighter Group: The 352nd “Blue-Nosed Bastards” in World War II

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 30 Apr @ 11:59 pm BST

• TBA -- The Secret Seaside Escape -- Heidi Swain -- romance

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Daily Deals -- exp 30 Apr @ 11:59 pm PT

• Audible US ---> TBA ---- Heart Bones -- Colleen Hoover -- romance
  
• Audible CA ---> $7.50 -- Seven Stones to Stand or Fall -- Diana Gabaldon -- fantasy
  
• Downpour ----> $3.95 -- How Baseball Happened -- Thomas W Gilbert -- NF history

* Seven Stones to Stand or Fall: A Collection of Outlander Fiction

* How Baseball Happened: Outrageous Lies Exposed! The True Story Revealed