FREE/BARGAIN — Audiobooks

[Tarana]

Originally Posted by Catlady

It was extremely frustrating to know there was a 2-for-1 sale going on (Audible kindly sent me an e-mail announcing it) that I couldn't access because I was no longer a member.

I'm appreciating that only because I'm trying really hard to get my TBR down.

[tubemonkey]

Daily Deals -- exp 14 Jun @ 11:59 pm PT

• Audible US ---> TBA ---- The Chanel Sisters -- Judithe Little -- fiction
  
• Audible CA ---> $4.95 -- Secret Life of Mrs London -- Rebecca Rosenberg -- historical
  
• Downpour ----> $3.95 -- Pieces of Her -- Karin Slaughter -- thriller

[tubemonkey]

LAST DAY -- Downpour -- exp 14 Jun @ 11:59 pm PT

• $1.99 -- The Great Gatsby --> details -- rental only

[tubemonkey]

Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 15 Jun @ 11:59 pm BST

• TBA -- Take No Farewell -- Robert Goddard -- mystery

[tubemonkey]

Daily Deals -- exp 15 Jun @ 11:59 pm PT

• Audible US ---> TBA ---- Age of Myth (book 1) -- Michael J Sullivan -- action/adven
  
• Audible CA ---> $4.95 -- It's Not a Date -- Heather Blackmore -- romance
  
• Downpour ----> $3.95 -- A Confederacy of Dunces -- John Kennedy Toole -- humor

[tubemonkey]

Downpour -- Rental of the Week -- exp 21 Jun @ 11:59 pm PT

Rental Only

$1.99 -- Welcome to Smellville -- RL Stine/ Jordan Fisher, et al -- 3.3 hrs -- kids humor

The Garbage Pail Kids Series (book 1)

Goosebumps creator R. L. Stine teams up with the pop-culture phenomenon Garbage Pail Kids for a first-ever GPK middle-grade series.

Welcome to the town of Smellville, where a dozen kids all live in a big tumbledown house and have as much fun as they possibly can. People may think that they’re gross and weird and strange, but they’re not bad kids—they just don’t know any better. In this hilarious new series from bestselling author R. L. Stine, the Garbage Pail Kids—from Adam Bomb to Brainy Janie—get into mischief at their middle school, all while battling bullies and their archenemies, Penny and Parker Perfect. These all-new stories are sure to amuse, entertain, and blow away listeners of all ages.

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[tubemonkey]

LAST DAY -- Downpour -- exp 15 Jun @ 11:59 pm PT

• $4.99 -- Death Waits in the Dark (book 2) --> details
  
• $4.99 -- Astrophysics for People in a Hurry --> details

[skinmaan]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

LAST DAY -- Downpour -- exp 15 Jun @ 11:59 pm PT

• $4.99 -- Death Waits in the Dark (book 2) --> details
  
• $4.99 -- Astrophysics for People in a Hurry --> details

Some pretty good sales going on over at Downpour right now...

https://www.downpour.com/custom/titles-under-a-dollar

[issybird]

Originally Posted by Catlady

Since none of my libraries offered Hoopla, I got a nonresident card from the Charlotte Mecklenburg Public Library ($45/yr; less for senior citizens), which gives me six Hoopla checkouts per month. I feel like it's already paid for itself after a few weeks. As a bonus, Overdrive there includes quite a number of Recorded Books titles from my wish list that are part of the "always available" selections.

I just found out indirectly that FLP is terminating access to Hoopla. If Charlotte Mecklenburg gets an influx of new nonresident members as a result, it could be worrisome as the cards won’t begin to cover the cost for heavy Hoopla users. I am very grateful to know of it as an alternative for now, however.

Philly is the second big city library I know which has dropped Hoopla; Boston ended access to its audiobooks (which is what I use it for) - and if big cities can’t afford or justify it, prospects seem dim. Fortunately for me, my local library starting offering it this past pandemic year, after I’d been told sometime earlier on asking that it was too expensive. But I worry; the amount it would cost just to listen to the Wodehouse novels I borrow would be staggering, and those are not my only borrows.

[tubemonkey]

Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 16 Jun @ 11:59 pm BST

• TBA -- Lukas the Trickster (book 3) -- Josh Reynolds -- sci-fi

[tubemonkey]

Daily Deals -- exp 16 Jun @ 11:59 pm PT

• Audible US ---> TBA ---- Why We Swim -- Bonnie Tsui -- NF fitness
  
• Audible CA ---> $3.75 -- Level Up or Die! (book 1) -- Apollos Thorne -- fantasy
  
• Downpour ----> $3.95 -- A Confederacy of Dunces -- John Kennedy Toole -- humor

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by issybird

I just found out indirectly that FLP is terminating access to Hoopla. If Charlotte Mecklenburg gets an influx of new nonresident members as a result, it could be worrisome as the cards won’t begin to cover the cost for heavy Hoopla users. I am very grateful to know of it as an alternative for now, however.

Philly is the second big city library I know which has dropped Hoopla; Boston ended access to its audiobooks (which is what I use it for) - and if big cities can’t afford or justify it, prospects seem dim. Fortunately for me, my local library starting offering it this past pandemic year, after I’d been told sometime earlier on asking that it was too expensive. But I worry; the amount it would cost just to listen to the Wodehouse novels I borrow would be staggering, and those are not my only borrows.

All of my libraries ditched Hoopla for books quite a while ago. Two of them still offer comics and videos from Hoopla; something that doesn't interest me in the least.

[ApK]

As of right now, my local library still has hoopla. I wasn't aware FLP was dropping it. I had gone for years without touching Hoopla because of problems with the app, and just recently started finding some content there that I wanted and couldn't find elsewhere. Figures that now they'd all start dropping it. I guess I'd better move the Hoopla stuff to the top of the pile.

[Catlady]

Originally Posted by issybird

I just found out indirectly that FLP is terminating access to Hoopla. If Charlotte Mecklenburg gets an influx of new nonresident members as a result, it could be worrisome as the cards won’t begin to cover the cost for heavy Hoopla users. I am very grateful to know of it as an alternative for now, however.

Philly is the second big city library I know which has dropped Hoopla; Boston ended access to its audiobooks (which is what I use it for) - and if big cities can’t afford or justify it, prospects seem dim. Fortunately for me, my local library starting offering it this past pandemic year, after I’d been told sometime earlier on asking that it was too expensive. But I worry; the amount it would cost just to listen to the Wodehouse novels I borrow would be staggering, and those are not my only borrows.

I think it's more likely that libraries will stop allowing nonresident users, or will up the nonresident price. Or will limit the number of Hoopla checkouts.

There were a few other nonresident Hoopla options--Houston, as well as Florida and Virginia, though the latter two were a bit pricey, if I recall correctly.

Are there really so many people, though, outside of this bunch of reading fanatics, who actively seek out multiple libraries and overwhelm them by excessive borrowing?

[ApK]

Originally Posted by Catlady

I think it's more likely that libraries will stop allowing nonresident users, or will up the nonresident price. Or will limit the number of Hoopla checkouts.

There were a few other nonresident Hoopla options--Houston, as well as Florida and Virginia, though the latter two were a bit pricey, if I recall correctly.

Are there really so many people, though, outside of this bunch of reading fanatics, who actively seek out multiple libraries and overwhelm them by excessive borrowing?

If Hoopla pricing and library budgets are geared toward servicing the small fraction of a given municipality's population that makes use of it, and you turn that into to a similarly small fraction of a many-orders-of-magnitude larger population, then, yes, I can see it.

ApK