FREE/BARGAIN - Audiobooks - 2016

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Originally Posted by nancy-mo

Whispersync Deal: Julia Kent's Shopping for a Billionaire Box Set

This hilarious romantic comedy is a great Whispersync deal. $0.99 for the Kindle 5 book boxed set and $1.99 for the Whispersync Audible version. I'm terrible at posting, but take a look.

You're not terrible at posting.

The box set should be on this webpage somewhere, although I didn't see it after a brief scan of the selection.

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Audible Daily Deal -- exp 28 Oct @ 11:59 PM PDT

$2.95 -- Guidebook to Murder -- Lynn Cahoon/ Susan Boyce --> 8.3 hrs/ R-4.2 --> cozy mystery

Guidebook to Murder --> Tourist Trap Series (book 1 of 7)

Whispersync: Audible ($2.95) | Kindle ($5.99)

In the gentle coastal town of South Cove, California, all Jill Gardner wants is to keep her store - Coffee, Books, and More - open and running. So why is she caught up in the business of murder?

When Jill's elderly friend Miss Emily calls in a fit of pique, she already knows that the city council is trying to force Emily to sell her dilapidated old house. But Emily's gumption goes for naught when she dies unexpectedly and leaves the house to Jill, along with all of her problems...and her enemies. Convinced that her friend was murdered, Jill is finding the list of suspects longer than the list of repairs needed on the house. But Jill is determined to uncover the culprit - especially if it gets her closer to South Cove's finest, Detective Greg King. The problem is, the killer knows that she's on the case - and is determined to close the book on Jill permanently.

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Nook Daily Find -- exp 28 Oct

$4.99 -- Waking Hours -- Lis Wiehl/ Devon O'Day --> 10.7 hrs/ R-3.7 --> horror

Waking Hours --> East Salem Trilogy (book 1 of 3)

Whispersync: Audible ($12.99) | Kindle ($9.99)

All towns have secrets. Some have demons.

Welcome to East Salem. A sleepy town with a history older than America where the supernatural bleeds into the everyday.

After a high school girl is found dead in the town park, forensic psychiatrist Dani Harris wants answers.

All the suspects are teenagers who were at the party with her the night before-and even though the evidence confirms they were all at the scene of the crime they all woke up the next morning with the same story: no memory whatsoever of the murder.

Former pro-football linebacker-and local celebrity-Tommy Gunderson finds himself drawn to the case. And to Dani-who he last spoke with on their one high school date. Yet his celebrity status opens doors barred to Dani-so they form a reluctant alliance.

They soon realize that there’s more to the mystery than murder. And more to the evil they are facing than a mere human killer.

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Audible Channels -- Featured Free Audiobook -- Prime Members Only

This is a new daily feature I'm adding to bring added awareness to this program.

Today's featured selection comes from the Get Hooked: Series Starters channel and is a great selection for Halloween listening:


FREE -- Psycho -- Robert Bloch/ Paul Michael Garcia --> 5.4 hrs/ R-4.4 --> horror

Psycho --> Psycho Trilogy (book 1 of 3)

Whispersync: Audible ($9.95) | Kindle ($9.49)

It was a dark and stormy night when Mary Crane glimpsed the unlit neon sign announcing the vacancy at the Bates Motel. Exhausted, lost, and at the end of her rope, she was eager for a hot shower and a bed for the night. Her room was musty, but clean, and the manager seemed nice, if a little odd.

This classic horror novel, which inspired the famous film by Alfred Hitchcock, has been thrilling people for 50 years. It introduced one of the most unexpectedly-twisted villains of all time in Norman Bates, the reserved motel manager with a mother complex, and has been called the "first psychoanalytic thriller."

How do I listen to this? -- You have free streaming access to this audiobook with Audible Channels for Prime. To start listening, download the free Audible app, sign in with your Amazon account, and browse Prime Exclusive Audiobooks within the Channels tab.

Note: available for Android, iOS & Win 10 apps - Prime only - offline listening & Fire OS not allowed. There are currently 56 free audiobooks available. See this thread for further discussion.

Spoiler:

Prime Exclusive Audiobooks

Hear gifted narrators bring stories to life. Choose from a collection of best sellers, family favorites, celebrity-narrated classics and more, available for Prime members to stream anytime, anywhere at no additional cost.

Introducing the Newest Prime Benefit – Audible Channels for Prime

Members can now access episodic short-form audio programming with Audible Channels, and a rotating selection of audiobooks, free with Prime

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 13, 2016-- (NASDAQ:AMZN)—Amazon and Audible today announced a new premium spoken-word benefit for Prime members in the U.S. Members now enjoy unlimited free access to the new short-form digital audio service, Audible Channels, as well as a rotating selection of more than 50 audiobooks from Audible’s catalog. Audible Channels for Prime now joins the growing list of all-you-can-eat benefits for Prime members including guaranteed unlimited fast, free shipping, unlimited access to Prime Video, Prime Music, Prime Photos, early access to Lightning Deals and more. Prime members can access Audible Channels for Prime by downloading the Audible app for iOS, Android, and Windows 10. To learn more about Audible Channels for Prime, please visit www.amazon.com/audiblechannels.

Free Audiobook Selection for Prime Members

Prime members will also be able to stream a rotating selection of more than 50 premium audiobooks, across nine Prime-exclusive channels, including:

* Top-rated audiobooks across a range of genres, such as Mary Kubica’s The Good Girl, Karl Marlantes’ What It Is Like to Go to War, Matthew Quick’s The Silver Linings Playbook, Anne Lamott’s Stitches and Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game Alive

* Celebrity-narrated classics, such as Scarlett Johansson’s performance of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Rosamund Pike’s narration of Pride and Prejudice, and a full-cast recording of Dracula, starring Alan Cumming

* Shared listening experiences for the family, including Clifford the Big Red Dog, Winnie-the-Pooh, and The Velveteen Rabbit

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ChristianAudio Sale -- exp 30 Oct

25% off -- 25% off Your Entire Purchase Sale

Use discount code "October25" at checkout to get 25% off an entire purchase of audiobooks or audio Bibles. This offer ends this Sunday (October 30th).

*This is NOT limited to one item - so browse away*

Hurry, this offer ends this Sunday (October 30th).

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Audible UK Daily Deal -- exp 29 Oct @ 11:59 PM BST

£1.99 -- Slade House -- David Mitchell/ Tania Rodrigues, et al --> 7.2 hrs/ R-4.2 --> contemp

Whispersync: Audible (£1.99) | Kindle (£4.99)

Prepare to be chilled, electrified and entertained - a gem of a novel from 'one of the most brilliantly inventive writers of this, or any country' (Independent).

Walk down narrow, clammy Slade Alley. Open the black iron door in the right-hand wall. Enter the sunlit garden of an old house that doesn't exactly make sense. A stranger greets you by name and invites you inside. At first, you won't want to leave. Too late, you find you can't....

A taut, intricately woven, reality-warping tale that begins in 1979 and comes to its turbulent conclusion at the wintry end of October 2015. Born out of the short story David Mitchell published on Twitter in 2014 and inhabiting the same universe as his latest best-selling novel The Bone Clocks, this is the perfect book to curl up with on a dark and stormy night.

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Nook Daily Find -- exp 29 Oct

$17.99 -- Dark Tides -- Chris Ewan/ Alex Tregear --> 11.2 hrs/ R-3.9 --> thriller

Whispersync: Audible ($4.49) | Kindle ($12.99)

When another Halloween brings an additional death, a young police officer on the Isle of Man suspects they are connected to dark secrets in her own past.

When Claire Cooper was eight years old her mother mysteriously vanished during Hop-tu-naa, Halloween on the Isle of Man. At fourteen, Claire is still struggling to come to terms with her disappearance when she’s befriended by a group of five teenagers who mark every Halloween by performing dares. But Claire’s arrival begins to alter the group’s dynamic until one year a prank goes terribly wrong, changing all their futures and tearing the friends apart.

Six years later, one of the friends is killed on Halloween in an apparent accident. But Claire, now a police officer, has her doubts. Is a single footprint found near the body a deliberate taunt? As another Halloween dawns, bringing with it another death and another footprint, Claire becomes convinced that somebody is seeking vengeance. But who? And which of the friends might be next? If she is going to stop a killer and unlock the dark secrets of her past, Claire must confront her deepest fears—before it’s too late.

Chris Ewan, author of the stand-alone thrillers Safe House and Dead Line, returns to the Isle of Man with a thriller that will keep you up all night.

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Audible Daily Deal -- exp 29 Oct @ 11:59 PM PDT

$2.95 -- Fully Present -- Susan Smally, et al/ Elizabeth London --> 8.7 hrs/ R-4.0 --> meditation

Fully Present: The Science, Art, and Practice of Mindfulness

Whispersync: Audible ($2.95) | Kindle ($11.99)

Mindfulness—the art of paying attention with openness and curiosity to the present moment—has attracted ever-growing interest and tens of thousands of practitioners. This uniquely accessible guide provides a scientific explanation for how mindfulness positively and powerfully affects the brain and body, as well as practical guidance.

With sections devoted to “The Science”, “The Art”, and “The Practice”, Fully Present will help you understand how and why meditation is so effective, and will help you develop and sustain your own practice in order to:

* Reduce stress
* Boost your body’s immune system
* Ease chronic physical pain
* Cope with negative emotions
* Increase self-awareness
* Cultivate happiness

Complete with fascinating research on how our brains work and respond to meditation, as well as practical tips and exercises, Fully Present is an essential guide for anyone interested in enhancing their own health and well-being.

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Audible Channels -- Featured Free Audiobook -- Prime Members Only

Today's featured selection comes from the Celebrity Voices: Classic Stories channel and is another Halloween classic:


FREE -- Dracula -- Bram Stoker/ full cast --> 15.5 hrs/ R-4.4 --> horror

Dracula

Whispersync: Audible | Kindle

Audie Award, Distinguished Achievement in Production, 2013
Audie Award, Multi-voiced Performance, 2013
Audie Award Nominee, Classic, 2013

Because of the widespread awareness of the story of the evil Transylvanian count and the success of numerous film adaptations that have been created over the years, the modern audience hasn't had a chance to truly appreciate the unknowing dread that readers would have felt when reading Bram Stoker's original 1897 manuscript. Most modern productions employ campiness or sound effects to try to bring back that gothic tension, but we've tried something different. By returning to Stoker's original storytelling structure - a series of letters and journal entries voiced by Jonathan Harker, Dr. Van Helsing, and other characters - with an all-star cast of narrators, we've sought to recapture its originally intended horror and power.

This production of Dracula is presented by what is possibly the best assemblage of narrating talent ever for one audiobook: Emmy Award nominees Alan Cumming and Tim Curry plus an all-star cast of Audie award-winners Simon Vance (The Millenium Trilogy), Katherine Kellgren (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies), Susan Duerden (The Tiger’s Wife), John Lee (Supergods) and customer favorites Graeme Malcolm (Skippy Dies), Steven Crossley (The Oxford Time Travel series), Simon Prebble (The Baroque Cycle), James Adams (Letters to a Young Contrarian), Nicola Barber (The Rose Garden), Victor Villar-Hauser (Fun Inc.), and Marc Vietor (1Q84). These stellar narrators have been cast as follows:

Alan Cumming as Dr. Seward
Simon Vance as Jonathan Harker
Katy Kellgren as Mina Murray/Harker
Susan Duerden as Lucy Westenra
Tim Curry as Van Helsing
Graeme Malcolm as Dailygraph correspondent
Steven Crossley as Zookeeper’s account and reporter
Simon Prebble as Varna
James Adams as Patrick Hennessey
Nicola Barber as Sister Agatha
Victor Villar-Hauser as Arthur Holmwood
Marc Vietor as Quincey Morris
John Lee as Introductory paragraph, various letters

How do I listen to this? -- You have free streaming access to this audiobook with Audible Channels for Prime. To start listening, download the free Audible app, sign in with your Amazon account, and browse Prime Exclusive Audiobooks within the Channels tab.

Note: available for Android, iOS & Win 10 apps - Prime only - offline listening & Fire OS not allowed. There are currently 56 free audiobooks available. See this thread for further discussion.
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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

You're not terrible at posting.

The box set should be on this webpage somewhere, although I didn't see it after a brief scan of the selection.

https://www.amazon.com/Shopping-Bill...dp/B00S2TO9JY/

ETA: first part free; if you like it, get the boxed set and definitely skip the "parts" at .99 to 2.99 each. also skip audio of "part 1" at 1.99; if you are into audio only, get the full set and the audio, for under $3.

self-pub, collection of short story and novella parts of a "series"

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Audible UK Daily Deal -- exp 30 Oct @ 11:59 PM GMT

£2.99 -- The House on Cold Hill -- Peter James/ Nicholas Boulton --> 8.8 hrs/ R-4.3 --> horror

Whispersync: Audible (£2.99) | Kindle (£1.19)

They said the dead can't hurt you.... They were wrong.

The House on Cold Hill is a chilling and suspenseful ghost story from the multimillion-copy best-selling author of Dead Simple, Peter James.

Moving from the heart of Brighton and Hove to the Sussex countryside is a big undertaking for Ollie and Caro Harcourt and their 12-year-old daughter, Jade. But when they view Cold Hill House - a huge, dilapidated Georgian mansion - Ollie is filled with excitement. Despite the financial strain of the move, he has dreamed of living in the country since he was a child, and he sees Cold Hill House as a paradise for his animal-loving daughter, the perfect base for his web-design business and a terrific long-term investment. Caro is less certain, and Jade is grumpy about being separated from her friends.

Within days of moving in, it becomes apparent that the Harcourt family aren't the only residents of the house. A friend of Jade's is the first to see the spectral woman, standing behind her as the girls talk on FaceTime. Then there are more sightings as well as increasingly disturbing occurrences in the house. As the haunting becomes more malevolent and the house itself begins to turn on the Harcourts, the terrified family discover Cold Hill House's dark history and the horrible truth of what it could mean for them....

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Times Running Out --> exp 31 Oct 2016

FREE -- Honda Road Readers (100 titles) -- 5 free books* --> Honda/Acura Owners only

Register & Download

Download your favorite children’s audiobooks and turn car time into story time with the Honda Road Readers app, free to all Honda drivers*. Simply register your Honda VIN or gift code here.

*Audiobooks free up to 4 titles per Honda VIN per year (Nov 2015-Oct 2016).

Originally Posted by skinmaan

Am am happy to announce a new way for some of you to get some additional free audiobooks. I say some because they come free with an unusually large purchase, though some of you may have already made it. Similar to the Ford audiobook club, Honda has started the Honda Road Readers program.

This allows anyone who owns a Honda vehicle to sign up and get 5 audiobooks over the next year. They start you off with "Peter Pan" and let you pick the other 4 from a list of children's/YA titles. The service is in partnership with Downpour (Blackstone audio). If you already have an account with them you should sign up with the same e-mail/password.

I've created an account, and this seems legit. The selection of books is for younger audiences, but it is decent. The only thing I'm not sure of is whether you get the credits gradually through the year or all at once. I may try to get one later on this evening and see.

I don't think this is a limited-time offer or restricted to a certain number, but you never know. It allows you to get more freebies if you have more than one Honda (you'll need the VIN, BTW). Anyways, good hunting.

Enjoy!
skinmaan
Your audiobook bloodhound

UPDATE: I got an e-mail from CS; you get access to all 4 credits immediately.
UPDATE 2: It turns out this is also available for Acura owners. Same site/rules.

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Audible Daily Deal -- exp 30 Oct @ 11:59 PM PDT

$2.95 -- Deviant -- Harold Schechter/ RC Bray --> 8.3 hrs/ R-4.3 --> biography

Deviant: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the Original "Psycho"

Whispersync: Audible ($2.95) | Kindle ($12.99)

From "America's principal chronicler of its greatest psychopathic killers" (Boston Book Review) comes the definitive account of Ed Gein, a mild-mannered Wisconsin farmhand who stunned an unsuspecting nation - and redefined the meaning of the word psycho.

The year was 1957. The place was an ordinary farmhouse in America's heartland, filled with extraordinary evidence of unthinkable depravity. The man behind the massacre was a slight, unassuming Midwesterner with a strange smile - and an even stranger attachment to his domineering mother. After her death and a failed attempt to dig up his mother's body from the local cemetery, Gein turned to other grave robberies and, ultimately, multiple murders.

Driven to commit gruesome and bizarre acts beyond all imagination, Ed Gein remains one of the most deranged minds in the annals of American homicide. This is his story, recounted in fascinating and chilling detail by Harold Schechter, one of the most acclaimed true-crime storytellers of our time.

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Nook Daily Find -- exp 30 Oct

$13.49 -- 13 1/2 -- Nevada Barr/ Dan John Miller --> 8.9 hrs/ R-3.4 --> thriller

Whispersync: Audible ($3.49) | Kindle ($7.99)

With 13 ½, Nevada Barr, New York Times bestselling author of the award-winning Anna Pigeon novels, has written a taut and terrifying psychological thriller. It carries the reader from the horrifying 1970s murder spree of a child—dubbed "Butcher Boy" by a shocked public—in Rochester, Minnesota, to Polly, the abused daughter of Mississippi "trailer trash," to post-Katrina New Orleans.

In Jackson Square in the French Quarter a tarot card reader told Polly Deschamps she would be a success. Thirty years later, Polly is a respected professor of literature with good friends and her own home—a safe life for her and her two daughters.

Butcher Boy, released on his seventeenth birthday, shook the snow from his boots and headed south.

New Orleans, a Mecca for runaways then and now, offers sanctuary but never forgiveness.

When Polly falls in love with Marshall Marchand, a restoration architect who is helping to rebuild her adopted city, shadows of the past rise out of the poisoned ground of New Orleans as thick and deadly as the toxic waters of the flood.

Like history, some crimes are doomed to repeat themselves. Evil stays the same, only the victims' names change. As two broken pasts collide in an uncertain present, Polly is determined that her children's names will never be on that list.

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Audible Channels -- Featured Free Audiobook -- Prime Members Only

Today's selection comes from the Better Than The Movie channel and is modern Halloween classic:


FREE -- Jaws -- Peter Benchley/ Erik Steele --> 9.6 hrs/ R-4.0 --> horror

Jaws

Whispersync: Audible ($3.99) | Kindle ($9.99)

Jaws is the classic, blockbuster thriller that inspired the three-time Academy Award-winning Steven Spielberg movie and made millions of beachgoers afraid to go into the water. Experience the thrill of helpless horror again - or for the first time! Jaws was #48 in the American Film Institute's 100 Years...100 Movies, and the film earned the coveted #1 spot on the Bravo network's 100 Scariest Movie Moments countdown. This timeless tale of man-eating terror that spawned a movie franchise, two video games, a Universal Studios theme park attraction, and two musicals is finally available on audio for the first time ever!

How do I listen to this? -- You have free streaming access to this audiobook with Audible Channels for Prime. To start listening, download the free Audible app, sign in with your Amazon account, and browse Prime Exclusive Audiobooks within the Channels tab.

Note: available for Android, iOS & Win 10 apps - Prime only - offline listening & Fire OS not allowed. There are currently 56 free audiobooks available. See this thread for further discussion.
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