FREE/BARGAIN - Audiobooks - 2016

[rgeorg]

Thank you - that is very helpful to know!

[rgeorg]

Just to clarify, the audiobooks that I purchase with KU Do stay in Audible when I return the book. But the FREE Audible books with KU "companions" are deleted when the book is returned.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by rgeorg

Just to clarify, the audiobooks that I purchase with KU Do stay in Audible when I return the book. But the FREE Audible books with KU "companions" are deleted when the book is returned.

Correct; although you still have access to the KU books (e & audio) whenever you want as long as you maintain your KU membership.

[koland]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Correct; although you still have access to the KU books (e & audio) whenever you want as long as you maintain your KU membership.

Except that books come and go as KU books. So, there is no guarantee the book will be free to read, later. Assuming, of course, you want to re-read the book.

For now, it does seem that all of Amazon's imprints are always in KU (although there may be exceptions, I don't recall running into any).

[tubemonkey]

Audible Daily Deal -- exp 28 Feb @ 11:59pm ET


$1.95 -- Rain Reign -- Ann M Martin -- read by Laura Hamilton (4.1 hrs) --> teens (11~13)

Rose Howard has OCD, Asperger's syndrome, and an obsession with homonyms (even her name is a homonym). She gave her dog Rain a name with two homonyms (Reign, Rein), which, according to Rose's rules of homonyms, is very special. Rain was a lost dog Rose's father brought home. Rose and Rain are practically inseparable. And they are often home alone, as Rose's father spends most evenings at a bar, and doesn't have much patience for his special-needs daughter.

Just as a storm hits town, Rain goes missing. Rose's father shouldn't have let Rain out. Now Rose has to find her dog, even if it means leaving her routines and safe places to search. Rose will find Rain, but so will Rain's original owners.

Hearts will break and spirits will soar for this powerful story, brilliantly told from Rose's point of view.

[tubemonkey]

Nook Daily Find -- exp 28 Feb


$4.99 -- World Gone By -- Dennis Lehane -- read by Jim Frangione (9.1 hrs) --> mystery / thriller

Coughlin Series Book 3

Dennis Lehane, the New York Times bestselling author of The Given Day and Live by Night, returns with a psychologically and morally complex novel of blood, crime, passion, and vengeance, set in Cuba and Ybor City, Florida, during World War II, in which Joe Coughlin must confront the cost of his criminal past and present.

Ten years have passed since Joe Coughlin's enemies killed his wife and destroyed his empire, and much has changed. Prohibition is dead, the world is at war again, and Joe's son, Tomás, is growing up. Now, the former crime kingpin works as a consigliore to the Bartolo crime family, traveling between Tampa and Cuba, his wife's homeland.

A master who moves in and out of the black, white, and Cuban underworlds, Joe effortlessly mixes with Tampa's social elite, U.S. Naval intelligence, the Lansky-Luciano mob, and the mob-financed government of Fulgencio Batista. He has everything—money, power, a beautiful mistress, and anonymity.

But success cannot protect him from the dark truth of his past—and ultimately, the wages of a lifetime of sin will finally be paid in full.

Dennis Lehane vividly recreates the rise of the mob during a world at war, from a masterfully choreographed Ash Wednesday gun battle in the streets of Ybor City to a chilling, heartbreaking climax in a Cuban sugar cane field. Told with verve and skill, World Gone By is a superb work of historical fiction from one of "the most interesting and accomplished American novelists" (Washington Post) writing today.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by ElspethB

I only just became a fan of audiobooks this year due to a change in my family situation that drastically increased my commuting time. For the most part I've stuck with the OverDrive books available through my public library but I have been toying with getting an Audible subscription. However, thanks to this thread I discovered Downpour and am trying that out as a cheaper alternative. I really appreciate all of you sharing the latest deals and especially Monkey for keeping the first page up to date. Thanks!

You're quite welcome. Glad to have another convert join us.

Be sure to take advantage of the free offers in post 1 and the free trial periods in post 2. It's a great way to add well over 100 free audiobooks to your personal library.

edit: Mark your calendar for 05 May. That's when the free giveaways from SYNC start. It's your chance get 30 more audiobooks for free.
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[rgeorg]

Originally Posted by koland

Except that books come and go as KU books. So, there is no guarantee the book will be free to read, later. Assuming, of course, you want to re-read the book.

For now, it does seem that all of Amazon's imprints are always in KU (although there may be exceptions, I don't recall running into any).

Thanks - that was another question - whether KU books come-and-go.
I am wondering if it is worth it to continue both Audible and KU, so I have both for a few months to compare.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by koland

Except that books come and go as KU books. So, there is no guarantee the book will be free to read, later. Assuming, of course, you want to re-read the book.

For now, it does seem that all of Amazon's imprints are always in KU (although there may be exceptions, I don't recall running into any).

Thanks for the heads up. I don't have KU, so I'm not that familiar with its catalog.

[Ukalady]

Originally Posted by ApK

If it still works as it has in the past, then when you cancel your membership online, and maybe if you call, I don't know, you'll be offered Audible Light membership. That's $9.95 per YEAR, for which you get member pricing, and get to keep your existing credits.

Just thought I'd update what really happened in this situation, to add a bit of "real world" info: I was *not* allowed to get the Light level subscription ($9.95/year, no credits given) when I did the "Chat" thing to downgrade my subscription (I didn't try the phone-in option).

I was told by the CSR my account was ineligible for the Light plan. The reason? It was a "gift" membership so the downgrade to Light was not allowed; only paid memberships can downgrade to Light ('not sure about the introductory membership deals and their eligibility).

CSR offered three months at $7.49/month and at the conclusion of that time period, I could downgrade to the Light membership. I counter-offered one month at $7.49/month. I already have five credits I haven't used--'not really sure what I'm waiting for, but there you are and *then* a downgrade. That was accepted.

In short, gift memberships cannot downgrade to Light memberships--or at least that's what they told me.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by Ukalady

Just thought I'd update what really happened in this situation, to add a bit of "real world" info: I was *not* allowed to get the Light level subscription ($9.95/year, no credits given) when I did the "Chat" thing to downgrade my subscription (I didn't try the phone-in option).

I was told by the CSR my account was ineligible for the Light plan. The reason? It was a "gift" membership so the downgrade to Light was not allowed; only paid memberships can downgrade to Light ('not sure about the introductory membership deals and their eligibility).

CSR offered three months at $7.49/month and at the conclusion of that time period, I could downgrade to the Light membership. I counter-offered one month at $7.49/month. I already have five credits I haven't used--'not really sure what I'm waiting for, but there you are and *then* a downgrade. That was accepted.

In short, gift memberships cannot downgrade to Light memberships--or at least that's what they told me.

Thanks for reporting this. I suspected that gift memberships wouldn't be eligible, but wasn't sure. Now we know.

BTW, trial/introductory memberships do qualify for the "Light Plan". I'm always offered that option whenever I cancel a trial membership.

PS: I'll spend your credits for you and won't even charge you for doing it

[GtrsRGr8]

Title: Daniel Deronda.
Genre: Fiction (Literature Anthology (Classics)).
Author(s): George Eliot.
Price: $3.99 ($0.00 ebook (marked down) + $3.99 Whispersync audio).
Regular Price of Audio, by Itself, at Audible: $26.95.
Ebook Rating/Number of Reviews: 4.5 stars/68 reviews (Amazon).
Audio Rating/Number of Ratings: 4.2/244 ratings.
Pages/Audio Length: 441/30 hours and 5 minutes.
Narrator(s): Nadia May.
Audible URL: http://www.audible.com/search/ref=a_...ywords&x=0&y=0
Amazon URL (can get the whole Whispersync deal here): http://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Deronda...dp/B00E3FLXB8/
Comments:
Book Description (Amazon):
Daniel Deronda is considered one of the finest novels by George Eliot (the pen name of Mary Anne Evans). This edition of the classic includes a table of contents.

[ApK]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Thanks for reporting this. I suspected that gift memberships wouldn't be eligible, but wasn't sure. Now we know.

BTW, trial/introductory memberships do qualify for the "Light Plan". I'm always offered that option whenever I cancel a trial membership.

Makes sense, I guess. The point of Light is to retain a paying customer, so if you were not a paying customer in the first place....

[Catlady]

With the LL plan, do you get the 30 percent-off member prices? The info at Audible's site doesn't actually say so.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Daniel Deronda is considered one of the finest novels by George Eliot (the pen name of Mary Anne Evans). This edition of the classic includes a table of contents.

I read her best known work, Silas Marner, in high school and don't even remember what its about. I love classic lit, so I might consider listening to this one. Thanks for posting.