FREE/BARGAIN - Audiobooks - 2016

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

I never buy from these sales because I don't like the choices. Besides, I rarely have even one credit on hand, let alone two. Whenever I get a credit, I usually spend it immediately.

Rhetorical question: wouldn't possible sales before expiration be a good reason to hang on to the credit until closer to the expiration? But, if you never "like the choices" . . . .

Audible's sales are hit-or-miss, to me. But, maybe since you're interests are generally different from mine, you have a different perspective.

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

The original post wasn't mine

I should have noticed that when I made the reply.

Thanks, abqkjh.

I think that we should hold a contest to guess what abqkjh stands for. ha

[GtrsRGr8]

I had a fruitful PM exchange with skinmaan a few minutes ago. I wanted to share something that I learned.

There is a highly-rated, large ebook at Amazon called Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance. Check your Amazon Kindle library (if necessary) to see if you have it!. The Whispersync audio narration is currently free. I think that I remember that the Audible audio is $17.95, so the savings is huge (not considering what you spent to get the ebook in the first place).

Unfortunately, I didn't have it in my library. I can't even borrow the title from the public library and get the audio free, with Amazon's/Audible's policy being what it is now. Life is so unfair!

[GtrsRGr8]

ADDENDUM: I found out that the audiobook is available in other formats than I mentioned below. Underneath the 4 formats on the webpage, that I mention below, there are the words "SHOW ALL," "9 Files," and "5 Original" in light gray color. The information that you can get from clicking these links is largely beyond my technical ability to understand. However, I did notice that clicking on two (I failed to notice which two) automatically starts a download of two different zip files.


There is a free audio version of Grit The Power Of Passion And Perseverance available at the Internet Archive.

You can stream the book directly from the Internet Archive webpage for the book. The author of the book, Angela Duckworth is the narrator. I'm listening to it now, it has great sound quality.

If you want to download the audiobook, you can do it at the same webpage referenced above. It is available in the following flavors:
OGG VORBIS
TORRENT
VBR M3U
VBR MP3

BTW--It is unabridged. All nine hours, 22 minutes, and 39 seconds are there!

[abqkjh]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Thanks, abqkjh.

I think that we should hold a contest to guess what abqkjh stands for. ha

You're welcome.

No need for a contest: "abq" is the airport code for Albuquerque and is commonly used as an abbreviation by those of us who live here. "kjh" is my initials.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by abqkjh

You're welcome.

No need for a contest: "abq" is the airport code for Albuquerque and is commonly used as an abbreviation by those of us who live here. "kjh" is my initials.

haha. I thought maybe that each letter was the first letter in the words of a sentence of some kind.

I like Albuquerque.

[tubemonkey]

Audible UK -- 12 Daily Deals of Christmas -- exp 19 Dec

12 Daily Deals of Christmas is here! One irresistible deal per day and all for no more than 99p each. Keep coming back to check out the latest audiobook on offer and subscribe to the Daily Deal email to get them sent straight to your inbox every morning.

• Day 6 -- £0.99 -- The Muse -- Jessie Burton --> historical

[tubemonkey]

Daily Deals -- exp 19 Dec

• Audible ---> $1.95 -- A Monster Calls -- Patrick Ness --> grief & loss
  
• BN Nook --> $4.95 -- Blame It on Hoboken -- Sharon Glassman --> romance

[tubemonkey]

Last Day -- Downpour -- exp 19 Dec

• $1.99 -- Rental Offer --- The Missing Matisse --> details
  
• $4.99 -- Weekly Offer -- Last Descendants --> details
  
  
• SALE --- Weekly Deals (10 titles) --> titles change frequently

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[tubemonkey]

Audible UK -- 12 Daily Deals of Christmas -- exp 20 Dec

12 Daily Deals of Christmas is here! One irresistible deal per day and all for no more than 99p each. Keep coming back to check out the latest audiobook on offer and subscribe to the Daily Deal email to get them sent straight to your inbox every morning.

• Day 7 -- £0.99 -- The Other Side of Silence -- Philip Kerr --> mystery

[tubemonkey]

Daily Deals -- exp 20 Dec

• Audible ---> $2.95 -- All the Winters After -- Seré Prince Halverson --> literary
  
• BN Nook --> $3.99 -- A Carol for Christmas -- Robin Lee Hatcher --> Christian

[tubemonkey]

Get 4 free books from Audiobooks.com -- exp 23 Dec

New members only. I'm a former member. I tried to get it and couldn't get it to work. I even tried to get the two free Christmas books, but that was a no-go too. YMMV

Edit: CNET corrected the promo code to --> CNETDEALS

rickbroida 1 hour ago
WHOOPS! Sorry, everyone... the Audiobooks.com deal code is CNETDEALS, with an S on the end. My bad!

What's this? Free audiobooks? It's true. Yours truly had a little tete-a-tete, a little meeting of the minds, with the good folks at Audiobooks.com, and came up with this exclusive deal: two free books of your choice plus two free Christmas books, all when you sign up for a trial subscription and use promo code CNETDEALS.

The free Christmas books: no less than "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," narrated by the delightful Walter Matthau, and "The Night Before Christmas," narrated by Jeff Bridges. Yes, they're both pretty short, but perfect for this time of year. Note: These titles will appear in your account within one business day after you sign up.

Because this is a subscription service, you'll need to provide a method of payment -- even though you won't be charged until after 30 days. You can cancel if you decide to, but Audiobooks.com offers very competitive pricing: $14.95 per month for one book per month, plus members-only discounts on additional titles. The mobile apps (for Android, iOS and Windows Phone) also afford access to over 6,000 free titles.

So, yeah, this is a pretty great trial. Just take note that the four-freebies offer ends Friday, so don't wait too long to sign up! And if you have your own audiobook recommendations to share, by all means do so in the comments.

[GtrsRGr8]

In other words, it's a Whispersync deal. $4.98 is $13 (72%) less than the audio alone at Audible!

Title: The Apostle: The Life of Paul (John Pollock Series).
Genre: Non-Fiction (Religion/Biography).
Author(s): John Pollock.
Price: $4.98 ($0.99 ebook (marked down) + $3.99 Whispersync audio).
Regular Price of Audio, by Itself, at Audible: $17.95 (1 credit?).
Ebook Rating/Number of Reviews: 4.5 stars/304 reviews (Amazon).
Audio Rating/Number of Ratings: 4.4/153 ratings.
Pages/Audio Length: 306/10 hours and 42 minutes.
Narrator(s): Kirby Heyborne.
Audible URL: http://www.audible.com/pd/Bios-Memoi...ok/B006UKDWHM/.
Amazon URL (you can get the whole Whispersync deal here): https://www.amazon.com/Apostle-Life-.../dp/B006J9DFDA.
Comments:
Book Description (Amazon):
The Acclaimed, Authentic Biography of the Early Church's Greatest Evangelist--the Apostle Paul.

Master storyteller John Pollock makes Paul and his amazing story freshly alive, so that you can know the greatest apostle much as Luke and Timothy did as they traveled with him. As you turn the pages, you'll sense Paul's motives, his aims and priorities; what mattered to him; and what he was
willing to die for.

[AnemicOak]

Don't know if this is only going out to Prime members who own Fire's or to Prime members in general or everyone regardless of Prime membership, but if you get an email from Audible titled "Audible Channels - Listen now on Fire tablets" don't just automatically delete it (like I did). Open the email and scroll to the bottom as it has a link to click to get a free Audible credit.

[GtrsRGr8]

No email for me. I'm not a Fire user and not a Prime member.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

Don't know if this is only going out to Prime members who own Fire's or to Prime members in general or everyone regardless of Prime membership, but if you get an email from Audible titled "Audible Channels - Listen now on Fire tablets" don't just automatically delete it (like I did). Open the email and scroll to the bottom as it has a link to click to get a free Audible credit.

I currently have a Prime membership, a paid Audible membership (promo), and I own a Fire Tab. No free credit for me:

CHANNELS

Now available on Fire tablets

We're thrilled to announce that Channels is now available on Fire tablets.

If you haven't tried Channels yet, here's what you'll find:

Premium podcasts–We're taking listeners to new places. Discover what they wouldn't tell you in school with Presidents are People Too. Wind down with Bedtime Stories for Cynics, and more. Original stories, only from Audible.

Playlists crafted for every interest–Listen to curated playlists crafted from news, articles, talks, and more, plus, popular podcasts, ad-free. To start listening, just launch the Audible app on your Fire tablet.

Start Listening