FREE/BARGAIN — Audiobooks

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 04 Jan @ 11:59 PM GMT

• TBA -- Learn Japanese (book 7) -- Innovative Language Learning --> NF language

* Learn Japanese - Ultimate Getting Started with Japanese Box Set, Lessons 1-55: Absolute Beginner Japanese #7

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Daily Deals -- exp 04 Jan @ 11:59 PM PT

• Audible -----> TBA ---- The House with a Clock in Its Walls -- John Bellairs --> kids: 8-10
  
• Downpour --> TBA
  
• eStories ----> $14.99 -- The Terror -- Dan Simmons --> thriller

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Audible -- Monthly Offer -- exp 31 Jan

• FREE -- Audible Originals --> choose 2 of 6 for free --> members only

Members pick two every month—no credits needed. A new selection available on the first Friday of every month.

Audible Originals are exclusive audio titles created by celebrated storytellers from worlds as diverse as theater, journalism, literature, and more, all produced in the Audible studios. Members can now select 2 of 6 featured Audible Originals every month, in addition to 1 audiobook, regardless of price, plus unlimited access to premier audio fitness programs. There’s never been a better time to join the listening revolution!

• Harry Clarke -- David Cale
  
• Power Moves -- Adam Grant
  
• Atomic Marriage -- Curtis Sittenfeld
  
• The Spies That Bind (series) -- Ally Carter
  
• The Last Days of August -- Jon Ronson
  
• The Man on the Mountaintop -- Susan Trott

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Originally Posted by TrevorViking

You have to ask for it. But personally, I usually just order everything with slow shipping checked, and use those free digital credits to buy movies and music. I get at least $100 a year, so Prime basically pays for itself even before you factor in the free ebooks, prime streaming, and other benefits.

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

I don't order that much and I'm always offered non-digital credits for slow shipping. Even if I take the offer, I get it again the next time. It's been ages since I was offered digital credits.

Like I said, it's no big deal not to have Prime since I have Hulu for a year. To me, Prime's biggest benefit is Prime Video; the other perks were bonus add-ons for me.

I order quite a bit from Walmart and Target, largely in order to keep from having to go into the stores (Walmart), and having to travel a good little distance to get to one of their stores (Target).

Both of them offer free "2-day" service, with orders over $35. So far, so good, compared to Amazon, where you have to pony up $100 (give or take)/year for Prime to get free 2-day service. The advantage with Amazon Prime is that there is no minimum order amount, with Prime, in order to get the 2-day service.

Walmart and Target? Orders usually arrive in several packages. I do well to get one of the packages in 2 days; most arrive . . . well, whenever.

The other differences from Amazon? Well, there is at least one besides the fact that Amazon occasionally (is that a fair characterization?) doesn't get a package to you in 2 days. One concerns Walmart or Target issuing an apology, a "we're working on it," a "please bear with us," et al.? Nope, not in my experience. How about offering store credit, gift cards, digital credit (in the case of Walmart/Kobo), et al. to compensate you if they don't get part (or any) or your order to you in 2 days? Fuhgettaboutit. And, in my experience, with both Walmart and Target, it's hard, if not (nearly?) impossible to find a customer service email address, much less a phone number, if you have an issue with an order.

Choose your poison.

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 05 Jan @ 11:59 PM GMT

• TBA -- Emperor: The Gates of Rome (book 1) -- Conn Iggulden --> adventure

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Daily Deals -- exp 05 Jan @ 11:59 PM PT

• Audible -----> TBA ---- Tenemental -- Vikki Warner --> NF memoir
  
• Downpour --> TBA
  
• eStories ----> $4.99 -- Brainstorm -- Daniel J Siegel --> NF psychology

* Tenemental: Adventures of a Reluctant Landlady

* Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 06 Jan @ 11:59 PM GMT

• TBA -- Judge Dredd: Year One -- Matt Smith, et al --> sci-fi omnibus

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Daily Deals -- exp 06 Jan @ 11:59 PM PT

• Audible -----> TBA ---- The Road Less Stupid -- Keith J Cunningham --> NF career skills
  
• Downpour --> TBA
  
• eStories ----> $14.99 -- Lost City of the Monkey God -- Douglas Preston --> NF history

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 07 Jan @ 11:59 PM GMT

• TBA -- Unseen Academicals (series) -- Terry Pratchett --> sci-fi dramatisation

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There's got to be a tubemonkey joke in there somewhere . . . .

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Daily Deals -- exp 07 Jan @ 11:59 PM PT

• Audible -----> TBA ---- The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie -- Tanya Stone --> NF gender
  
• Downpour --> $3.95 -- My Almost Flawless Tokyo Dream Life -- Rachel Cohn --> fiction
  
• eStories ----> $4.99 -- Shelter (book 1) -- Harlan Coben --> YA fiction

* The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie: A Doll's History and Her Impact on Us

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 08 Jan @ 11:59 PM GMT

• TBA -- The Language of Kindness -- Christie Watson --> NF memoir

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Daily Deals -- exp 08 Jan @ 11:59 PM PT

• Audible -----> TBA ---- War -- Sebastian Junger --> NF memoir
  
• Downpour --> $3.95 -- Extinction Red Line (series) -- Nicholas Smith, et al --> sci-fi
  
• eStories ----> $9.99 -- Winter (book 2) -- Karl Ove Knausgaard --> literary

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Last Day -- Downpour -- exp 08 Jan

• $1.99 -- Fletch Reflected --> details --> rental only

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 09 Jan @ 11:59 PM GMT

• TBA -- Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning -- Margareta Magnusson, et al --> NF self help

* The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter