FREE/BARGAIN — Audiobooks

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Google Audio -- exp unknown

• FREE -- The Art of War -- Sun Tzu -- 1.0 hrs -- NF military

I saw that book mentioned over and over and over. Finally, one day I actually listened to it. It is truly brilliant.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by tch65721

I second the motion.

Actually, I asked about Chirp quite a while ago and never got a response...
I ignore their offers because:
The books have DRM and you must use their app.
Yeah, I really want ANOTHER app
They don't have any catalog of books that I could find, just a few that are on "special offer".
My big question is this: What happens to your purchased books if/when they fold and quit supporting/updating their app?
I suppose if you view the purchase price as a rental to might be worth it. They are cheap enough to be viewed that way. Sign up for their email and you may find something you want.

I agree with your comments on Bookbub and get their daily email.

Lots of excellent points. Thanks.

As far as the "big question" is concerned, that's definitely a valid concern. Not all companies are as gracious as Tantor Audio, who gave notice (of what length? 30 days? 60 days?) to their retail customers for them to move their audio files off of their servers. (Thank you, Tantor!).

But, Chirp might end up acting like Barnes & Noble, and give no notice that they're all-of-a-sudden not going to let customers who bought (licenses to) their ebooks, from downloading those books. Call it premonition or whatever, but for some reason, I decided to go through and download (that was an option then) my ebooks with them. Thankfully, I got a significant way through that process before the door closed on it.

Then there's Westminster Theological Seminary (WTS) Bookstore. No premonition with them--I just tried to access one of the ebooks that I bought from them and couldn't. Seems that there were making some changes to the bookstore and letting customers keep their ebooks was one thing that they had changed. Apparently without any notice or any warning. The rep that I talked to on the phone about it hem-hawed around, but finally sent me a zip file with all of my ebooks. I wonder how many thousands of customers weren't so "lucky."

Yep, I'm real cognizant of the potential problem.

[tubemonkey]

Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 10 May @ 11:59 PM BST

• £1.99 -- Nudge -- Richard H Thaler, et al --> NF health

* Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness

[tubemonkey]

Daily Deals -- exp 10 May @ 11:59 PM PT

• Audbl --> $3.95 -- Don't Believe It -- Charlie Donlea --> suspense
  
• Down --> $3.95 -- The Healthy Pregnancy Book -- William Sears, et al --> NF health
  
• eStor --> $4.99 -- Dead Until Dark (series) -- Charlaine Harris --> fantasy

* The Healthy Pregnancy Book: Month by Month, Everything You Need to Know from America’s Baby Experts

[tubemonkey]

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

• £1.99 -- No Excuses! -- Brian Tracy --> NF self-help

* No Excuses!: The Power of Self-Discipline for Success in Your Life

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Daily Deals -- exp 11 May @ 11:59 PM PT

• Audbl --> $2.95 -- Friday Black -- Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah --> fiction
  
• Down --> $3.95 -- The Highlander’s Secret Vow (book 4) -- Eliza Knight --> romance
  
• eStor --> $4.99 -- Living in a Mindful Universe -- Eben Alexander, et al --> NF meditation

[tubemonkey]

Google Audio -- exp unknown

• FREE -- Your Invisible Power -- Genevieve Behrend/ unk narrator -- 1.7 hrs -- NF motivational

"DO NOT FEAR TO BE YOUR TRUE SELF, FOR EVERYTHING YOU WANT, WANTS YOU."

Your Invisible Power remains Behrend's most powerful and popular work. Recommended by Bob Proctor and quoted in The Secret. Genevieve Behrend's Your Invisible Power is the original and best book on visualisation for success.

Behrend says, "We all possess more power and greater possibilities than we realize, and visualizing is one of the greatest of these powers"

Genevieve Behrend masterfully explains how to work with this natural power in order to build the life that you dare dream of. Everything you need to succeed is inside you and this book will help you unlock it.

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 12 May @ 11:59 PM BST

• £1.99 -- The Bhagavad Gita -- Eknath Easwaran --> NF Hinduism

[tubemonkey]

Daily Deals -- exp 12 May @ 11:59 PM PT

• Audbl --> $3.95 -- When Women Ruled the World -- Kara Cooney --> NF history
  
• Down --> $3.95 -- Race Me in a Lobster Suit -- Kelly Mahon --> NF humor
  
• eStor --> $1.99 -- Innocent Blood (book 7) -- Michael Lister --> mystery

* Race Me in a Lobster Suit: Absurd Internet Ads and the Real Conversations That Followed

[tubemonkey]

Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 13 May @ 11:59 PM BST

• TBA -- The Hoarder -- Jess Kidd --> literary

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Daily Deals -- exp 13 May @ 11:59 PM PT

• Audbl --> $4.95 -- The Odyssey -- Homer --> classic
  
• Down --> $3.95 -- The Club -- Leo Damrosch --> NF biography
  
• eStor --> erotica -- not allowed at MobileRead

* The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age

[tubemonkey]

Last Day -- Downpour -- exp 13 May

• $1.99 -- Meg: Generations --> details --> rental only

[issybird]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Daily Deals -- exp 13 May @ 11:59 PM PT

• Audbl --> $4.95 -- The Odyssey -- Homer --> classic
  
• Down --> $3.95 -- The Club -- Leo Damrosch --> NF biography

The sky is falling! The sky is falling!

I never want a Daily Deal. Ever. And yet, today, not only do I want both the Audible and Downpour selections, the Audible one was even on my wishlist!

Thanks, tm! I had stopped checking the websites for the daily deals long ago, as it seemed so unproductive.

[tubemonkey]

Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 14 May @ 11:59 PM BST

• TBA -- Rival Queens -- Kate Williams --> NF history

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Daily Deals -- exp 14 May @ 11:59 PM PT

• Audbl --> $3.95 -- The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs -- Steve Brusatte --> NF history
  
• Down --> TBA
  
• eStor --> $1.99 -- Inspector Hobbes and the Bones (series) -- Wilkie Martin --> fantasy

* The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World