Current Audiobook Specials - Page 36

odiakkoh · 07-05-2013, 06:39 PM

Not a special per say, but in case someone doesn't visit the site often (or get emails) Audible is having a giveaway. $300 worth of audiobooks out of your wishlist to 10 people.

http://www.audible.com/mt/WL_Sweeps

tubemonkey · 07-06-2013, 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Laurablue

Downpour is having a sale from now until 7/8/13, over 700 audiobook downloads are priced from $7.99 to 11.99 each.

Thanks for the heads up - I've added this sale to the OP

...and welcome to the board

tubemonkey · 07-06-2013, 02:13 PM

LearnOutLoud has posted their free audiobook for the month of July

Civil Disobedience & Life Without Principle by Henry David Thoreau (FREE) -- exp 31 Jul

narrated by Jon Reiss -- unabridged (1.5 hrs)

Quote:

Henry David Thoreau was an American author, naturalist and philosopher. While best known for his lasting classic Walden, his prolific work as an essayist also earned him worldwide renown as a leading light in American literature. Included in this selection are two of his most famous essays:

Civil Disobedience is Thoreau's primary essay on how to interact with Government. Here the author argues that a citizen must always uphold conscience over what is prescribed by law. Never one to accept the status quo, Thoreau says that if called, we must all disobey a system that is inherently prone to corruption and that even personal endangerment may be needed in order do what is right. An inspiration to luminaries such as Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr., this essay is one of the core American writings on government.

Life Without Principle is an essay in which Thoreau lays out his program for right living. Included here are his ideas on how to approach interpersonal communication, modes of work, financial livelihood and other codes of conduct one may face in life.

ApK · 07-07-2013, 12:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

LearnOutLoud has posted their free audiobook for the month of July

Civil Disobedience & Life Without Principle by Henry David Thoreau (FREE) -- exp 31 Jul

narrated by Jon Reiss -- unabridged (1.5 hrs)

I can only get a 3 minute sample file to download.

Catlady · 07-07-2013, 09:28 AM

Readings of ten Sherwood Anderson short stories are free from Library of America.

koland · 07-07-2013, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ApK

I can only get a 3 minute sample file to download.

Did you purchase book and add to your account, then download from your library?

ETA: if you download the two as a zip file, it's about 41MB (one MP3 per book)

hwlester · 07-07-2013, 08:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by koland

Did you purchase book and add to your account, then download from your library?

ETA: if you download the two as a zip file, it's about 41MB (one MP3 per book)

I'm seeing the same thing. If you follow the link that Tubemonkey posted (which is the same as the link on their site), it downloads a sample MP3 instead of taking you to a page where you can "purchase" the audiobook. I even tried searching their site and following the link from there also does a direct download of the sample.

koland · 07-08-2013, 02:36 PM

This is the link the monkey posted:

http://www.learnoutloud.com/Free-Aud...rinciple/26987

Don't click on "download", instead, click on the huge "add to cart" orange button under the "Our Price:$0.00" info (right side, upper mid screen).

Then, follow the checkout process.

(ok, I even clicked the download arrow that says "Audio Download" next to the orange add to cart button - that put it in my cart, as well).

The first is 49 minutes and the second 43 minutes in length, it appears.

I see a place to listen to a sample, which is probably 3 minutes in length, but no way to actually download it, as you two are doing. What browser are you using?

ApK · 07-08-2013, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by koland

What browser are you using?

I tried several, but in any case, now, the link you posted, and indeed, the original one I quoted, work exactly as you say...they take me to the book page where I can do the "purchase."

I swear to you, when I tried at first, that same link did a DIRECT download of the sample file and there was just no way I could find to get to that "purchase" page, including directly searching for Thoreau on the LOL site. Every link just downloaded the sample.

Really...hwlester, back me up on this!

ApK

koland · 07-08-2013, 03:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ApK

I tried several, but in any case, now, the link you posted, and indeed, the original one I quoted, work exactly as you say...they take me to the book page where I can do the "purchase."

I swear to you, when I tried at first, that same link did a DIRECT download of the sample file and there was just no way I could find to get to that "purchase" page, including directly searching for Thoreau on the LOL site. Every link just downloaded the sample.

Really...hwlester, back me up on this!

ApK

LOL! They must have had an intermittent bug (they do sometimes; perhaps they have multiple servers and all are not refreshed at the same time? I see the same at B&N all the time and sometimes at Kobo).

I must have lucked out and when I loaded the page, it had the buy options (which had to have been about the same time that it was first posted, as when I checked here after downloading, it had been posted).

hwlester · 07-08-2013, 10:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ApK

I tried several, but in any case, now, the link you posted, and indeed, the original one I quoted, work exactly as you say...they take me to the book page where I can do the "purchase."

I swear to you, when I tried at first, that same link did a DIRECT download of the sample file and there was just no way I could find to get to that "purchase" page, including directly searching for Thoreau on the LOL site. Every link just downloaded the sample.

Really...hwlester, back me up on this!

ApK

Ditto! I tried several times as well and had the same result. It is working now and allowed me to "purchase" the book.

tubemonkey · 07-09-2013, 02:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catlady

Readings of ten Sherwood Anderson short stories are free from Library of America.

Thanks for the find. Never heard of LOA till now. Added to OP

tubemonkey · 07-09-2013, 02:08 AM

ApK, hwlester - glad the glitch was finally resolved. I never encountered it when I downloaded.

koland - thanks for troubleshooting this.

tubemonkey · 07-09-2013, 02:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Laurablue

Downpour is having a sale from now until 7/8/13, over 700 audiobook downloads are priced from $7.99 to 11.99 each.

This sale has been extended to 15 Jul

Catlady · 07-09-2013, 08:32 AM

When I was looking around for information on the "Great Courses" lectures Audible is now offering, I found links to some sample lectures here.

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07-05-2013, 06:39 PM	#526
odiakkoh Guru Posts: 823 Karma: 1818344 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: iPhone 5s	Not a special per say, but in case someone doesn't visit the site often (or get emails) Audible is having a giveaway. $300 worth of audiobooks out of your wishlist to 10 people. http://www.audible.com/mt/WL_Sweeps

07-07-2013, 09:28 AM	#530
Catlady Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,415 Karma: 52613881 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle Fire, Kindle Paperwhite, AGPTek Bluetooth Clip	Readings of ten Sherwood Anderson short stories are free from Library of America.

07-08-2013, 02:36 PM	#533
koland Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,560 Karma: 8033155 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: TN, USA Device: kindle(all), nook, nookcolor, Sony, Kobo, epic, iphone, iPad, pc	This is the link the monkey posted: http://www.learnoutloud.com/Free-Aud...rinciple/26987 Don't click on "download", instead, click on the huge "add to cart" orange button under the "Our Price:$0.00" info (right side, upper mid screen). Then, follow the checkout process. (ok, I even clicked the download arrow that says "Audio Download" next to the orange add to cart button - that put it in my cart, as well). The first is 49 minutes and the second 43 minutes in length, it appears. I see a place to listen to a sample, which is probably 3 minutes in length, but no way to actually download it, as you two are doing. What browser are you using?

07-09-2013, 02:08 AM	#538
tubemonkey monkey on the fringe Posts: 45,746 Karma: 158575914 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Seattle Metro Device: Moto E6, Echo Show	ApK, hwlester - glad the glitch was finally resolved. I never encountered it when I downloaded. koland - thanks for troubleshooting this.

07-09-2013, 08:32 AM	#540
Catlady Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,415 Karma: 52613881 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle Fire, Kindle Paperwhite, AGPTek Bluetooth Clip	When I was looking around for information on the "Great Courses" lectures Audible is now offering, I found links to some sample lectures here.

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