FREE/BARGAIN — Audiobooks

[sufue]

I don't follow audiobooks much, and this doesn't seem like a great deal to me, but I don't really have a good feel for what is or isn't a great audiobook deal, so I'm posting it anyway - YMMV!

I had a little banner appear for me this morning when looking at Kindle books, and when I clicked through I got to this:

Save $30 on Annual Membership and get an Echo Dot for $0.99
Prime Members: Get 12 months of membership and 12 audiobooks upfront for just $119.50. After 12 months, Audible is $149.50/year. Cancel online anytime.

The link to this page is: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...d_i=B003RRXXO8

When I then clicked on the "Get this Deal" button, I got to this:

Get $30 off Audible Annual Membership + a $0.99 Echo Dot
Limited Time Offer: Sign up for Annual Membership and get a credit redeemable for a $0.99 Echo Dot (3rd Gen).
Instructions detailing how to use your Echo Dot credit will be emailed.
Enjoy 12 months of membership and your choice of any 12 audiobooks.
After 12 months, continue for $149.50 per year. Cancel online anytime.
Terms and Conditions apply.

And when I clicked to the T&Cs, I got this:

Offer Terms and Conditions
Offer available until July 31, 2019 at 11:59PM PT or while supplies last. Offer available only to Prime members who are not currently Audible members. For the first year of your Audible membership, you will be charged the discounted price of $119.50. After your first year, your Audible membership will continue until cancelled at the then current full price (currently $149.50/yr) with your designated credit card or another available card on file. Cancel anytime by visiting the Account Details page. The Amazon.com account that you used to sign up for your membership will also receive a credit (within 48 hours after sign up) redeemable for an Echo Dot (3rd Generation) device at the discounted price of $0.99 plus applicable taxes. The promotional credit will automatically be applied to eligible items at checkout and expires at 11:59PM PT, 14 days from the date the promotional credit is applied to your account. Once you have received your discount credit, you forfeit your right to redeem any further discount on an Echo Dot device you have already purchased. Offer only applies to products sold by Amazon.com or Amazon Digital Services LLC (look for "sold by Amazon.com" or “sold by Amazon Digital Services LLC” on the product detail page). Products sold by other third-party sellers or other Amazon entities will not qualify for this offer, even if "fulfilled by Amazon.com" or "Prime Eligible." The offer is valid for new items only and cannot be applied to previous purchases. Shipping charges and taxes may apply to the full value of discounted and promotional items. If any of the products related to this offer are returned, your refund will equal the amount you paid for the product, subject to applicable refund policies. Unless an Amazon Gift Card is the stated benefit of the promotion, promotional codes or credits (including those placed directly in accounts) may not be redeemed for Amazon Gift Cards. Offer is limited to one per customer and account and may not be combined with other offers. This offer is non-transferable and may not be resold. Audible reserves the right to modify or cancel the offer any time. If you violate any of these terms, this offer will be invalid.

So now you know everything I could click to , and you can make up your own mind. Also, not sure if this is targeted, other than you have to be a Prime member (doesn't really look like it, but who knows), so again YMMV...

[tubemonkey]

Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 27 Jun @ 11:59 PM BST

• £TBA -- The Murderer's Son (book 1) -- Joy Ellis --> thriller

[tubemonkey]

Daily Deals -- exp 27 Jun @ 11:59 PM PT

• Audible ---> $3.95 -- Just After Midnight -- Catherine Ryan Hyde --> fiction
  
• Down -----> TBA
  
• eStories --> $4.99 -- Summer Island -- Kristin Hannah --> contemp

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Audible UK -- exp 29 Jun @ 11:59 PM BST

• £3.00 -- Birthday Sale -- the line-up changes daily (see below)

Check the link for today's line-up.

[tubemonkey]

Google Audio -- Top Free Audiobooks -- exp unknown

NOTE: Keep in mind that most of these titles are self-published and/or from publishers that I have doubts as to the quality of the narration (I've heard better LibriVox recordings), so consider the source before you take the plunge.

New Offers

• FREE -- The Murders in the Rue Morgue -- Edgar Allan Poe -- classic

[tubemonkey]

Sync Audio -- Weekly Offers -- FAQs & Help -- exp 04 July @ 7 AM ET

Week 10 -- This week our audiobooks offer a couple of contemporary high school stories. In keeping with that theme, expect characters who experience self-consciousness, make assumptions about others around them, and take leadership roles among their peers even when those peers might not have looked to them in particular to move others toward change.

FREE -- Yaqui Delgado Wants to... -- Meg Medina/ Roxanne Hernandez -- 6.8 hrs -- contemp

Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass

"Yaqui Delgado wants to kick your ass." That’s what some girl tells Piddy Sanchez one morning before school. Too bad Piddy doesn’t even know who Yaqui Delgado is, let alone what she’s done to piss her off. All Piddy knows is that Yaqui hates her - and she better watch her back because Yaqui isn’t kidding around. At first Piddy just focuses on trying to find out more about the father she’s never met and how to balance honors courses with her weekend job at the neighborhood hair salon. But as the harassment escalates, avoiding Yaqui and her gang starts to take over Piddy’s life. Is there any way for Piddy to survive without closing herself off and running away from her problems?

In this poignant and all-too-realistic story from award-winning author Meg Medina, Piddy is forced to decide exactly who she is versus who others are trying to make her become - and ultimately discovers a rhythm that is all her own.

FREE -- Heretics Anonymous -- Katie Henry/ Michael Crouch -- 9.1 hrs -- contemp

Put an atheist in a strict Catholic school? Expect comedy, chaos, and an Inquisition. The Breakfast Club meets Saved! in debut author Katie Henry’s hilarious novel about a band of misfits who set out to challenge their school, one nun at a time. Perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli and Robyn Schneider.

When Michael walks through the doors of Catholic school, things can’t get much worse. His dad has just made the family move again, and Michael needs a friend. When a girl challenges their teacher in class, Michael thinks he might have found one, and a fellow atheist at that. Only this girl, Lucy, isn’t just Catholic... she wants to be a priest.

Lucy introduces Michael to other St. Clare’s outcasts, and he officially joins Heretics Anonymous, where he can be an atheist, Lucy can be an outspoken feminist, Avi can be Jewish and gay, Max can wear whatever he wants, and Eden can practice paganism.

Michael encourages the Heretics to go from secret society to rebels intent on exposing the school’s hypocrisies one stunt at a time. But when Michael takes one mission too far - putting the other Heretics at risk - he must decide whether to fight for his own freedom or rely on faith, whatever that means, in God, his friends, or himself.

[tubemonkey]

Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 28 Jun @ 11:59 PM BST

• £TBA -- In at the Deep End -- Kate Davies --> LGBT fiction

[tubemonkey]

Daily Deals -- exp 28 Jun @ 11:59 PM PT

• Audible ---> $2.95 -- Shadow Beast -- Luke Phillips --> horror
  
• Down -----> TBA
  
• eStories --> $2.99 -- The Conquerors -- Michael R Beschloss --> NF history

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Audible UK -- exp 29 Jun @ 11:59 PM BST

• £3.00 -- Birthday Sale -- the line-up changes daily (see below)

Check the link for today's line-up.

[tubemonkey]

Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 29 Jun @ 11:59 PM BST

• £TBA -- The Square and the Tower -- Niall Ferguson --> NF history

* The Square and the Tower: Networks, Hierarchies and the Struggle for Global Power

[tubemonkey]

Daily Deals -- exp 29 Jun @ 11:59 PM PT

• Audible ---> $3.95 -- It's a Long Story -- Willie Nelson, et al --> NF memoir
  
• Down -----> TBA
  
• eStories --> $4.99 -- Liar, Liar -- Lisa Jackson --> thriller

[tubemonkey]

Last Day

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Audible UK -- exp 29 Jun @ 11:59 PM BST

• £3.00 -- Birthday Sale -- the line-up changes daily (see below)

Check the link for today's line-up.

[tubemonkey]

Google Audio -- Top Free Audiobooks -- exp unknown

NOTE: Keep in mind that most of these titles are self-published and/or from publishers that I have doubts as to the quality of the narration (I've heard better LibriVox recordings), so consider the source before you take the plunge.

New Offers

• FREE -- As You Think -- James Allen -- NF self-help

[GtrsRGr8]

An offer on eStories' website right now that might be worth considering:
Only $5.99 a book for
your first 3 months!
Join eStories and get half off your first 3 months.
SIGN UP SIGN IN NOW
$5.99/ month for 3 months. $11.99/ month thereafter. Cancel anytime. Terms

If you click on "Terms," you get these promo details:
For a limited time, get 50% off a Basic Plan for the first 3 monthly cycles of your membership (the “Promotion Term”).
By accepting this plan you will pay $5.99 per month during
the Promotion Term and will receive one book credit for each month during that period. After the Promotion Term, your account will renew automatically to an eStories Basic Monthly Plan and you will be charged $11.99 per month thereafter.
You may not place your account on hold during the Promotion Term. You can cancel at any time by visiting your account page at www.estories.com/account/cancel.

Any books you download on eStories are yours to keep.
Only one offer can be redeemed per person. Limitations apply. eStories Terms of Use apply.

Let me see if you understand this the same way that I do. For the first 3 months you pay $5.99 per month (half of the regular membership charge of $11.99) for your membership. During that period of time, you get one book credit and you pay only $5.99 for any additional audiobooks that you purchase. How do you see it?

If that is what they are saying, it sounds like it might be a good deal--if there are enough audiobooks in eStories' catalog that I would be interested in. But I think that I would have to call them and verify one item in particular--that you pay only $5.99 for any (no limit of) additional audiobooks that you purchase during the three months. (And while I'm on the phone with them, I would have to ask about what exactly the "limitations" are that "apply"?)

[ApK]

I read nothing there that indicates additional books, beyond the one you get with each month of membership, would cost $5.99