FREE/BARGAIN — Audiobooks

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by ApK

The two answers that spring immediately to mind are:
1. If you're already a member, it's a non-issue, just one more benefit of membership.
2. Libraries don't necessarily have all the same titles.

1. I understand you to be saying that, as a member, you can use credits (and sometimes things like member-only sales, etc.) and just _buy_ what you want. One problem with my situation is that I'm on the Silver (1 credit/month) Plan, and I often burn through the one credit quickly.

2. I.e., the libraries don't have the titles that you want? Yeah, that's one of the things that I thought about. However, most of the audiobooks that I buy are of titles that I didn't have on my want list--they are impulse purchases from seeing them promoted/advertised by Audible or whoever. I would not be buying any of them otherwise. I wonder if the best course would be to limit my "shopping" to the two library systems where I have borrowing privileges.

Speaking of libraries where I have borrowing privileges . . . recently I've asked each of the two systems to consider buying two audiobooks (i.e., one audiobook at each of the two systems). Both systems quickly got back to me that they were going to buy the audiobook that I wanted each of them, respectively, to buy [I realize that the grammar in the preceding sentence is probably horrible. ]. YMMV.

Thanks for your comments. It was fodder for a lot of thinking on my part.

Lucky monkey.

He's not just lucky, he's also shrewd. And I get the impression that he really works his calendar--putting down dates that sales start, noting when memberships end, etc. He had been saying, up until recently (he may have fallen off the wagon . . . . well, a more suitable metaphor is that he had started to fall out of his tree ) that he had spent a total of only $3 on audiobooks in his life!

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

They have a wheel with 50 MR names on it and monkey is on there 25 times

Grrrrr!

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

He's not just lucky, he's also shrewd. And I get the impression that he really works his calendar--putting down dates that sales start, noting when memberships end, etc. He had been saying, up until recently (he may have fallen off the wagon . . . . well, a more suitable metaphor is that he had started to fall out of his tree ) that he had spent a total of only $3 on audiobooks in his life!

It's $30 total. $3 is the most I'll spend for one audiobook when using my own money.

[tubemonkey]

Audible Originals -- exp 05 Sep


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

• Wally Roux, Quantum Mechanic -- Nick Carr
  
• It's Not What It Looks Like -- Molly Burke
  
• Foreverywhere -- Steve Burns, et al
  
• It Burns -- Marc Fennell
  
• Treasure Island -- Robert Louis Stevenson, et al
  
• The Conception of Terror (vol 1) -- MR James, et al

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

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[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

It's $30 total. $3 is the most I'll spend for one audiobook when using my own money.

You out-of-control spendthrift!

Sorry for my mix up about the $3. The figure seemed inconceivable; however, so does $30! Great, amazing, job!

[JohnMorris]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

*yawn*

Well, there's always next month.

Indeed. This month's selection was even more uninspiring than usual.

[tubemonkey]

Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 03 Aug @ 11:59 PM BST

• TBA -- How the World Thinks -- Julian Baggini --> NF history

* How the World Thinks: A Global History of Philosophy

[tubemonkey]

Daily Deals -- exp 03 Aug @ 11:59 PM PT

• Audible ---> $2.95 -- Liquid Rules -- Mark Miodownik --> NF physics
  
• Down -----> $3.95 -- You Can’t Fall Off the Floor -- Harris Katleman, et al --> NF memoir

* Liquid Rules: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives

* You Can’t Fall Off the Floor: And Other Lessons from a Life in Hollywood

[tubemonkey]

Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 04 Aug @ 11:59 PM BST

• TBA -- Never Tell (book 10) -- Lisa Gardner --> detective

[tubemonkey]

Audible UK -- Alexa Monthly Offer -- exp 31 Aug

• FREE -- rental only | streaming only | Echo/Alexa devices only

"Alexa, what's free from Audible?"

We have some exciting news for Alexa users. Each month we will offer a selection of brilliant audiobooks you'll be able to listen to for free on your Alexa device. Browse this month's selection below.

• Anne of Green Gables (bk 1) -- Lucy Montgomery/ Rachel McAdams -- 9.4 hrs -- classic
  
• Sense and Sensibility (series) -- Jane Austen/ Rosamund Pike -- 11.4 hrs -- classic
  
• Off to Be the Wizard -- Scott Meyer/ Luke Daniels (bk 1) -- 10.8 hrs -- fantasy

[tubemonkey]

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

• Audible ---> $5.95 -- Air Apaches -- Jay A Stout --> NF history
  
• Down -----> TBA

* Air Apaches: The True Story of the 345th Bomb Group and Its Low, Fast, and Deadly Missions in World War II

[tubemonkey]

Last Day -- Audible -- exp 04 Aug

• $5.00 -- Great Escapes Sale (350+ titles) --> details

[tubemonkey]

Time's running out for free use of these programs. You have 1 month left.

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Audible -- Free Rental for Members -- exp 05 Sep 2019

• FREE -- Aaptiv Fitness Programs -- rental only (you do not own these)

What do you mean, free for members through September 5, 2019?

We wanted to give everyone a chance to access these programs, so we made them free for members to access through September 5, 2019. After this date, all Aaptiv audio-fitness programs will no longer be available in your library. Of course, we will send you a reminder before this happens.

[tubemonkey]

Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 05 Aug @ 11:59 PM BST

• TBA -- Xenos: Warhammer 40,000 (book 1) -- Dan Abnett --> sci-fi

[tubemonkey]

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

• Audible ---> $3.95 -- Slow Horses (book 1) -- Mick Herron --> espionage
  
• Down -----> $3.95 -- Wonderlandscape -- John Clayton --> NF history

* Wonderlandscape: Yellowstone National Park and the Evolution of an American Cultural Icon