FREE/BARGAIN — Audiobooks

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by TrevorViking

This is perhaps the longest I’ve gone without finding a working discount Audible membership in the 4 or so years I’ve been reading this thread.

What do you consider a non-"working discount Audible membership"?

I saw a promotion in a small banner ad yesterday (Tuesday, EST) for a discount membership, but I didn't consider it anything special. I can't remember much about it, for that reason. It is loaded up on free Audible originals--like 2/mo. The first month is free, and you get 2 credits, I think. Following months are $14.95. It seems like you get 3/mo. Audible originals each month. Or, maybe you get 3/mo. during the promotional period, and 2/mo. thereafter.

Does anyone know of an Audible webpage that is a clearing house for their current promotions?

If anyone is interested in this promotion, let me know, and I'll try to find it.

[ApK]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Does anyone know of an Audible webpage that is a clearing house for their current promotions?

This is the best one:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...59&postcount=1

If you mean one operated by Audible themselves, you're unlikely to ever find one. Unless you work there and are on their intranet, maybe.

[melmac]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

If anyone is interested in this promotion, let me know, and I'll try to find it.

I'm interested if it's not too much trouble I'm after better than audibles standard 2 audible originals 1 credit $14.95 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NB86OYE

[Dr. Drib]

^ Add me to that list, please.

[tubemonkey]

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

• Audible ---> $4.95 -- The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test -- Tom Wolfe --> NF history
  
• Down -----> $3.95 -- End of the Ocean -- Matthew McBride --> suspense
  
• eStories --> $4.99 -- Pale Blue Dot -- Carl Sagan --> NF technology

[tubemonkey]

Audible Originals -- Preorders -- members only

These are the known preorders for coming months. If you get them before Audible posts them for that month's selections, then they're all free. If you wait until Audible posts them for that month's selections, then only two of them are free. Let me know if I missed any.

Preorders for Sep -- exp 05 Sep

1. FREE -- Mystwick School of Musicraft -- Jessica Khoury --> details
   
2. FREE -- Press Pause -- Catherine Singer --> details
   
3. FREE -- The Sisters -- Dervla McTiernan --> details
   
4. FREE -- Body of Proof -- Darrell Brown --> details
   
5. FREE -- TBA
   
6. FREE -- TBA

Preorders for Oct -- exp 03 Oct

1. FREE -- Tangle in the Dark -- Stephanie K Smith --> details
   
2. FREE -- Camp Red Moon -- RL Stine --> details
   
3. FREE -- TBA
   
4. FREE -- TBA
   
5. FREE -- TBA
   
6. FREE -- TBA

[tubemonkey]

Audible Originals -- Pre-Orders for Sep -- exp 04 or 05 Sep

• FREE -- Body of Proof -- Darrell Brown/ Sophie Ellis -- 5.1 hrs -- NF true crime

Members Only

A woman disappears on her way to work. A man is convicted of her murder.

But this case is different. Though the police believe they have the right man, key components of the prosecution case are missing. There is no body of the victim, no witnesses to the crime, no confession and no physical evidence: no DNA, CCTV or murder weapon.

Journalists and TV producers Darrell Brown and Sophie Ellis examine the extraordinary case of Suzanne Pilley, a woman who vanished whilst on her way to work in Edinburgh in 2010. The pair has spent two years investigating the case and speaking exclusively to David Gilroy - the man who was found guilty of killing Suzanne and disposing of her body. He is currently serving a life sentence in a Scottish jail.

But Gilroy says he is innocent: victim of a miscarriage of justice.

Darrell and Sophie are not so sure. They explore Gilroy’s claims that the investigation and trial were mishandled, that key pieces of evidence were not presented in court and witnesses were not contacted.

The pair uncover startling information, not heard in court, that might have changed the minds of the jury. And they shine a light on aspects of the Scottish criminal justice system that might be keeping an innocent man behind bars.

A What’s the Story Films production for Audible.

[TrevorViking]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

What do you consider a non-"working discount Audible membership"?

I saw a promotion in a small banner ad yesterday (Tuesday, EST) for a discount membership, but I didn't consider it anything special. I can't remember much about it, for that reason. It is loaded up on free Audible originals--like 2/mo. The first month is free, and you get 2 credits, I think. Following months are $14.95. It seems like you get 3/mo. Audible originals each month. Or, maybe you get 3/mo. during the promotional period, and 2/mo. thereafter.

Does anyone know of an Audible webpage that is a clearing house for their current promotions?

If anyone is interested in this promotion, let me know, and I'll try to find it.

I mean that every discount/bargain audible membership deal I’ve seen in months hasn’t worked for me personally. Their algorithm for time between discounted memberships has had me locked out for awhile. I’m sure the discount banner you saw is one of the many bargains always making it to this thread.

[tch65721]

I quit yesterday after an annual membership so I'm sure I'm locked out too. Hope it isn't for a year!

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Audible -- Free Membership

• Free -- Audible Membership -- 1 mo, 2 books -- YMMV

Worked for me. In the last year, I've had two promo memberships: Planet Fitness (2mo free Jan~Mar 2019) and Groupon (2mo $1.90 Aug~Oct 2018)

Note: this is NOT a special promo. It's Amazon/Audible's standard two book trial offer. So if it doesn't work out for you this time, try again later on.

Originally Posted by tch65721

I quit yesterday after an annual membership so I'm sure I'm locked out too. Hope it isn't for a year!

I'm currently working on my third trial offer (2 free, 1 paid) in less than a year. My post above is from 02 Aug. So hang in there and keep trying. I'd have to research my history to see how long the gaps were, but I'm guessing that Audible wants 6 months between trial offers for non-members. Promotional offers from other sources like Groupon may or may not follow the same guidelines.

As always, YMMV - what works for one person may or may not work for another given similar histories.

Algorithms are one of the universe's mysterious forces

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by ApK

This is the best one:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...59&postcount=1

If you mean one operated by Audible themselves, you're unlikely to ever find one. Unless you work there and are on their intranet, maybe.

I didn't know that _all_ of them were sponsored promotions.

Yeah, I'm aware of the great tubemonkey's O.P., but I thought that, at times, he got some of his information from us, his adoring (but unworthy) fans.

[ApK]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

I didn't know that _all_ of them were sponsored promotions.

I meant Websites, not offers.

[tubemonkey]

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

• TBA -- The Corner Shop in Cockleberry Bay -- Nicola May --> contemp

[tubemonkey]

Audible Originals -- Pre-Orders for Oct -- exp 03 Oct

• FREE -- Tangle in the Dark -- Stephanie K Smith/ unknown -- xx hrs -- fantasy

Members Only

Carnival Row: Tangle in the Dark

Tourmaline Larou lives an idyllic life of learning by day and partying by night. An aspiring poet, her future promises nothing less than brilliance.

Then, Vignette Stonemoss walks through the door, and Tourmaline’s world is upended.

As she struggles to understand the effect this stranger has on her, Tourmaline and her fellow fae face a looming threat from the human world. War is on the horizon, and their very existence is at stake.

And Tourmaline will discover whether love will save her - or destroy her.

Tangle in the Dark is set in the world of the Amazon Original series Carnival Row, created by Travis Beacham and René Echevarria. Carnival Row is available now only on Amazon Prime Video.

PLEASE NOTE: This story contains adult material and graphic language. Listener discretion is advised.

[tubemonkey]

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

• Audible ---> $2.95 -- Days Without End -- Sebastian Barry --> historical
  
• Down -----> $3.95 -- Banshee -- Rachel DeWoskin --> humor
  
• eStories --> $4.99 -- Rebel Yell -- SC Gwynne --> history