FREE/BARGAIN — Audiobooks

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Daily Deals -- exp 24 Dec @ 11:59 pm PT

• Audible ---> TBA ---- The Messenger (book 1) -- JN Chaney, et al -- sci-fi
  
• Down -----> $3.95 -- A Question of Time -- Scientific American -- NF science
  
• eStories --> TBA

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 25 Dec @ 11:59 pm GMT

• £1.99 -- The Christmas Hirelings -- Mary Elizabeth Braddon -- classic

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Daily Deals -- exp 25 Dec @ 11:59 pm PT

• Audible ---> TBA ---- Tis the Season (books 8 & 12) -- Robyn Carr -- romance
  
• Down -----> TBA
  
• eStories --> TBA

* Tis the Season: Under the Christmas Tree/Midnight Confessions

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Downpour -- Rental of the Week -- exp 28 Dec @ 11:59 pm PT

• $1.99 -- Architects of Memory -- Karen Osborne/ Sophie Amoss -- 12.3 hrs -- sci-fi

Rental Only

The Memory War Series (book 1)

Karen Osborne debuts with a lightning-fast, science fiction action and adventure combining the corporate greed of The Expanse with the underdog characters of Firefly.

Terminally ill salvage pilot Ash Jackson lost everything in the war with the alien Vai, but she’ll be damned if she loses her future. Her plan: to buy, beg, or lie her way out of corporate indenture and find a cure.

When she and her crewmates salvage a genocidal weapon from a ravaged starship above a dead colony, Ash uncovers a conspiracy of corporate intrigue and betrayal that threatens to turn her into a living weapon.

Rental FAQ

• Spoiler:

  When does my rental period begin?
  
  Your rental timer will begin counting down when you first initiate the download on your device or 10 days after purchase, whichever comes first.

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  All digital rentals provide a minimum of 30 days to listen to a book from the time you initiate your first download. With some of our longer books, such as Atlas Shrugged (63hrs), we extend the listening period to 60 days. You do have the option of purchasing a 5, 10, or 20 day extension after you have made your rental purchase.

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  Once you are logged into your Downpour.com account, you can purchase a time extension for any of your previous rentals via THIS link. After clicking “Extend Rental,” you have the option of purchasing a 5-day ($1.95), 10-day ($2.95) or 20-day ($4.95) extension. If your rental has not yet expired, the purchased time will be added onto your rental. (Example: if your rental has one day remaining, and you purchase a five-day extension, you will now have six days total before your rental expires.) If your rental has already expired, the extension will allow you to listen to your book again for the amount of time purchased.

  Can I have the same rental on more than one device?
  
  You may listen to your audiobook rental on as many personal devices as you own. Your rental time will be synced across all devices on which you have installed the Downpour app.

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Audiobooks.com -- exp 27 Dec @ 11:59 pm ET

• SALE -- $7 and Under (47 titles)

Audiobooks $7 and Under

From now until December 27, get these audiobooks at super low prices!

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Audible UK -- exp 31 Jan @ 11:59 pm GMT

• FREE -- A Christmas Carol -- Charles Dickens/ Hugh Grant -- 2.7 hrs -- classic

Members Only

Audible Studios presents a brand new recording of Charles Dickens' timeless seasonal story A Christmas Carol, performed by Hugh Grant.

First published in 1843, it tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a mean and unpleasant man who dislikes people generally and Christmas especially.

One Christmas Eve he is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come and given a glimpse of the many homes and lives which Scrooge has touched in his wretched life to date. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man.

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Audible UK -- exp 03 Jan @ 11:59 pm GMT

• SALE -- Up To 50% Off Every Single Listen -- members only

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Audible CA -- exp 31 Jan @ 11:59 pm PT

• FREE -- A Christmas Carol -- Charles Dickens/ Hugh Grant -- 2.7 hrs -- classic

Members Only

Audible Studios presents a brand new recording of Charles Dickens' timeless seasonal story A Christmas Carol, performed by Hugh Grant.

First published in 1843, it tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a mean and unpleasant man who dislikes people generally and Christmas especially.

One Christmas Eve he is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come and given a glimpse of the many homes and lives which Scrooge has touched in his wretched life to date. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man.

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Audible CA -- exp 31 Dec @ 11:59 pm PT

• $7.95 -- Boxing Day Sale (150+ titles) -- members only

The Boxing Day Sale

Start the new year with a new listen from our hand-picked favorites, all $7.95 each.

Offer available until December 31, 2020 at 11:59 PM PT. Offer available is not transferable, and cannot be combined with any other offer. Price listed does not include applicable taxes. Audible reserves the right to modify or cancel the offer at any time. If you violate any of these terms, the offer will be invalid.

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Audible UK Boxing Day Sale!

Choose from over 500 listens.
Members only. Sale ends 11:59pm, Saturday 26 December.

https://www.audible.co.uk/ep/bd-2020

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 26 Dec @ 11:59 pm GMT

• £2.99 -- Little Women -- Louisa May Alcott -- classic

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Daily Deals -- exp 26 Dec @ 11:59 pm PT

• Audible ---> TBA ---- The Good Turn (book 3) -- Dervla McTiernan -- mystery
  
• Down -----> $3.95 -- Ashes to Ashes (book 8) -- Mel Starr -- mystery
  
• eStories --> TBA

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Audiobooks.com -- exp 27 Dec @ 11:59 pm PT

• SALE -- $7 and Under (47 titles)

My opinion piece:

Pretty weak selection of non-fiction, all in all (I can't speak for the fiction), but there were a few selections that I found possibly worth $7.00 or $4.95/$4.99 (the only other price point that I saw):

A Man for All Markets, by Thorp, Edward O. About a man who figured out, mathematically, how to beat the blackjack dealer at casinos, and how he did it. $4.99.
Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife, by Ehrman, Bart D. I haven't seen this Ehrman tome before. Probably nothing new here, except for the fact that the book's written by Ehrman, instead of someone else. $7.00.
Barack Obama: The 60 Minutes Interviews: Introduced with new commentary, by Kroft, Steve. 7 hours and 10 minutes of interviews. Kroft "conducted more one-on-one television interviews with Barack Obama than any other journalist." $7.00.
She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs, by Smarsh, Sarah. Perhaps a winner for Parton fans. The book's greatest asset is possibly the fact that it's so new, being published just this past October. $7.00.

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 27 Dec @ 11:59 pm GMT

• TBA -- Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine -- Gail Honeyman -- fiction

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Daily Deals -- exp 27 Dec @ 11:59 pm PT

• Audible ---> TBA ---- The Motive -- Patrick M Lencioni -- NF leadership
  
• Down -----> $3.95 -- Killing Signs (book 1) -- Ernest Morris -- mystery
  
• eStories --> TBA

* The Motive: Why So Many Leaders Abdicate Their Most Important Responsibilities