FREE/BARGAIN — Audiobooks

[issybird]

Originally Posted by Catlady

I found the Plus catalog to be a big bust. Too bad Audible doesn't offer a non-Plus membership for a few bucks less.

I mentioned this elsewhere, but almost all the Plus titles are available on Hoopla. The Audible app’s better than the Hoopla app, but not to the extent of paying for content versus free.

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 06 Jun @ 11:59 pm BST

• TBA -- Unseen Academicals (series) -- Terry Pratchett -- fantasy

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Daily Deals -- exp 06 Jun @ 11:59 pm PT

• Audible US ---> TBA ---- Riot Baby -- Tochi Onyebuchi -- fiction
  
• Audible CA ---> $3.75 -- Traction -- Gabriel Weinberg, et al -- NF business
  
• Downpour ----> $3.95 -- The Lesson -- Cadwell Turnbull -- sci-fi

* Traction: How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth

[Catlady]

Originally Posted by issybird

I mentioned this elsewhere, but almost all the Plus titles are available on Hoopla. The Audible app’s better than the Hoopla app, but not to the extent of paying for content versus free.

Since none of my libraries offered Hoopla, I got a nonresident card from the Charlotte Mecklenburg Public Library ($45/yr; less for senior citizens), which gives me six Hoopla checkouts per month. I feel like it's already paid for itself after a few weeks. As a bonus, Overdrive there includes quite a number of Recorded Books titles from my wish list that are part of the "always available" selections.

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 07 Jun @ 11:59 pm BST

• TBA -- Kick Ass with Mel Robbins -- Mel Robbins -- NF self-help

Please note: This product features adult language and themes.

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Daily Deals -- exp 07 Jun @ 11:59 pm PT

• Audible US ---> TBA ---- Unfaithful -- Natalie Barelli -- thriller
  
• Audible CA ---> $7.50 -- For You (book 1) -- Kristen Ashley -- mystery
  
• Downpour ----> TBA

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LAST DAY -- Downpour -- exp 07 Jun @ 11:59 pm PT

• $1.99 -- The Science of Pets --> details -- rental only
  
• $4.99 -- Death Waits in the Dark --> details

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 08 Jun @ 11:59 pm BST

• TBA -- Where the Bodies are Buried (book 1) -- Chris Brookmyre -- mystery

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Daily Deals -- exp 08 Jun @ 11:59 pm PT

• Audible US ---> TBA ---- The Astor Orphan -- Alexandra Aldrich -- NF memoir
  
• Audible CA ---> $4.95 -- Machine, Platform, Crowd -- Erik Brynjolfsson, et al -- NF business
  
• Downpour ----> $3.95 -- Conversations with Tom Petty -- Paul Zollo -- NF biography

* Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future

[Catlady]

Originally Posted by Catlady

I just liberated myself from Audible today (they tempted me with the offer of a year's membership for $100, but I stayed strong); I'm hoping that by the end of the month I'll qualify for this promo.

Immediately after my membership ended, I saw the Prime member offer on my home page for four months of Audible at $6.95/month. Haven't rejoined yet, but I will.

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Downpour -- Rental of the Week -- exp 14 Jun @ 11:59 pm PT

Rental Only

$1.99 -- The Great Gatsby -- F Scott Fitzgerald/ Anthony Heald -- 4.9 hrs -- classic

Jay Gatsby is still in love with Daisy, whom he met during the war when he was penniless. Having made himself wealthy through illegal means, he now lives in a mansion across the bay from the home of Daisy Buchanan, who has since married for money. Holding on to his illusion of Daisy as perfect, he seeks to impress her with his wealth, and uses his new neighbor, Nick Carraway (our narrator), to reach her.

Daisy’s wealthy but boring husband is cheating on her. When his mistress is killed in an accident caused by Daisy, Gatsby covers for her and takes the blame. The result is a murder and an ending that reveals the failure of money to buy love or happiness.

Fitzgerald’s elegantly simple work captures the spirit of the Jazz Age and embodies America’s obsessions with wealth, power, and the promise of new beginnings.

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 09 Jun @ 11:59 pm BST

• TBA -- The Hound of the D'Urbervilles -- Kim Newman -- horror

* Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles

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Daily Deals -- exp 09 Jun @ 11:59 pm PT

• Audible US ---> TBA ---- You'll Never Believe What... -- Amber Ruffin, et al -- NF humor
  
• Audible CA ---> $4.95 -- Zero Repeat Forever (book 1) -- GS Prendergast -- YA sci-fi
  
• Downpour ----> $3.95 -- Conversations with Tom Petty -- Paul Zollo -- NF biography

* You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories About Racism

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LAST DAY -- SYNC Audio -- exp 09 Jun @ 11:59 pm ET

• FREE -- Rook | Salty, Bitter, Sweet --> details

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 10 Jun @ 11:59 pm BST

• TBA -- Hungry -- Grace Dent -- NF memoir