FREE/BARGAIN — Audiobooks

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Daily Deals -- exp 18 Jul @ 11:59 pm PT

• Audible US ---> $1.95 -- Royal Valentine (book 1) -- Jenn McKinlay -- romance
  
• Audible CA ---> $4.95 -- Purple Hibiscus -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- literary
  
• Downpour ----> TBA

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Audible AU -- Daily Deal -- exp 19 Jul @ 11:59 pm AEST (6:59 am PDT)

• TBA -- Dead Ground (book 4) -- MW Craven -- mystery

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 19 Jul @ 11:59 pm BST (3:59 pm PDT)

• TBA -- River God (book 1) -- Wilbur Smith -- historical

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Audiobooks.com -- exp 31 Jul @ 11:59 pm ET

• SALE -- $7 and Under (199 titles)

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SYNC Audio -- Weekly Offers -- FAQs -- exp 20 Jul @ 11:59 pm ET

Week 12

• FREE -- Paradise Lost -- John Milton/ Simon Vance -- 9.2 hrs -- classic
  
• FREE -- The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep -- Allan Wolf/ full cast -- 9.9 hrs -- historical

The epic is a particular kind of narrative, often presented in verse, featuring the adventures of and challenges faced by historical figures in legend or cultural history. Week 12 of this year’s SYNC season features a pair of epics thanks to Tantor Media and Candlewick on Brilliance. Both these free audiobooks also provide unusual points of view, which your discussion group may want to explore. They differ in the legends they honor and in the performance styles in which they come to SYNC participants, making them another great pair for discussion opportunities.

NOTE: To participate in this program, you MUST register and then set up the Sora app. These books have DRM and you MUST use the Sora app on your mobile device or soraapp.com in your browser in order to download these books for free.

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Originally Posted by Catlady

When I clicked on the link, my offer was three months free.

I am surprised that I was deemed eligible; I just finished a several-months-long free trial a week ago.

I've been on free Kindle Unlimited since the end of Oct 2021. I got two free trials from two separate Kindle ereader orders, and after these ended, I got another 3 months free. Now that the last offer is ending in a couple of days, I went to cancel early and got another offer of 3 months for $1.99, which I took. That'll take me to about the end of Oct 2022, meaning just about a full year of KU for only $1.99. I like having KU because several of the KU AmazonClassics have Audible companions.

Regarding Amazon's algorithm (or randomizer? ), I feel like the stingier I am with their subscription services, the more they try to 'bless' me. With Audible, I only ever did free trials and promos and have never paid for an audiobook. Yet, surprisingly, I qualified for their $1.95 a month Audible Plus offer, which I'm still using and loving. This was also the very time Audible ever got money from me. But my friend, who has done several subscriptions off and on and has paid for audiobooks in the past, didn't qualify.

About two weeks ago, Audible sent me an offer to upgrade from Plus to Premium Plus with a $60.00 discount off the annual fee and I had a chuckle at that. Why would I upgrade? I don't care about credits and I don't need to own audiobooks, just listen to them. If I really liked a book I listened to, I'd just get the ebook. Also, the Plus catalog has more than enough buffet for me to sample, I'd never get to it all. $1.99 is a super-sweet deal and I'm not getting off unless Audible throws me off.

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Daily Deals -- exp 19 Jul @ 11:59 pm PT

• Audible US ---> $3.95 -- The Pledge -- Kathleen Kent -- mystery
  
• Audible CA ---> $4.95 -- A Trick of Light (book 1) -- Stan Lee, et al -- sci-fi
  
• Downpour ----> TBA

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Audible AU -- Daily Deal -- exp 20 Jul @ 11:59 pm AEST (6:59 am PDT)

• TBA -- No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference -- Greta Thunberg -- NF poli sci

[Catlady]

Originally Posted by Loosheesh

I've been on free Kindle Unlimited since the end of Oct 2021. I got two free trials from two separate Kindle ereader orders, and after these ended, I got another 3 months free. Now that the last offer is ending in a couple of days, I went to cancel early and got another offer of 3 months for $1.99, which I took. That'll take me to about the end of Oct 2022, meaning just about a full year of KU for only $1.99. I like having KU because several of the KU AmazonClassics have Audible companions.

Regarding Amazon's algorithm (or randomizer? ), I feel like the stingier I am with their subscription services, the more they try to 'bless' me. With Audible, I only ever did free trials and promos and have never paid for an audiobook. Yet, surprisingly, I qualified for their $1.95 a month Audible Plus offer, which I'm still using and loving. This was also the very time Audible ever got money from me. But my friend, who has done several subscriptions off and on and has paid for audiobooks in the past, didn't qualify.

About two weeks ago, Audible sent me an offer to upgrade from Plus to Premium Plus with a $60.00 discount off the annual fee and I had a chuckle at that. Why would I upgrade? I don't care about credits and I don't need to own audiobooks, just listen to them. If I really liked a book I listened to, I'd just get the ebook. Also, the Plus catalog has more than enough buffet for me to sample, I'd never get to it all. $1.99 is a super-sweet deal and I'm not getting off unless Audible throws me off.

Amazon doesn't lose much by repeatedly offering me KU free trials; maybe that's why they keep doing it! As far as Audible goes, I am the opposite of you--the Plus catalog has minimal appeal; I want credits. I am currently on an annual plan that is essentially half-price, which Audible offered me last Black Friday.

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 20 Jul @ 11:59 pm BST (3:59 pm PDT)

• TBA -- Dark Imperium (book 1) -- Guy Haley -- sci-fi

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Daily Deals -- exp 20 Jul @ 11:59 pm PT

• Audible US ---> $3.95 -- The Lobotomist's Wife -- Samantha Greene Woodruff -- historical
  
• Audible CA ---> TBA ---- Medicine Walk -- Richard Wagamese -- historical
  
• Downpour ----> TBA

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LAST DAY -- SYNC Audio -- exp 20 Jul @ 11:59 pm ET

• FREE -- Paradise Lost | Snow Fell Three Graves Deep --> details

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Audible AU -- Daily Deal -- exp 21 Jul @ 11:59 pm AEST (6:59 am PDT)

• TBA -- Kal -- Judy Nunn -- historical

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Originally Posted by Loosheesh

About two weeks ago, Audible sent me an offer to upgrade from Plus to Premium Plus with a $60.00 discount off the annual fee and I had a chuckle at that. Why would I upgrade? I don't care about credits and I don't need to own audiobooks, just listen to them. If I really liked a book I listened to, I'd just get the ebook. Also, the Plus catalog has more than enough buffet for me to sample, I'd never get to it all. $1.99 is a super-sweet deal and I'm not getting off unless Audible throws me off.

The only time I get Audible memberships is when I get a free month or two. I use the credit(s) for a series I'm collecting at the moment or anthologies. The short stories are great in a doctor's office or anywhere else I have to wait.

Aud Plus, KU and Scribd hold no interest for me, because I use public libraries to get most of my listening material. I'm lucky to belong to several libraries with very large OverDrive collections and rarely use them for specific books. Instead, I just browse the "available now" catalog until I find something interesting; and there's always something interesting.

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 21 Jul @ 11:59 pm BST (3:59 pm PDT)

• TBA -- Life Under Fire -- Jason Fox -- NF memoir