FREE/BARGAIN - Audiobooks - 2016

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

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I tried playing the sample again. For some reason, even after I clicked on "continue" after the sample was over, it wouldn't continue--it went back to the 3-minute sample again. Finally, after I played around with it some, the counter showed the full 5 hours+ playing time, and I was in business. I hope that I can remember, the next time that I try, what I did, or am able to duplicate it. Or, better yet, maybe the issue won't show up again. IMHO, that procedure is really an asinine way of doing things. When I get the Android phone problem fixed, I'll try the sideloading/transferring thing.

Originally Posted by koland

I think you can keep playing it, at the end of the sample ...

ETA: This is the message you get if you have a credit and are signed in:

You can pick Back to Browsing or Continue - the latter purchases the book and the sample keeps playing.

Another tip - if you don't want to listen to the sample, but do wish to purchase, move the sample's time bar over to nearly the end and listen to the last few seconds, then the message above will display.

Also, from your library, you can listen on the web. I just continued the Asimov Foundation Trilogy, which picked up at 3:02, which was how long I had to listen before adding to my library.

I did download their app, somewhere (maybe on the ipad?) just to get a free audiobook a while back. I don't use it other than to download the MP3 and back up locally or to move to my small MP3 player to listen in the car.

As you can see in the quote from my post (#1209), I got it to work.

Thanks for your additional information.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

If anyone cares to know, I figured out that I must not have done the steps necessary, earlier, to be a real member at Audiobooks.com. Just for kicks, I clicked on a "Start Free Trial" button on one of their webpages. Then I got a webpage letting me know that it had been successful. I've got one free credit showing in my account, and everything!

So . . . . I'm wondering if it is even necessary to use a code to get the free one-month trial with a free audiobook. It seems like I just did it--there was no evidence that they still had SWIMGUIDE connected with me, anymore. On this webpage, Audiobooks.com seems to offer that free trial without the necessity of using a code. I quote:
1 Audiobook Every Month!
Get Your First Book Free
Listen to your first audiobook free
Save a lot with exclusive member discounts
Free apps for iOS and Android devices
Cancel anytime, no strings attached
$14.95 a Month After Free Trial
There's nothing about needing any code. Is that what it sounds like to you guys?
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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Heads Up -- reference this offer:


* Swim Guide Promo for Audiobooks.com


I've contacted Audiobooks.com for clarification of this offer from Swim Guide. I expect to hear back from them tomorrow. When I do, I'll post the details. Till then...

Did anyone try what I mentioned (quoted above)--i.e., trying to get the free trial without any code or whatever? If so, did you have success?

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Kindle Unlimited

Ah . . . .

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Did anyone try what I mentioned (quoted above)--i.e., trying to get the free trial without any code or whatever? If so, did you have success?

That code should have no bearing on any free trials coming from Audiobooks.com. This offer is coming from a website called Swim Guide:

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[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

That code should have no bearing on any free trials coming from Audiobooks.com. This offer is coming from a website called Swim Guide:

My point was, why bother with SWIMGUIDE, if you can get the same thing without it? Is there something that I'm overlooking? Or, maybe it's possible to take advantage of the SWIMGUIDE promo, cancel, and then sign up for the plain vanilla Audiobooks.com trial, or vice versa? Maybe someone already pointed that out, if so, I apologize.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

My point was, why bother with SWIMGUIDE, if you can get the same thing without it? Is there something that I'm overlooking? Or, maybe it's possible to take advantage of the SWIMGUIDE promo, cancel, and then sign up for the plain vanilla Audiobooks.com trial, or vice versa? Maybe someone already pointed that out, if so, I apologize.

You should be able to get both and that's what I'm checking with AB.com about.

[tubemonkey]

Last Day -- Downpour -- exp 23 May

• $1.99 -- Rental of Week --> The German War --> details
• $2.95 -- Deal of Week --> Billy Budd --> details
• SALE -- Weekly Deals (7 titles) --> details

[tubemonkey]

BBC Radio Plays

A new season of Dangerous Visions has just started on BBC Radio 4. First up is a 2 hour, 2 part production of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.


Details can be found in this post --> Dangerous Visions

Dangerous Visions is back! --> Immerse yourself in visions of the future with a set of thrilling tales. Dangerous Visions on BBC Radio 4 is a season of dramas that present uneasy reflections of the future.

Mixing classic sci-fi with brand new writing, Dangerous Visions 2016 features new productions - 10 in total - and a strong line-up of acting talent, including Tim McInnerny (Blackadder), Tamsin Greig (Green Wing), Anton Lesser (Game of Thrones) and Catrin Stewart (Doctor Who, Misfits).

The season begins on Sunday 22 May 2016 with a step into Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.

Programmes are spread across three weeks. All dramas and readings will be available to listen to online for 30 days. You can also download each drama via the iPlayer Radio app.

[GtrsRGr8]

Title: Flipped For Murder (Country Store Mysteries Book 1).
Genre: Fiction (Mystery/Animal).
Author(s): Maddie Day.
Price: $4.98 ($1.99 ebook (marked down) + $2.99 Whispersync audio).
Regular Price of Audio, by Itself, at Audible: $19.95 (1 credit).
Ebook Rating/Number of Reviews: 4.5 stars/61 reviews (Amazon).
Audio Rating/Number of Ratings: 4.1/16 ratings.
Pages/Audio Length: 304/8 hours and 38 minutes.
Narrator(s): Laural Merlington.
Audible URL: http://www.audible.com/pd/Mysteries-...ok/B01BI9W94Q/.
Amazon URL (you can get the whole Whispersync deal here): https://www.amazon.com/Flipped-Murde.../dp/B00TE7O9HK.
Comments: This is Book 1 of 2 in Country Store Mysteries. There are currently 2 Books in the series.
Book Description (Amazon):
In this freshly baked series, author Maddie Day lifts the lid on a small town in southern Indiana, where a newcomer is cooking up a new start--until a murderer muddles the recipe...

Nursing a broken heart, Robbie Jordan is trading in her life on the West Coast for the rolling hills of southern Indiana. After paying a visit to her Aunt Adele, she fell in love with the tiny town of South Lick. And when she spots a For Sale sign on a rundown country store, she decides to snap it up and put her skills as a cook and a carpenter to use. Everyone in town shows up for the grand re-opening of Pans ‘n Pancakes, but when the mayor's disagreeable assistant is found dead, Robbie realizes that not all press is good press. With all eyes on her, she'll have to summon her puzzle-solving skills to clear her name, unscramble the town's darkest secrets, and track down a cold-blooded killer--before she's the next to die...

[GtrsRGr8]

Current Audible sale. Cheaper Whispersync deal than sale item. Narrator is the same, unknown if the rest is the same.
$4.48--Anne of Green Gables.

[GtrsRGr8]

Cheaper than Audible sale. This appears to be the identical edition to the one in the Audible sale. The narrator appears to be the same.
$2.98--Tender is the Night.

[koland]

Originally Posted by Catlady

I have a smattering of books over at audiobooks.com from when they were giving away daily freebies for a while, but when I am logged in, the books in my library only offer me the option to download to my device; I don't have any option to stream. The only box I see says Download Now. Books that are not in my library, however, do have Preview and Play Sample options. How are you able to stream?

This is what I see when I open my library:

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And if I click on a book in the library, I get this:

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Both have a resume play and a download button.

I pulled up several of the books there and checked - some have the Play button and others do not. Don't know if that is accidental or if some publishers are blocking it. However, it did seem as if the ones I got free did not have a Play option (you'd think if they were blocking one of the two, it would be the download, but no!).

I need to add them and the ones I have at Audible to my Calibre catalog; I discovered I have Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad that is being discussed above, so saved a few bucks!

[GtrsRGr8]

Whispersync deals compared to audiobook in Audible sale. Unknown if the narration of either one of these is the same as the narration of the audiobook in the Audible sale. Audible "sale" is a regular price of $1.95.
$1.49--Uncle Tom's Cabin or Life among the Lowly.
$2.48--Uncle Tom's Cabin or Life among the Lowly.

[GtrsRGr8]

It appears that I have posted all of the cheaper-than-Audible-sale Whispersync deals.

[koland]

Originally Posted by CRussel

Cheaper if you have KU.

Except, it is a KU w/ narration - so "free" to read and listen, but you don't get to keep. And you can't buy it, when borrowed under KU, when it's free to listen. Sometimes you can borrow from a library and then get the whispersync audiobook on this type of book. Otherwise, to own the audiobook, you have to actually purchase the Kindle edition.

For KU only books (no "and listen" in the KU description and no headphones pic), you can borrow the book and buy the whisperync audiobooks, though, the same as a borrowed library book.