FREE/BARGAIN - Audiobooks - 2015

[melmac]

I have 6 credits sitting on my account and have been waiting for the coupon offer before spending them I must spend one by the 11th of this month. I was hoping to get the coupon as well so I could get some more of the Ceepak Mysteries which have cheap WS4V

[tubemonkey]

This Audible offer is still showing as free:

• FREE -- Locke & Key -- exp 04 Nov --> details

[SleepyBob]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

This Audible offer is still showing as free:

• FREE -- Locke & Key -- exp 04 Nov --> details

Now shows up as not free for me.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by SleepyBob

Now shows up as not free for me.

Thanks - now I'm getting the same thing.

[Athens80]

Originally Posted by abqkjh

So I wrote to Audible and asked if and when the Rewards Month offer was going to start here (mentioning that it had already started in the UK). This was their oh so informative response.

"I understand that you would like know when will the specific offer like "Buy 3 Audiobooks and Get £10 Voucher" will be started by Audible in United States. I'll definitely help you in this.

I would like to inform you that the offers in a particular marketplace are subject to certain terms,conditions and eligibility criteria. Specific offers in a specific regions depends on several factors like Geo-restrictions, local promotions etc. If any promotional offer like "Buy 4 Audiobooks and Get $10 Voucher" will start in the U.S., please be assured that you will get notified.

The informative response is that if and when a US offer is ready to be announced you will be notified.

[GtrsRGr8]

Okay. The Audible "Hidden Gems Sale" has arrived. I've had a chance to examine most of the non-fiction offerings. For the benefit of fellow Mobilereaders, I'd like to share some of what I found out.

Call me unimpressed.

The audiobooks have high to very high ratings, but when you go to the corresponding Amazon webpage for a book, you usually find that it is not nearly as highly rated as the audiobook. You dig into the ratings for the books and you find that there are various reasons for that. But the upshot is that they mostly are a bunch of stinkeroos. For legal reasons, I will add "imho."

The mystery is how the audiobooks get such great ratings and the ebooks don't. Is there some mesmerizing or soothing quality to the narrator's voice that listeners find delight in? I don't know, I didn't investigate that.

What may be as much of a mystery is why almost all of the books (keep in mind that I only know about the non-fiction books) follow that pattern--high audiobook ratings; low ebook ratings. It almost seems purposeful. If they were physical products--audio CDs or whatever--that were not selling well, I could see why Audible might want to make them look as good as possible so that they could clear them out of the way (a "clearance"), but with them being digital products, I just don't understand why Audible would want to do that. I guess that that's way above my pay grade. Thankfully.

The one non-fiction audiobook that seems to have some promise is Raise the Bar: An Action-Based Method for Maximum Customer Reactions, by Jon Taffer. The ratings for both the audiobook and ebook have great ratings (4.50 and 4.6, respectively). Just a heads up, though: the ebook frequently drops to $1.99 (it's $5.99 now), it was $1.99 for several days a few weeks ago. If you wait around, you should be able to catch the Whispersync deal at $3.98--just 3 pennies more than the $3.95 "gems" price for the audio alone.

The "gems" must be hidden well. Really hidden well. I've looked and I can't find them.

[Jenga5238]

I just got an email from Audible asking me to come back and offering me a 3 month subscription at $0.99 a month. Obviously I went for it, as that's a great deal, and I've been missing my cheap subscriptions. I just wanted to make sure you all knew so you could check your email for a similar deal. I did buy one of the secret gem sale books that had been on my wishlist for awhile, so perhaps that's what spawned the deal? I have no idea, but I'm glad it came!

[rjcchan]

Originally Posted by Jenga5238

I just got an email from Audible asking me to come back and offering me a 3 month subscription at $0.99 a month. Obviously I went for it, as that's a great deal, and I've been missing my cheap subscriptions. I just wanted to make sure you all knew so you could check your email for a similar deal. I did buy one of the secret gem sale books that had been on my wishlist for awhile, so perhaps that's what spawned the deal? I have no idea, but I'm glad it came!

also 6 months for $7.95 month. actually, i got different offers at different email accounts. one for $.99 and one for $7.95.

[TrevorViking]

Originally Posted by rjcchan

also 6 months for $7.95 month

That's the offer I just got. It'll be hard to resist, even though I already have a backlog of at least 40 audiobooks and only listen to ten or so a year at best.

[rjcchan]

and since someone will ask...the offer is not account specific but can only be used once

[bookmarked]

Originally Posted by Jenga5238

I just got an email from Audible asking me to come back and offering me a 3 month subscription at $0.99 a month. Obviously I went for it, as that's a great deal, and I've been missing my cheap subscriptions. I just wanted to make sure you all knew so you could check your email for a similar deal. I did buy one of the secret gem sale books that had been on my wishlist for awhile, so perhaps that's what spawned the deal? I have no idea, but I'm glad it came!

I got the same deal (3 mos.@$0.99/mo.). I haven't had a membership since February, from the last time I got one of the free offers to work. I didn't buy any of the "hidden gems", but I did buy Monday's Daily Deal.

Originally Posted by rjcchan

and since someone will ask...the offer is not account specific but can only be used once

Did you make note of the promo code and try it on more than one account or just try the URL? I'm wondering if the URL is specific to the account but the promo code may or may not be.

[Synamon]

Originally Posted by Jenga5238

I just got an email from Audible asking me to come back and offering me a 3 month subscription at $0.99 a month. Obviously I went for it, as that's a great deal, and I've been missing my cheap subscriptions. I just wanted to make sure you all knew so you could check your email for a similar deal. I did buy one of the secret gem sale books that had been on my wishlist for awhile, so perhaps that's what spawned the deal? I have no idea, but I'm glad it came!

Thanks for the heads up. I got the email too and jumped on it!

[rjcchan]

Originally Posted by bookmarked

I got the same deal (3 mos.@$0.99/mo.). I haven't had a membership since February, from the last time I got one of the free offers to work. I didn't buy any of the "hidden gems", but I did buy Monday's Daily Deal.



Did you make note of the promo code and try it on more than one account or just try the URL? I'm wondering if the URL is specific to the account but the promo code may or may not be.

There was no promo code

[Barbara1955]

I got the $7.95 for 6 months offer...yep I took it. Wish it was the .99 cent deal tho

[gabby98]

Originally Posted by rjcchan

There was no promo code

Actually for the $0.99 my checkout page said this, in case it helps someone else

Promo code applied (X572EFULTC3N6)

Also had these T&C's

You are receiving this email because you are eligible to receive an discounted membership offer. This offer expires on November 30th, 2015. Limit one per customer per account. After the promotional period for the discounted offer, membership renews at $14.95 per month. The offer applies only to memberships sold by audible.com. The same items sold by other sellers (e.g. audible.co.uk, etc.) do not qualify. This promotion may not be combined with other offers. Other terms and conditions apply, including those available at http://www.audible.com/gift-terms. If you violate any of the terms or conditions, the promotion will be invalid, and the discount will not apply. Void where prohibited.