FREE/BARGAIN - Audiobooks - 2016

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by issybird

Audible is having an Editors' Choice Sale. Books in various categories are $4.95 each. The sale ends June 13 and appears to be members only.

ETA: I recently finished one of the books in the history category, Caesar: Life of a Colossus and it was terrific.

Thanks - added to OP

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by 1234

I don't think so. I created the account today.
Even if I had used the free trial already, it should have just told me I wasn't eligible for the promotion. That is how Audible handles it.

You're correct about that. You should've been warned.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by skinmaan

(I say used to since Audible has let people have more than one free trial in recent years.)

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

We'll let it slide this time, just don't let it happen again.

J/K.

You can be replaced, you know

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

I notice that Arthur C. Clarke's Rendezvous with Rama is in this sale. However, the $3.98 Whispersync deal (message #1355 on this thread) on it is still good, at this writing. If this is a title that you're interested in, you might want to save $1, and get the ebook and syncing benefit, too, by buying the Whispersync deal.

Excellent point

It's always a good idea to check for Whispersync pricing before getting anything on sale.

[AnemicOak]

EDIT: Nevermind

[1234]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

A couple of weeks ago, I was discussing, with some people on this thread, the Audiobooks.com trial membership.

I went ahead and started a trial membership. I got my free audiobook, with which I am happy. But, I don't want to keep the membership, for a host of reasons. When I clicked on the button to "cancel account" just now, I got this message:
We're sorry you're thinking of leaving, especially while you still have 17 days of listening left. If you cancel now, your Audiobooks.com account (with access to all of our titles) will be closed immediately.

It sounds like I might lose access to the free audiobook that I received if I cancel my account. I don't want to do that; for one reason, I haven't yet finished listening to it. Has anyone had experience with the Audiobooks.com trial membership and then canceling it, and, if so, did you lose the free audiobook when you did?

Just want to make sure. I can wait a couple of more weeks before canceling and hurry up and finish listening to the audiobook (I'd still like to own it), if I need to, but I don't want to have to be in a rush to do it. And I don't like cutting it close on deadlines, if you understand what I mean.

Oh yeah, this might be important. I don't have an Android or Apple device so as to install their proprietary app. I am having to use the thingie on their website to listen to the audiobook.

It might be worth trying to get the Android app working. I think there are some programs that let you run Android apps on Windows. If I remember correctly, the Android app actually downloads the books as MP3 files, meaning once you download the book you can play it with whatever program you want and you don't have to worry about them disappearing if they go out of business or something.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by 1234

It might be worth trying to get the Android app working.

I have an Android smartphone. But maybe it's not smart enough. ha The phone has only maybe 4 GB of internal memory. I went ahead and added a 32 GB card and, while it does recognize it, it won't use any of that memory for some reason. I've had to work on other things, so for now I have shelved the project of getting it to work.[/QUOTE]

Originally Posted by 1234

I think there are some programs that let you run Android apps on Windows. If I remember correctly, the Android app actually downloads the books as MP3 files, meaning once you download the book you can play it with whatever program you want and you don't have to worry about them disappearing if they go out of business or something.

My record of trying to use emulators and such is dismal. I don't think that I even bothered to check to see if there were any emulators or other programs that would let me run Android apps on Windows. I actually prefer to use my laptop for listening to audiobooks, so that would be a nice thing if could find one that worked, and without too much troubleshooting and/or other effort.

What? Go out of business? A tech company? And leave you stranded? I don't believe it! ha I think that someone earlier pointed out that I could transfer an audiobook from Audiobooks.com as an MP3 from an Android app. That will be nice when I finally get the problem with the phone resolved.

Thanks for the tips. Generally speaking, I need all of the help that I can get in life. ha

[skinmaan]

Well, it looks like the new month can finally begin - Amazon has updated their free Whyspersync for voice title. If you're interested in listening to "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain you can do so by first "buying" the Kindle book here, then getting the Audible version here. Remember, the order matters. This freebie should last until the end of the month (or even longer ) but if you're interested don't delay.

Enjoy!
skinmaan
Your audiobook bloodhound

[wawasteele]

I looked, but didn't see this posted.

I received an email from SYNC this morning about the book Words in the Dust. It seems that only 6 parts out of 7 were availabe for download. The email said to delete the book and redownload it to get all the parts.

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[GtrsRGr8]

The audio alone at Audible is $21.95. The price of the Whispersync deal is $1.99. Doing the math, the Whispersync deal is 91% less than the audio alone at Audible!

Title: The MacKinnon's Bride (The Highland Brides Book 1).
Genre: Fiction (Historical Romance).
Author(s): Tanya Anne Crosby.
Price: $1.99 ($0.00 ebook (marked down) + $1.99 Whispersync audio).
Regular Price of Audio, by Itself, at Audible: $21.95 (1 credit).
Ebook Rating/Number of Reviews: 4.2 stars/1,326 reviews (Amazon).
Audio Rating/Number of Ratings: 4.1/350 ratings.
Pages/Audio Length: 339/10 hours and 20 minutes.
Narrator(s): Braden Wright.
Audible URL: http://www.audible.com/pd/Romance/Th...ok/B00HNYPFOW/.
Amazon URL (you can get the whole Whispersync deal here): https://www.amazon.com/MacKinnons-Br.../dp/B009SAHT16.
Comments: This is Book 1 of the 6-book series The Highland Brides.
Book Description (Amazon):
Descended of the powerful sons of MacAlpin, Iain MacKinnon refuses to bow to the English. But when his young son is captured, the fierce Scottish chieftain vows to stop at nothing to secure the lad's return. Retaliating in kind, he captures the daughter of his enemy, planning to bargain with the devil.

FitzSimon's daughter has lived her entire life in the shadows of the man she called father—yet never would she have imagined he would deny his only daughter. Even as Page blames her captor for welching on a contract with her father, she suspects the truth... the shadows hold secrets. Now only the love of her reluctant champion can save the MacKinnon's Bride.

This book begins the Highland Brides series.

[badgoodDeb]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

I don't have a paid membership and still have access to all of my audiobooks.

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Thanks. That's what I needed to know.

GtrsRGr8: I don't myself have a membership at Audible, but I have an account and a library of a few items I have straight up purchased. So this is just a guess, but:

I'd want to make sure you are cancelling the PAID MEMBERSHIP, not the account, when you are clicking things. That might be why you got the scary sounding warning (about losing all access, and account going away). I mean, if you are clicking on a "delete this account" rather than a "cancel the paid membership". There's probably a difference.

[tubemonkey]

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

$3.95 -- Diet Cults: The Surprising... -- Matt Fitzgerald/ S Thorne --> 9.4 hrs/ R-4.5 --> health

Diet Cults: The Surprising Fallacy at the Core of Nutrition Fads and a Guide to Healthy Eating for the Rest of Us

Whispersync: Audible ($3.95) | Kindle ($9.83)

From the national best-selling author of Racing Weight, Matt Fitzgerald exposes the irrationality, half-truths, and downright impossibility of a "single right way" to eat and reveals how to develop rational, healthy eating habits.

From "the Four-Hour Body" to "Atkins," there are diet cults to match seemingly any mood and personality type. Everywhere we turn, someone is preaching the "one true way" to eat for maximum health. Paleo Diet advocates tell us that all foods less than 12,000 years old are the enemy. Low-carb gurus demonize carbs, and then there are the low-fat prophets. But they agree on one thing: There is only one true way to eat for maximum health. The first clue that this is a fallacy is the sheer variety of diets advocated. Indeed, while all of these competing views claim to be backed by science, a good look at actual nutritional science suggests it is impossible to identify a single best way to eat. Fitzgerald advocates an agnostic, rational approach to eating habits based on one's own habits, lifestyle, and genetics and body type. Many professional athletes already practice this "Good Enough" diet, and now we can too - and ditch the brainwashing of these diet cults for good.

Download the accompanying reference guide.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

I don't have a paid membership and still have access to all of my audiobooks.

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

GtrsRGr8: I don't myself have a membership at Audible, but I have an account and a library of a few items I have straight up purchased. So this is just a guess, but:

I'd want to make sure you are cancelling the PAID MEMBERSHIP, not the account, when you are clicking things. That might be why you got the scary sounding warning (about losing all access, and account going away). I mean, if you are clicking on a "delete this account" rather than a "cancel the paid membership". There's probably a difference.

My apologies. I canceled the account last night, and I was still able to access the one book that I had with them. I meant to make a post to that effect earlier, but forgot to.

Tubemonkey's post, and my reading and re-reading their warning carefully and reading "between the lines" of it, caused me to feel confident that it would work out okay. Someone might think that I was concerned about nothing, but I've seen enough shenanigans from some companies that it would not have surprised me if I had lost the book by canceling.

Thanks.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

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

$3.95 -- Diet Cults: The Surprising... -- Matt Fitzgerald/ S Thorne --> 9.4 hrs/ R-4.5 --> health

Reading your post made me so depressed that I had to go out and buy a large order of cheese nachos, along with a large double chocolate milkshake with extra whipped cream, so that I could feel better.