FREE/BARGAIN — Audiobooks

[tubemonkey]

Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 19 Aug @ 11:59 PM BST

• £1.99 -- The Girls of Slender Means -- Muriel Spark --> historical

[GtrsRGr8]

I'm going to try to be as brief as possible here, and yet still cover the salient points . . . .

I want to state my regret for making any post of any Christianaudio.com audiobook, especially more recent ones.

Just a while ago, I tried to listen to a Christianaudio.com audiobook, just as I have done before. I kept having issues downloading it. So, I tried a second one--same result. Finally, after some digging around, I found out that they now require a particular _app_--a Google one--for a person to be able to listen to their audiobooks.

Oops, I must have missed the email, that they sent to us, informing us of this (unwanted) change.

The main problem about that is that the app demands access to "photos/media/files." But, wait, it also wants access to my "device I.D. and _[phone] call_ information," too. There's much more. And Google/Christianbook.com has the unmitigated gall to put a link, at the bottom of at least one of their pages, that says "privacy." I wonder if there is actually anything on the webpage that that links to! Have they left any area where we stiil would have any privacy??????

It seems that there is a statement in the Good Book--Jesus made it, in fact--I'm paraphrasing: "do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Christianbook.com, is this the way that you'd like to be treated?

I _promise_ that if the situation is as I've understood it to be, and as long as that situation exists, I will _never_ make a post of anything from Christianbook.com anymore.

[skinmaan]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Just a while ago, I tried to listen to a Christianaudio.com audiobook, just as I have done before. I kept having issues downloading it. So, I tried a second one--same result. Finally, after some digging around, I found out that they now require a particular _app_--a Google one--for a person to be able to listen to their audiobooks.

I just logged onto my account and was able to download my earliest and latest audiobooks. Not sure why you are having a problem...

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by skinmaan

I just logged onto my account and was able to download my earliest and latest audiobooks. Not sure why you are having a problem...

Good news. I hope that things stay that way.

I should have mentioned that I'm using Android.

When I couldn't download the two audiobooks, I went looking around the Christianaudio.com website. Among the enlightening webpages was this one: https://support.christianaudio.com/h...bile_site=true (sorry if the formatting is poor or non-existent--my real computer is still bricked, and I'm still having to use a smartphone). Reading the instructions for Android, it seems that a person using that OS has no option but to use the app now.

Instructions on audio playback are at https://support.christianaudio.com/h...bile_site=true. The only one that I read was the one that applies to the Android smartphone.

A lot of what I learned was also from the information provided along with the Google app for Christianaudio, found on Google Play (https://play.google.com/store/apps).

I notice that you use an Android tablet. Did you try using it?

Maybe Christianaudio is rolling out the changes in stages. All that I really can do is to share with you my experience.

If I had a device that was not (yet) affected, I would be backing up the MP3's.

[tubemonkey]

Daily Deals -- exp 19 Aug @ 11:59 PM PT

• Audible -----> $2.95 -- Never Split the Difference -- Chris Voss --> NF business
  
• Downpour --> $2.95 -- The Sacco Gang -- Andrea Camilleri --> historical
  
• eStories ----> $4.99 -- Wait for Dark (book 17) -- Kay Hooper --> supernatural

[tubemonkey]

Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 20 Aug @ 11:59 PM BST

• £1.99 -- Plague Pits & River Bones (book 4) -- Karen Charlton --> historical

[tubemonkey]

Last Day -- Audible -- exp 19 Aug

• SALE -- 2-For-1 Sale --> details

[tubemonkey]

Daily Deals -- exp 20 Aug @ 11:59 PM PT

• Audible -----> $3.95 -- Twist of Faith -- Ellen J Green --> suspense
  
• Downpour --> $3.95 -- Meg: Generations (book 6) -- Steve Alten --> sci-fi
  
• eStories ----> $5.00 -- Murderous Secrets (series) -- Paty Jager --> mystery

[tubemonkey]

Last Day -- Downpour -- exp 20 Aug

• $1.99 -- Freedom’s Fate --> details --> rental only

[tubemonkey]

Audible -- Free Rental for Members -- exp 05 Sep 2019

• FREE -- Aaptiv Fitness Programs -- rental only (you do not own these)

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These programs were created exclusively for Audible by Aaptiv trainers. Complete collection of programs valued at over $95—FREE for members. Download and access in your Library until September 5, 2019.

[skinmaan]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Audible -- Free For Members -- exp 05 Sep 2019

• FREE -- Aaptiv Fitness Programs

Important detail - unlike other freebies, Audible is actually going to reach into your library and pull this one out after the deal expires.

[tubemonkey]

Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 21 Aug @ 11:59 PM BST

• £1.99 -- Beach Money -- Jordan Adler --> NF self-help

[tubemonkey]

Daily Deals -- exp 21 Aug @ 11:59 PM PT

• Audible -----> $5.95 -- The Masterpiece -- Francine Rivers --> romance
  
• Downpour --> $3.95 -- Letting Go -- Abe Aamidor --> literary
  
• eStories ----> $4.99 -- The Wedding Shop (book 3) -- Rachel Hauck --> Christian

[tubemonkey]

Penguin Random House -- Free Monthly Audiobook -- starts 22 Aug

Save the date for this month's FREE audiobook download, launching 8/22 at noon ET! Can you guess what it is? Here's a hint: it's psychological suspense and the image below is a clue...

[tubemonkey]

Downpour -- Rental of the Week -- exp 27 Aug

• $1.99 -- Lost -- PC Cast, et al/ Caitlin Davies --> 12.7 hrs --> fantasy

A House of Night Other World Series (book 2)

The moment Other Kevin returns to his world trouble begins. Thankfully, he finds friends and allies—some expected, some unexpected—and soon discovers he, like his sister, can wield Old Magick. But without a mentor to help him, will Kevin be tempted to embrace Darkness?

Back in our Tulsa, things have settled down since Zoey and the gang closed the tear between worlds. A new school year has begun, and Zoey’s exchange student program with public schools is really taking off. All is well.

But if all is well, why is Zoey increasingly withdrawn and moody?

Stark thinks he knows what’s wrong—and he is determined not to lose Zoey to the Other World and Heath, who is there and very much alive.

Stevie Rae thinks she knows what’s wrong—Z just needs a break. Maybe a little vacay?

And the rest of the Nerd Herd thinks their Z will be fine—just give her some time to stop missing (and worrying about) Other Kevin.

But Zoey knows the truth. In the Other World her brother is using Old Magick, unaware of the dangers it holds. Without guidance, what will stop him from giving in to the potent pull of Old Magick? Without her guidance, Other Kevin could lose more than the war against Neferet—he could lose his soul. And Z knows she must help him—after all, he is her little brother …

In Lost, we follow Zoey, Stevie Rae, and Rephaim to an alternative version of the House of Night, where dangers take the form of friends, and allies are found in the strangest places.