No audiobook fans?
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I love audio books, I listen to them at work, it makes the day go faster, and I also listen while driving. I have used audible off and one since 2005, before that when I was a printer, I use to buy books on tape and I would listen during the day and then my ex husband would listen to the same book at night when he would be printing. Right now I am working my way thru the entire Outlander series, I have either read or listen to all of it except the last book.
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I just have two audiobooks at home and though I haven't got a chance to get my hands on others, I listen to and then re-listen to the two whenever I get some time to myself. One is In A Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson. This one is like a tour of the lethal animals of Australia and is full of punchlines. The other one is the ubiquitous Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling. The story seems all the more magical when you hear it somehow; especially love Jim Dale's rich, deep voice.
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I've been interested in audiobooks for a while now. I haven't bought any yet, but I would like to try them out. A lot of the time I don't have time to sit down and read so an audiobook would take care of that problem. I need to try one or two.
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I've got most of a year of Audible for free thanks to posts like this:
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I'd imagine that if the book is in the public domain, you can do an audiobook of it yourself if you like and release it as a podcast.
They are wonderful. Unfortunately, I have most of them on cassette (in some cases more than once, my parents' own them) rather than CD, and upgrading would be pricey.
They are wonderful. Unfortunately, I have most of them on cassette (in some cases more than once, my parents' own them) rather than CD, and upgrading would be pricey.
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Yeah, but it's a rare thing when a podcast is actually someone reading a book. Usually a podcast is a person or a small group of people loosely following some show notes and spitballing about some topic for that podcast episode.
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True, but he said "serial podcast," which is what Sigler does.
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Yeah, I guess a serialized podcast can seem a lot like an audiobook, but I still think an audiobook is essentially one or more narrators reading a written book chapter by chapter. And for me that is clearly different from a podcast host covering a single topic even if it's done over multiple podcast episodes.
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Other than that, the specials for members are usually to buy books off some limited list of titles for some sort of discount (for a couple of examples, "only $4.95 each" or "buy 2 get 1 free" are common).
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I've gotten into the "Whispersync For Voice" feature recently for syncing up a Kindle book with its Audible audiobook version.
But it doesn't work for every book I have on both Kindle and Audible formats, so I wonder why this feature isn't built-in for every book they have on both formats.
But it doesn't work for every book I have on both Kindle and Audible formats, so I wonder why this feature isn't built-in for every book they have on both formats.
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Not really. The closest to a site wide deal is what they did for April with the "buy 4 books with a regular price above some set amount and get a coupon of a certain dollar value."
Other than that, the specials for members are usually to buy books off some limited list of titles for some sort of discount (for a couple of examples, "only $4.95 each" or "buy 2 get 1 free" are common).
Other than that, the specials for members are usually to buy books off some limited list of titles for some sort of discount (for a couple of examples, "only $4.95 each" or "buy 2 get 1 free" are common).
Today the deal is The Starling Project: An Audible Drama written by Jeffery Deaver.
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I've gotten into the "Whispersync For Voice" feature recently for syncing up a Kindle book with its Audible audiobook version.
But it doesn't work for every book I have on both Kindle and Audible formats, so I wonder why this feature isn't built-in for every book they have on both formats.
But it doesn't work for every book I have on both Kindle and Audible formats, so I wonder why this feature isn't built-in for every book they have on both formats.
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One ended yesterday, but they routinely have a buy 4 audiobooks get a $10 coupon deal. The books have to retail at $14.95 or more but can be on sale or whispersync companion prices. Yesterday I bought 4 free kindle books with 99 cent whispersync audible companions and got the $10 coupon.
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That Great Courses sale is an absolute bargain. They are $7/course (they usually start at $40-$50) and are well worth the money.
Using the sale and a single audible credit I picked up the following for $49:
Over 120 hours of lectures for a steal. Thanks for the heads up aintnosin!
Using the sale and a single audible credit I picked up the following for $49:
Over 120 hours of lectures for a steal. Thanks for the heads up aintnosin!
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Two freebies a week from this site. Today's the last day for these two.
http://www.audiobooksync.com
http://www.audiobooksync.com