Audiobooks discussion

Audible has grouped a bunch of their classics that they are selling for $.99 if you own the Kindle Single too.

Most of the Kindle classics are free, so you end up with both the Kindle and the Audible versions for $.99.

Here is the list:
http://amzn.to/18OI52N

Rob these are great and I added these as well as the 27 totally free ones they offered about a year ago when they started to promote the combos.

I deep-mined them as well. I even bought books I already owned, just because the .99 version had a different narrator.

Thanks Rob - great deal!

Stupid question - how does Audible know you own the Kindle edition?

Audible and Goodreads are owned by Amazon. Bezos knows how long you slept last night.

Audible even has a new column in the library that has a check mark if you own the kindle version. wow.

LOLLL - thank you both :-)

Rob wrote: "Audible and Goodreads are owned by Amazon. Bezos knows how long you slept last night."

I thought Goodreads was no longer owned by Amazon.

Amazon just bought GR.

No. Not unless they bought in April and sold in May. http://m.guardiannews.com/books/2013/...

Hmmm. Don't know how to feel about that. Hope they don't screw anything up.

I don't know why, but I was thinking they used to own it and then sold it. Maybe I was thinking of a different company.

You might have been thinking of the work the librarians did to pull Amazon data from the site.

Jennifer wrote: "You might have been thinking of the work the librarians did to pull Amazon data from the site."

Perhaps. I'm suddenly reminded to do a back up of my Goodreads book lists.

There are additional WhisperSync deals, including Jane Eyre free this month-- http://goo.gl/BI05n

Garrison wrote: "There are additional WhisperSync deals, including Jane Eyre free this month-- http://goo.gl/BI05n"

Not many new titles Garrison.

Apparently not all discounts are listed; to wit, moments ago I purchased “Gulliver's Travels” Kindle version ($0 http://goo.gl/YIXMa) and then was offered the unabridged audio version performed by David Hyde Pierce also for $0.

That is a phenomenal deal.

Garrison wrote: "Apparently not all discounts are listed; to wit, moments ago I purchased “Gulliver's Travels” Kindle version ($0 http://goo.gl/YIXMa) and then was offered the unabridged audio version performed by ..."

That was one of the 27 free classics which I got when I joined Audible - it is a great narration, enjoy :)

Ah, thanks Leslie.

I subscribe to DownPour rather than Audible (mainly due to DRM issues) but I've been scooping up the deals on classics. I did some searching and it seems that the for the extended classics set (i.e. not listed on the WhisperSync deal pages) fluctuate, sometimes free, sometimes $0.99, sometimes a bit more. (e.g. someone got Moonstone for $0, I got it for $2.99)

Garrison wrote: "Ah, thanks Leslie.

I subscribe to DownPour rather than Audible (mainly due to DRM issues) but I've been scooping up the deals on classics. I did some searching and it seems that the for the extend..."

The free classics were the main reason I joined. I have gotten some excellent bargains from them with the $0.99 WhisperSync, but sometimes the edition/narration which qualifies for the deal isn't the best one they have (which might be why the price for The Moonstone varied - different edition).