Audiobooks discussion

Kathy I thought it was very good, however the subject matter was a bit dark, and the narrator did a fabulous job in my opinion, here is my review :-)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Thanks for posting your review, Berit. It may be a while before it rises to the top of the queue. I'm getting quite a backlog of books to read.

Berit☀️✨ wrote: "Kathy I thought it was very good, however the subject matter was a bit dark, and the narrator did a fabulous job in my opinion, here is my review :-)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show......"

Thanks, Berit. I really want to read this one, but I'll need to wait for the right mood.

The Death of Dulgath by Michael J. Sullivan : ebook is free and Audible is $1.99 until the 16th.

Carlissa wrote: "The Death of Dulgath by Michael J. Sullivan : ebook is free and Audible is $1.99 until the 16th."

Thank you! It sounded good on the sample, so I grabbed it.

I just picked up the whispersync of Mustard Seed by Laila Ibrahim - kindle ebook for $1.99 and Audible for $1.99. Has some high ratings.

I just picked up In the Market for Murder for $3.99 on Kindle plus $1.99 for the audio. I noticed that the first in the series, A Quiet Life in the Country, was also $3.99 for the Kindle, but I can’t see the ws price since I already have the audio. If you enjoy cozy mysteries, thismight be a series for you.

Thanks, Joy. I just checked since I don't own these. The entire series is $3.99 for each e-book and $1.99 for the audio. The series is also in KU as a free listen and/or subscribers can buy the audiobooks without buying the e-book.

http://amzn.to/2syIvOX

Amazon has 9 books free right now on kindle for World Book Day, and 8 of them have audio companions for $1.99.

I’m on my phone so can’t link them right now, but if you go to amazon and search on World Book Day you will find them. They are available until April 24, I think.

Joy wrote: "Amazon has 9 books free right now on kindle for World Book Day, and 8 of them have audio companions for $1.99.

I’m on my phone so can’t link them right now, but if you go to amazon and search on W..."

hope this works....Amazon World Book Day

Arghhh....I bought all the audiobooks.

Jane I also bought all of them, after skipping the last sale. My summer reading list, I guess. I like reading stories set in cultures other than the US and UK. For $2 each, even if a couple are duds, it’s well worth it.

Joy wrote: "Jane I also bought all of them, after skipping the last sale. My summer reading list, I guess. I like reading stories set in cultures other than the US and UK. For $2 each, even if a couple are dud..."

I think they'll probably all be good because 1) they usually don't get translated to English if they're not and 2) Audible is slow to record books originally published outside the U.S.

I picked up the eBooks, since they were free, and still debating on the audios. They are at a fantastic price! Have until April 24 to decide...

glad the link work. Thanks Joy for pointing these out. :-)

Thanks! I got all of the kindle versions. I'm trying to decide which, if any, of the audiobooks I want to get.

World Book Day

I did pick up The House by the River but I have not started it. A.few months ago my husband got the Kindle version of A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea. He thought it brought up some interesting bits of life that Westerners don’t often know. It is short and I just haven’t gotten to it yet.

All the previous comments make me want to go back and pick up the rest of the books, but I’ve been having poor luck with the Amazon published books. I’ve bought many of them in the past year and am trying to get them read. However, either the writing is bad or the content. I’m discouraged from picking up more.

I have two whispersync audios of Amazon published books that I bought last fall and now I think I would prefer to read them rather than listen. I don’t want to return $1.99 audio books.

I hope I’m not making a mistake by not getting more.

All the previous comments make me want to go back and pick up the rest of the books, but I’ve been having poor luck with the Amazon published books.."

Katheen, I'm normally wary of Amazon books too but I believe all of these were already published (some many years ago) in their country of origin. Not sure whether they were previously translated so Amazon may be doing that and digitizing them. But these are not Amazon authors.

I looked up all of these before taking them. They are professionally published books that are translated into English. On GR some of them have reviews only in the original language - Greek, Russian or Spanish. ( I wanted to know something about the books, for instance one is WWII and I just cannot read any more books about Nazis, so I didn't take that one.) I also listened to the samples on Audible. I wasn't particularly struck by the narration, so I just went with 3 ebooks.

I think it's great that Amazon is promoting a variety of writing, not just famous names.

I just picked up Dark Echoes of the Past, a mystery by Chilean author Ramón Díaz Eterovic; ebook is $3.99 and Audible is $1.99

Pines kindle edition is currently free right now (The Wayward Pines Trilogy Book 1).

Amazon Link

The audible whispersync version is $1.99.

I have a question (hope it hasn't been asked before)

In the old days one could buy the audiible companion book to a kindle book one had purchased on ammy, for a reduced whiispersync price (also from the ammy site) ........ without having to be a member of audible
but
have they changed the rules ?
I have a friend who is trying to do this and says that to get the audible book she gets a message saying that she must pay a monthly membership to get audible books otherwise she can not buy an audible book from the ammy site.

Your comments would be very much appreciated.

Also what would happen if I sent her an audible book, when I finish listening to a book it says that I can send it and that every recipient's first book is on them (I am a member) would my friend then have to become a paid member to receive it ??

Do you mean Amazon website? If so, I am no longer an Audible member but I can still purchase kindle books on Amazon and get the audiobook for the whispersync price.

redandwhite wrote: "I have a question (hope it hasn't been asked before)

In the old days one could buy the audiible companion book to a kindle book one had purchased on ammy, for a reduced whiispersync price (also fr..."

I think you can still get the whispersync companion books from Amazon. I bought a couple of them last week. Not all kindle books offer the audio at a reduced price though. Many of the audio books are offered at either full or higher prices than what you’re talking about. I believe it’s up to the publisher to set the price.

redandwhite wrote: "I have a question (hope it hasn't been asked before)

In the old days one could buy the audiible companion book to a kindle book one had purchased on ammy, for a reduced whiispersync price (also fr..."

You do not have to be an Audible member to get the whispersync price. Your friend could also get one free audiobook from you without joining audible. It only works one time though.

Interesting to see all the replies, thank you all.

Even though I thought that you could use audible without having a monthly plan - my friend still says that when trying to purchase an audible book on Amazon my friend gets told she needs to sign up for a plan on Audible.

Perhaps she should just go to the site and register there.

I think that I will advise her to get one of the plans when they are on special offer and then cancel - that way she would be able to get one or two books for free to begin with.

redandwhite wrote: "...Perhaps she should just go to the site and register there..."

I have a free account with Audible and have bought a lot of audiobooks, but I haven’t bought anything lately. Are you saying that your friend never even registered to get the free account? If that’s so, she needs to register.

redandwhite wrote: "Interesting to see all the replies, thank you all.

Even though I thought that you could use audible without having a monthly plan - my friend still says that when trying to purchase an audible boo..."

You need to have a free Audible account to buy whispersync books, but you don’t need to purchase an Audible membership. Of course, they always try to make you think you do. You need to carefully read the purchase box on Amazon. They often try to hide the lower price purchase option below the Audible membership pitch.

Malevolent (Shaye Archer Series Book 1) https://amzn.to/2FBgGMt is free; audio is $1.99.

So I went to amazon this morning to the find your matches for whispersync page and the GUI (graphical user interface) had changed to a different format.

I could get past the changes, but for some reason it is only loading about 20 matches for me. It no longer is showing the "load more" option.

Curious if anyone else experiences this or if it's the browser I was using?

Just tried it in chrome for iOS and it works for me, I have the new interface and still have the load more option.

David S. T. wrote: "Just tried it in chrome for iOS and it works for me, I have the new interface and still have the load more option."

Good to know. I'll try another browser and see if I get different results. thanks!

I didn't know where to post this so I thought I'd post it here since this is the Whispersync area:

As many of you may know whyspersync is round-about way to get audible discounts. However a couple things which you may not know that may help are...

1) As with the free audible originals every month for audible members, Amazon Prime members are given 1 free kindle title per month from a selection of titles

https://www.amazon.com/firstreads
(combine this with the whispersync discount for the audible version...)

2) Whispersync discount also applies to titles in Family / shared library. About a year ago I convinced the rest of my family to buy a discounted basic kindle so that we could pull off a Kindlevention for my "I prefer my paperbacks" (that were falling apart and held together with rubberbands) mother. Since my family enjoys discussing the books we are reading, I would buy her many of the titles that I had on Audible. In the early days after the Kindlevention my mother would forget to bring her kindle with her to restaurants etc so I put her on Family sharing so that she could access her library from my tablet....recently I discovered that if she bought the next book in one of the series that the family was enjoying together before I purchased the Audible version, I would get the Whispersync discounted price when I logged in to purchase it.

I hope these 2 tips are as helpful to you as they have been to me.

Ron wrote: "I didn't know where to post this so I thought I'd post it here since this is the Whispersync area:

As many of you may know whyspersync is round-about way to get audible discounts. However a couple..."

Hi, Ron!
Great tips! I've had an account with Audible for many years, but it took me a while to realize that I could get some of my audios cheaper (and get the ebook too!) as whispersync! I've also added my adult daughter to my family account so we can share ebooks (she's not into audios yet, but I've got her hooked on ebooks).

Amazon is doing their free world books event again (see Feb of last year). 9 free kindle books from around the world, I think on all of them you can add narration for $1.99 each.

https://www.amazon.com/article/read-t...

Thanks for the heads up!

David S. T. wrote: "Amazon is doing their free world books event again (see Feb of last year). 9 free kindle books from around the world, I think on all of them you can add narration for $1.99 each.

https://www.amazo..."

Thanks for sharing! Some of these look really interesting.

David S. T. wrote: "Amazon is doing their free world books event again (see Feb of last year). 9 free kindle books from around the world, I think on all of them you can add narration for $1.99 each.

https://www.amazo..."

Thanks!

Appreciate the heads up David!!

Thanks for the heads up, David. :)

Anyone know anything about these? Last year none of them were quite right for me so I'd appreciate assistance this year from those in the know. ;)

Jeanie wrote: "Thanks for the heads up, David. :)

Anyone know anything about these? Last year none of them were quite right for me so I'd appreciate assistance this year from those in the know. ;)"

The Hangman's Daughter has been pretty popular. It's the first book in a longer series. I can tell you that I didn't care for the narrator of Murmur of Bees very much. I haven't read that specific book, but just finished a different one that she narrated. I'm pretty easy going, but she was not enjoyable for me.