The Sword and Laser discussion

What do you think of https://serialbox.com? I saw an ad for the space opera The Vela with a female soldier on Facebook, and was checking out the first free episode. It has a few sound effects here and there. Sort of like one of Elizabeth Moon's Graphicaudio books. Is the text supposed to scroll automatically (no)? Oh, you can start a listening party with multiple people in a chat room.

Serial Box is cool. I liked it better when you could download the books but now it's only accessed by website or app.

The first episode/chapter is free to read or listen. There are a couple of stories that are free in general.

SB has a sale a few times in the year and you can get seasons for a good price.

Most of the stories are written in an episodic format. I've read several seasons of Bookburners and enjoyed it a lot. Tried out a few of the horror/mystery.

I've listened to a few books on that service. I got the "Orphan Black" one when it was advertised on Sword and Laser. That was excellent with Tatiana Maslany narrating.

They do have a fair bit of free content on the site when you sign up and also give away a full book regularly. But you need to be fast they go within 10 to 15 minutes.

They seem to have changed the giveaways to you have four days to read the book for free, but they are giving away four-day access to more people (1500 vs 500).

Orphan Black: The Next Chapter was terrific. They have a deal with Marvel to publish books in that universe. They have noir science fiction and fantasy, very entertaining.

I missed that. I looked back and in seems to have changed as of last Friday's giveaway :-?

I still haven't read the free ones I've got over the last month.