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coyo7e posted:Also, what happened with the Returns thing on audible? I picked up Ex-Heroes and whew is it ever a stinker, but I can't figure out how/where to try and return it on amazon or audible. Scroll down to purchase history and you can see which books are eligible for return. Just click on "eligible" and the return window pops up. e: It also tends to offer you a return if you rate/review a book at 1 or 2 stars.
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Lascivious Sloth posted:I also just finished this and it was great. I think I'll listen to 11/22/63. Does anyone have a recommendation for any particular Stephen King audiobooks and/or narrators?
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rypakal posted:Scott Brick is an instant buy for me on any audiobook. 
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Listening to The Martian narrated by RC Bray. Not only is it a gripping, intense book (with plenty of geeky stuff to chew on and some great comic relief) but the performance is really outstanding. He can do pretty much any accent and nails the snarky, glib protagonist perfectly. An awesome audiobook.
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Kraps posted:SciFi sale at Audible till may 10th http://www.audible.com/mt/SuperSciFi_ALL Picked up a couple books I wanted, thanks. I wish there was a way to permanently filter out "lovely vampire Twilight love books for dumbasses" on Audible.
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They are an Amazon company which means they have the best customer support in the universe. Chat them up and tell them you want to buy credits. You'll probably even be able to sweet talk them into a discount on the credits while you're at it.
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May 9, 2014 17:20
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Time Trial posted:I like to make good use of my credits in terms of pure hours. I recently listened to the Bully Pulpit for example, but enjoy fantasy as well as nonfiction. Any suggestions for great audiobooks that'll make my subscription go far?
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May 31, 2014 07:39
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Dominoes posted:Pretty much every youtube channel and podcast I watch/listen to is sponsored by Audible - decided to give it a shot. The combo subscription/pay-per-book model's kinda weird. Wouldn't it make sense to subscribe for a month, buy the books you want, then cancel the subscription? Subscribe again when you finish the books. If all the books you wanted were under $15 then yes, you could subscribe just long enough to grab them all.
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Sep 19, 2014 05:33
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Doctor Who audiobook bundle over at Humble. A shitload of nerdlord audiobook content and an Android game for ~$15 https://www.humblebundle.com/books Might even suspend my Audible membership for a few months while I make my way through all this!
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Dec 26, 2014 23:54
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Strange Matter posted:I've been listening to Andy Weir's The Martian, narrated by R.C. Bray and it's fantastic. Bray totally nails the (somewhat gallows) humor of the main character, and manages to do accents in a largely unobtrusive and natural sounding way.
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Tanith posted:Any suggestions for a good Scott Brick-narrated book to listen to?
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Danith posted:Has anyone listened to the audio of the Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne? The reader is outstanding, his voice for Oberon the dog is alone worth getting the audiobooks. He is perfect for the fun tone of the series.
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Hold on a second, it seems there is another narrator for the series but I only saw that when I used a different browser and wasn't logged in to Audible. I've listened to them all read by Luke Daniels, no idea who the other guy is. Maybe it's some contract/licensing bullshit. Anyway, my listing of them looks like this: 
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Aug 3, 2015 23:16
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Humble Star Wars Audiobook bundle: https://www.humblebundle.com/books Mostly dramatizations but they may add more goodies to it later.
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Fall posted:Stupid question maybe, but how do you guys divide your time up between audiobooks and print/ebooks?
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Scott Brick, Neil Gaiman, Luke Daniels, RC Bray
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There's a humble bundle for RA Salvatore's Demon Wars. Looks like 8 audiobooks. Are these any good? Anyone know if the production and narration is decent on them? https://www.humblebundle.com/books/salvatore-demon-wars-saga-audiobooks
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Enfys posted:Are there other places to pick up audiobooks besides Audible? I'm really getting into listening to them now and picked up a bunch in the last sale, but I'm not a big fan of subscription services. Hoopla, on the other hand, seems to have an app that was coded by retarded interns. I'd stay well away from their audiobooks.
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Just a heads up the Prime channels actually do use a non-trivial amount of data, and the books can't be downloaded, only streamed. This is from streaming 9 hours out of the 11 total hours in Ringworld 
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EdsTeioh posted:Well drat. Good to know. How are you digging Ringworld?
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Enfys posted:I have been listening to The Girl with All the Gifts. Good story, and the narrator's great. Has a different vocal range and style for the different characters which lend to their personality in the story. Haven't seen the movie, but it's a good listen.  Loved the story, the narration, everything. I had no idea there was a movie, definitely need to go see it.
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Zephyrine posted:Thanks for all the replies. Looking around I still feel like Audible would end up very expensive. I'll look at the librivox thing. You can also get audiobook upgrades for your Kindle books using Matchmaker - sometimes this even works on library loaned ebooks. Syrinxx fucked around with this message at 02:19 on Nov 30, 2016 |
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Nov 30, 2016 02:17
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Leviathan Wakes, which was turned into the SyFy show "The Expanse", is $3 for Kindle today. You can add Audible narration for $4 - making this a $7 audiobook and a pretty good deal! https://smile.amazon.com/Leviathan-Wakes-Expanse-Book-1-ebook/dp/B0047Y171G
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Dec 13, 2016 23:46
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Amazon just added free Audible narration to Prime Reading: https://smile.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/fd/prime-pr/ There are 50 books with Audible currently, not sure if they rotate once a month or just sometimes.
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ElGroucho posted:I have Ready Player One on my audible account and I can't make it go away
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learnincurve posted:Seriously though, if you go into my purchased books you can get a refund with a couple of clicks and the book is gone from your list.
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I'm halfway through the first Expanse book Leviathan Wakes on my kindle and really liking it. I'm considering moving over and listening to them on audiobook instead since I go through books so much faster that way (thank you commute). Anyone listened to these and can comment on how good the narration is?
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Feb 12, 2017 21:16
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Anyone have favorites in the Kindle Unlimited selection? They have a shitload of audiobooks for the cost but it seems like a good number of them are self-published crap or YA dystopian sparkle vampire book series
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Apr 24, 2017 16:11
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Audible just put a bunch of last year's deals of the day back up. Prices are nearly all under $4 https://www.audible.com/ep/DD-Resale
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There's a 2-for-1 sale right now, not a ton to choose from but I wound up grabbing books 2 and 3 of Red Rising for one credit. I think this ends tonight so hop on if you want anything. https://www.audible.com/special-promo/2for1
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Oct 12, 2018 21:17
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If anyone's interested, Walmart is now in the audiobook game via kobo. The cost is $9.99 compared to Audible's $14.99 but the selection will probably be worse. https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobooks
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2-for-1 sale at Audible until 3/10 https://www.audible.com/special-promo/2for1
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Mister Facetious posted:Anyone have an opinion of the Gaiman/Pratchett teamup Good Omens?
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Capitalism is fuckin stupid At least I will have the correct version in my library. Wheaton is great with books like The Interdependency but no way could he do better with The Martian.
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:Of course I started my Audible trial 2 days before their President's Day 4-months for $7.95/month or whatever sale. Doh.
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Mister Facetious posted:$6.95 sale on Audible. Modest selection, but it does include the first two novels in the not-Shadowrun trilogy Minimum Wage Magic
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poisonpill posted:2-for-1 sale again at Audible. If you haven't read The Illiad recently or at all, you really owe it to yourself to try this: What's the link to the 2 for 1? They aren't advertising it anywhere on the site that I saw.
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It is insanity that I am now considering spending a credit on a loving litrpg book
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NikkolasKing posted:I've been getting into Marvel Comics as of late and I had no idea that, not only are there many Marvel prose stories and novelizations of important comic storylines, many of those have been turned into audiobooks. I was curious if anyone here has tried any? If not, maybe you'll have some interest. I'm getting sucked into a rabbit hole myself. Right as I had managed to accumulate 2 credits....  Thanks though!
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