Audible is offering a special for the Holiday season. They made it available for Black Friday and Cyber Monday but the truth is that you can take advantage of this offer until December 16th, 2009. For those of you who may not be familiar with Audible it is a downloadable audio book store that was acquired by Amazon back in 2008.
Though downloadable audiobooks can be purchased on a one off basis it seems more centered on subscription membership models for downloadable audio books. Due to Amazon's reach as well as Audible's longer history in the audio book market it tends to have a very good selection of audio books particularly when they are newly released.
Audible offers monthly and annual plans ranging from $14.95 to $22.95 per month or $149.50 to $229.50 per year. Their plan is based on the purchase of credits, one credit equals one audio book. If you are an avid listener Audible is a great option. My husband and I have had plans with Audible and have found it quite easy to use. If you plan to move your purchases around you may find it more challenging so check the device compatibility on their website. Here is their current 2009 Christmas special offer:
Save 50% for 3 months on Audiobooks & Get a $10 Coupon for your next purchase. Expires 12.16.09
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The November audio book discounts page has been updated for a while now. The month of November is almost over so I'm sorry for the late post. It isn't too late to take advantage of the savings on the particular titles. There is a new author in the mix with Martina Cole who is a bestselling novelist in the UK. She has written a hard-hitting story about gang life in London ala Sopranos in the Thriller Close. This month you can get this audio book title for under $20.
Also as we head into Thanksgiving here in the US we tend to focus a lot of our attention on Family. November is Family Stories month and in honor of that we are offering a special 20% off coupon family that you can use upon check out at our CreateTimeAudio.com store. This is a one time use coupon so load up all the titles you are buying before checkout. You can even use them to get more savings on the titles on our audio book discounts page.
For me biographies are a great form of family story telling so I have identified that category on the site promotions but you can use the coupon for any title. If you are doing any traveling this Thanksgiving Holiday listening to an easily downloaded audio book is definitely a way of keeping sane. Happy Thanksgiving!
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I couldn't help but post this so that Twilight fans could take advantage of SimplyAudioBooks 40% off on the Twilight Series tomorrow Friday November 20, 2009. Simply Audiobooks is offering a series of special offers in honor of Christmas. They call it the 25 Days of Christmas and are offering some form of savings on titles or shipping or authors. It is late here on the East Coast but you may be able to still get today's deal of 25% off Malcolm Gladwell titles.
The Twilight Saga is a phenomenon all to itself. With the second movie opening at midnight here tonight it is hard to miss the excitement that has been created by Stephenie Meyer's books. As I discussed last month Vampire Stories are truly ageless and Stephenie Meyer has made it new again for this generation. The current movie New Moon is the second in a series of 4 books in the Twilight Series featuring the romance between Edward the Vampire and Bella the mortal.
25 Days of Christmas, 25 Deals in 25 Days!
I will update you on any other deals that come my way to save on audio books during the holiday madness.
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Ghost Stories by MR James
One of the most well-known series of Ghost Stories was written by M.R. James of England. Though he died back in 1936 his stories have continued to be popular especially in Britain. They make a great addition to our list of Halloween Audio Books.
The Complete Ghost Stories audio books are narrated by David Collings most known for his acting in Doctor Who television series from England. Collings voice definitely adds to the experience. The eerie music is also a great tension builder.
The stories are broken up into 4 books as laid out below:
Part 1
- Canon Alberic’s Scrap-book
- Lost Hearts
- Count Magnus
- Number 13
- ‘Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad’
- The Mezzotint
- The Ash-tree
- The Treasure of Abbot Thomas
Part 2
- A School Story
- The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral
- The Rose Garden
- The Tractate Middoth
- Casting the Runes and Martin’s Close
Part 3
- Mr Humphreys and his Inheritance
- The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance
- An Episode of Cathedral History
- The Residence at Whitminster
- The Diary of Mr Poynter
- Two Doctors
- The Uncommon Prayer-Book
Part 4
- The Haunted Dolls’ House
- There was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard
- After Dark in the Playing Fields
- The Fenstanton Witch
- A Neighbour’s Landmark
- A View From a Hill
- A Warning to the Curious
- An Evening’s Entertainment
- Wailing Well
- Rats
- The Experiment
- The Malice of Inanimate Objects
- A Vignette
That's 33 stories to choose from and enjoy. M.R. James was known to read his stories to friends and students having been provost of 2 colleges, Kings College and Eton College. They scared and thrilled them as I am sure they will you! Download them on audio.
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Putting on a good Halloween movie might not be the best choice for entertaining children. Halloween audio books can make for a better choice as a Halloween season activity. Many of us remember sitting around a campfire as counselors scared us with stories about monsters and ghosts. That is the same type of feeling listening to scary stories on audio book. Your imagination is usually much better than the blood and gore in your standard movie fare.
This year's Audie Award author Neil Gaiman has a great offering for kids. Coraline is a book about children trapped in a mirror image of their lives which is much darker than the lives they thought they weren't happy with. The story goes on as Coraline attempts to rescue the trapped children.
We have quite a few titles to consider in our Children's Horror and Ghost Stories category. The free offering The Wonder Fears that I recommended in our Halloween Audio Books page is actually a pretty good choice. I will say that for any of these books listening to a sample is good to get a feel for how scary it is. You don't want to have your kids staying up all night.
Patrick Carman's The Land of Elyon Series is another good choice. It is as much Fantasy and Magic as it is Horror. Any choice will make for a spooky and fun Halloween!
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