expired 2 Free Audiobooks Every Week until Aug 22
This was posted 11 months 8 days ago, and might be an out-dated deal
"2 Free Audiobook Downloads Each Week This Summer
June 14 - August 22, 2012
Teens and other readers of Young Adult Literature will have the opportunity to listen to bestselling titles and required reading classics this summer."
It's still a few hours to go before it starts due to timezone differences. Some of the books may be restricted to the US only, I don't know if there is IP checking involved, but a US-based VPN or IP changer should work if required. You will be asked to install an audiobook manager program called Overdrive that will do the downloading. The downloaded files are still ordinary MP3 files that you can copy to your personal media players. They also have apps for iOS and Android.
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Hi,
Thanks for the link, are you a user of that site? I have tried a dozen times to send a message to them and it keeps saying go back and type password which it gives you and it doesn't matter how many times I type it I get the same message. I have gone to the "home" tab and there is no contact details?
Cheers
jv on 14/06/2012 - 08:09 Comment score below threshold (-7).
Yep just worked that our myself thank you :) I've never used overdrive before but it was a quick and easy install :) Grabbed Grapes of Wrath no problems then fired up hotspot shield and grabbed The Eleventh plague. You just need the VPN on to get the small ODM(overdrive file) to open into overdrive then you can turn the VPN off and overdrive will happily download it :D
+1 voteAnyone reading this and wanting them, here's the links. You'll need overdrive installed.
+1 voteI've only listened to one audio book in my life. The reader was reading the book very quickly, in a monotone voice and I barely had time to digest.
Are all audio books like that? I've listened to Japanese drama cds and they were a lot more entertaining because they constantly include background sounds and use multiple voice actors who aren't monotone.
- Chris McMahon on 29/06/2012 - 10:29 ¶
I didn't have any problem downloading them without a VPN. I'm on a Teltra cable IP. Guess it varies by IP whether you need one or not.
- Chris McMahon on 07/07/2012 - 03:32 ¶
Anyone been able to get this weeks books? Tried both with, and without, VPN - no luck.
- +2 votes
This weeks books are up
Guys Read: Funny Business By Jon ScieszkaTen stories guaranteed to delight, amuse, and possibly make you spit your milk in your friend’s face, from the >following esteemed writers: Mac Barnett, Eoin Colfer, Christopher Paul Curtis, Kate DiCamillo, Jon Scieszka, Paul >Feig, Jack Gantos, Jeff Kinney, David Lubar, Adam Rex, and David Yoo.
and
The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and Other Stories By Mark TwainThe Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” is a wild yarn involving a case of mistaken identity, a gambler >who’d bet on anything, and a very unusual frog named Daniel Webster. First published in The Saturday Press in >1865, the tale was immensely popular, and in 1867 an expanded version was published with 26 additional short >stories, told as only Mark Twain could tell them.
- Chris McMahon on 20/07/2012 - 00:15 ¶
Next two books are up. No VPN needed for these two.
July 19 – July 25, 2012
Cleopatra’s Moon by Vicky Alvear Shecter, Read by Kirsten Potter (Oasis Audio)
Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare, Read by a Full Cast (AudioGO)- Chris McMahon on 20/07/2012 - 15:32 ¶
Have you checked yours Chris what did you get ?
I got Antony and Cleopatra by Colleen McCullough.
I didn't bother to check the title when it started downloading. It was just click link, is "something" downloading? Yep. Post. :D
No doubt they pulled the link when they discovered the wrong book was downloading.
- +1 voteChris McMahon on 27/07/2012 - 00:36 ¶
The next two are out:
Pinned by Alfred C. Martino, Read by Mark Shanahan (Listen & Live Audio)
Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson (Brilliance Audio) Requires US VPN
- +2 votes
Daughter of Smoke and Bone By Laini Taylor Narrated by Khristine Hvam
Winner of the 2012 Audie Award for Best Fantasy Audiobook
VPN required for this oneAround the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky. In a dark and dusty shop, a devil’s supply of human teeth grown dangerously low. And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherwordly war. Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real; she’s prone to disappearing on mysterious “errands”; she speaks many languages–not all of them human; and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she’s about to find out.
also A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Narrated by Simon Prebble
Apparently perfectly narrated, Winner of AudioFiles Earphones Award.
No Vpn needed for this one‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times!’ Set before and during the French Revolution in the cities of Paris and London, A Tale of Two Cities tells the story of Dr. Manette’s release from imprisonment in the Bastille and his reunion with daughter, Lucie. A French aristocrat Darnay and English lawyer Carton compete in their love for Lucie and the ensuing tale plays out against the menacing backdrop of the French Revolution and the shadow of the guillotine.
- +2 votesChris McMahon on 10/08/2012 - 07:36 ¶
The next two are out:
Skulduggery Pleasant
By Derek LandyWhen a not-so-innocent twelve-year-old girl named Stephanie inherits her eccentric uncle’s estate, she must join forces with Skulduggery Pleasant, a skeleton mage, to save the world from an ancient evil.
and
Dead Men Kill
By L. Ron Hubbard - yes "that" L Ron Hubbard.When several of the city’s most respected citizens are inexplicably killed by what appear to be zombies, all Detective Terry Lane has to go on is a blue-grey glove, a Haitian pharmacy bill for some very unusual drugs and a death threat from a mysterious stranger. Matters are soon complicated when a beautiful nightclub singer shows up who claims to have information that could solve the case, but whose motives are plainly suspect. Against his better judgement, Terry investigates her lead only to find himself sealed in a coffin en route to the next zombie murder his own.
VPN not needed for either book.
Our apologies! This week’s titles seem to have heard the ‘call of the wild’ and gone running off to parts unknown. Our host is working to recapture and relaunch this week’s downloads of: The Whale Rider and The Call of the Wild.
As soon as the issue is fixed, we will announce the titles via text and email. Know that when the titles launch, we will have them available for a full 7 days. Stand by!
- +2 votesChris McMahon on 24/08/2012 - 01:07 ¶
Last two books are finally out!
The Whale Rider
By Witi IhimaeraEight-year-old Kahu, a member of the Maori tribe of Whangara, New Zealand, fights to prove her love, her leadership, and her destiny. Her people claim descent from Kahutia Te Rangi, the legendary “whale rider.” In every generation since Kahutia, a male heir has inherited the title of chief. But now there is no male heir, and the aging chief is desperate to find a successor. Kahu is his only great-grandchild–and Maori tradition has no use for a girl. But when hundreds of whales beach themselves and threaten the future of the Maori tribe, it is Kahu who saves the tribe when she reveals that she has the whale rider’s ancient gift of communicating with whales.
The Call of the Wild
By Jack LondonWritten in 1903, this classic brought Jack London to the world’s attention. It is the story of Buck, part St. Bernard and part Scotch shepherd dog, who shows the strengths of both breeds when he is stolen and sold off as a sled dog in the Yukon during the gold rush. A heartfelt story that appeals to both children and adults.
Neither require a VPN.
Thanks to scupper (the OP). Now I've got another 20 audiobooks sitting in my pile of shame. :D
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Thanks !