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Downpour’s 100-title science fiction $5.95 audiobook sale: Ian McDonald’s Luna: New Moon, Molly Tanzer’s Vermilion, Cory Doctorow, Jeff VanderMeer, Ray Bradbury, and more:
In Downpour’s 100-book $5.95 Sci-Fi sale there are dozens of highly-rated and recommended titles. Here’s what most caught my eye, from a quartet of great titles from 2015, to Cory Doctorow, Jeff VanderMeer, Catherine Asaro, Walter Mosley, Jane Rogers, and Brenda … Continue reading
Downpour’s “Black Friday” sale ends tonight: Samuel R, Delany, Women Destroy Science Fiction, Kim Stanley Robinson, Jeff VanderMeer, new releases, pre-orders, rentals, and more
I mentioned this already near the end of last month’s #WhispersyncDeal roundup, but I figured I would expand things a bit and offer up one last reminder that Downpour.com‘s “Black Friday” sale extended well beyond the one day, and finally does … Continue reading
Downpour.com audiobook rental program review and offer
I’d been meaning to check out Downpour.com’s digital audiobook rental program for a while; there’s a recent flurry of titles out that I really want to get to soon — most recently Molly Tanzer’s Vermillion and Aliette de Bodard’s The House … Continue reading
Cory Doctorow audiobooks now available at Downpour.com
While I wasn’t looking, a quartet of Cory Doctorow‘s audiobooks showed up at Downpour.com — they aren’t available on Audible.com due to Audible’s DRM-only format and Doctorow’s anti-DRM stance. I don’t know when they arrived, but it’s a welcome sight … Continue reading
A second look at Downpour
A little over a month ago, I gave my first thoughts on Downpour, a new DRM-free multi-publisher audiobook service from Blackstone Audio. Still officially in “Beta”, I’ve had another month of buying, downloading, and listening, so it’s maybe time to … Continue reading
First thoughts on Downpour: DRM-free and beta-testing (updated)
Downpour is a new multi-publisher DRM-free digital audiobook (and physical audiobook) website and iOS app launched by Blackstone Audio, with titles from Recorded Books, Hachette Audio, and more. The site is a bit slow at times (note: it is still … Continue reading