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Another battle of audiobook sales

Posted on 2013-01-17 at 18:10 by Sam

Downpour.com is having a 30% off every title sale, through January 21:

Meanwhile, Audible.com's latest sale is a 48-Hour "Wishes Granted" sale which lists 100+ books at $6.95. It's not sorted by any category, so here's my scan-through, which includes several excellent choices labeled PICK, including 1Q84, The Name of the Wind, Redshirts, Snow Crash, Theft of Swords, Nine Princes in Amber, and Among Others, er, among others:

• by Margaret Atwood
• Narrated by Claire Danes

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Untitled

Posted on 2013-01-15 at 16:52 by Sam

The first installment of John Scalzi's new serialized Old Man's War-universe novel, The Human Division, is out: "The B-Team", with the remainder of the episodes up for pre-order for $0.99/$0.69. And Audible is doing a "first one's free" deal if you Like their Facebook page. A couple "missing" things are (1) for ease of use, just let me spend one credit and pre-order all of them? (2) I can't (yet at least) "gift" future episodes, and (3) I really wish Audible would NOT default to using a full credit on

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TKTK Sam Listening Plans Always Private TKTK

Posted on 2013-01-01 at 05:00 by Sam

TKTK:

RC INBOX:

Downpour:

• FEB? The City of Devi, Farside, Free Lunch
• Teaspoon of Earth and Sky
• Daughters Who Walk this Path
• Birthright
• Jepp, Who Defied the Stars

• Sold
• Midnight Riot

• Gardens of the Moon
• This Book is Full of Spiders
• Valente 2
• Last Dragonslayer

January 2013:

The Dragon King -- reviewed

The Wizard of Oz -- review in draft

Last Call by Tim Powers --done - to review

The Human Division ep. 1

Declare by Tim Powers -- done - to-review -- do dual review of

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Battle of the download sales: Downpour's 40-50% off through Tuesday

Posted on 2012-12-29 at 19:54 by Sam

I posted yesterday about Audible's $7.95 sale (on 100+ audiobooks) which also runs through Jan. 2, but I should also mention that Downpour.com (Blackstone Audio's new multi-publisher DRM-free audiobook store) is also running a sale. Theirs is 40% off all downloads, 50% off of "Classics", as well as a wide selection of MP3-CD and CD audiobooks for sale, through Tuesday. Enjoy! Among other selections, I can certainly recommend, on sale for $11.97:

The Testament of Jessie Lamb (UNABRIDGED)

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Release Week: Alchemystic, The Ramal Extraction, Half Life, and more

Posted on 2012-12-28 at 03:41 by Sam

The last release week (though not quite the last releases) of the year brings a few interesting titles, but all in all a quiet week.

Alchemystic: A Spellmason Chronicle, Book 1 by Anton Strout, narrated by Linda Borg for Audible, Inc. -- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins. Out in the early fall in print/ebook from Ace: "Alexandra Belarus is a struggling artist living in New York City, even though her family is rich in real estate, including a towering Gothic Gramercy Park building built by her great-great

Posted in Release Week, Uncategorized | Tagged alchemystic, anton strout, release week

The Guilded Earlobe's Top 20 Audiobooks of 2012

Posted on 2012-12-28 at 02:13 by Sam

The Guilded Earlobe's Top 20 Audiobooks of 2012 are a must-listen list, and, eep, I've only gotten to two of them, The Rook and Throne of the Crescent Moon. The question isn't, really, if I'll get to his #1 pick for the year (A Gift Upon the Shore by M. K. Wren) but rather, when. (It will be a bit longer before I'll get to the nearly 48 hours of The Stand.)

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All Hallow's Listen, Featuring Neil Gaiman Himself

Posted on 2012-10-26 at 15:27 by Dave

Click-Clack the Rattlebag Written and Performed by Neil Gaiman Length: 12 minutes

Neil Gaiman and Audible have teamed up to produce a Halloween treat, "Click-Clack the Rattlebag," a short story that's available as a free download through October 31.

Yes, a free Neil Gaiman short story, read by Neil Himself! But it gets better! For each download, Audible will donate money to DonorsChoose.org, an educational charity! So click that link and get to downloading!

The story itself is 10 minutes of spooky fun,

Posted in All Hallow's Listen, Uncategorized | Tagged all hallows listen, free-audiobooks, neil gaiman

All Hallow's Listen Part 3: Dave reviews George R.R. Martin's Fevre Dream

Posted on 2012-10-25 at 05:00 by Dave

Fevre Dream, by George R.R. Martin Narrated by Ron Donachie Length: 13 hours, 37 minutes

There’s a lot of talk these days about vampire fatigue, and whether or not vampires should hole up in their coffins for a few years until they figure out how to be scary or interesting again.

George R.R. Martin’s Fevre Dream probably isn’t going to change anyone’s mind about the state of vampires in literature, and since the book was written in 1982, that’s really only fair. It is, however, solid proof that vampire

Posted in All Hallow's Listen, reviews, Uncategorized | Tagged audiobooks, Fevre Dream Ron Donachie, George R.R. Martin, reviews, southern lit, vampires