Amazon’s Audible is currently running a nice promotion — 2 free titles of your choosing, with no further commitment. Of course, they hope you’ll stick around beyond 30 days, at which point a $14.95 monthly fee kicks in. But, it could be well worth it assuming the same “Gold” plan I’m on. Beyond 1 credit/book per month, I also receive NYT and WSJ daily. Audible is supported by a variety of apps and platforms; I generally stream iPhone to car speakers over Bluetooth, although downloads are also an option… to overcome the glaring absence of Sonos integration.
Details:
- Includes two free audiobooks with your free trial.
- Choose from 150,000+ best sellers, new releases sci-fi, romances, mysteries, classics, and more.
- After 30 days, get 1 book each month, $14.95/month
- Cancel easily anytime. Your books are yours to keep, even if you cancel.
In my Gold plan I also get the membership discount for any audiobook. You can also sign up to get an email for the “daily deal” — a specific audiobook title for anywhere from $1.95 – $5.95 — that’s a huge discount and I’ve chosen to purchase several of the offered titles each month.
With 128GB on my phone and spotty cell coverage on my commute, I prefer downloading over streaming ;)
Yeah, so I actually “download” too most of the time – I guess I was trying to differentiate downloading to a computer (for Sonos relaying) versus caching on phone. Somehow it seems less permanent, more streaming. But, works on planes too!
Here’s the Sonos details:
https://sonos.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/390
https://sonos.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2229
Thanks for the tip, Dave! I was happy to discover that this trial is valid for existing Audible accounts that are not currently enrolled in one of the Listener Plans – like me. Great way to add a few more books to my library.