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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Listen to the classics for $0.99 (and earn $10)

This offer is on my Kindle with Special Offers (which you can turn on and off, of course, on some of the later eInk models), but is open to all in the US and Canada (and possibly some other countries, as well). The offer mentions listening on your Kindle, but you can listen to these on your PC or MP3 player, instead (I don't believe you even need a Kindle registered to your Amazon account, at all). You will need an Audible account (which may need to use the same login as your Amazon account), but need not be a subscriber to take advantage of the Deal.

Listen to the classics for only $0.99
  • Click HERE to start shopping. Use the Add to Cart button next to each audiobook you are interested in purchasing. Choose from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. After you are done, click View Cart to go to the next step.
  • For subscribers, be sure to uncheck the box next to Use Credit on each of the items and click on Update, otherwise you'll waste your monthly credits on the offer.
  • If you signed up for all five of the audiobooks, you should see a total of $4.95; click on Next Step.
  • On the next page, confirm your price (and double check that you haven't used any monthly credits), then click on Complete Purchase (note that any existing discounts will be used to cover the cost, first).
  • You'll then see download page for those who want to send the audiobooks directly to a Kindle (via WiFi only); you can ignore it and download the books later from the My Library page or any WiFi Kindle.
  • As a bonus, those who are eligible for the Listening Rewards program will find that these qualify as purchases and buying four or more will result in a $10 "discount" in your account next month! Even if you never listen to the four you buy, you can turn the $3.96 spent into a $10 discount on another audiobook due to this bonus deal.
You won't be able to use that $10 discount on the semi-annual Half-Price Sale that is currently going on, since it ends April 27, but you may want to check it out, as there are over 1,000 audiobooks currently on sale. Although some are much better deals if you use your monthly credits, others are low enough that a monetary purchase is the best choice. Since I still have a $5 discount left after taking advantage of this offer (apparently some sort of anniversary bonus that I found in my account), I'll be trolling thru the choices in search of a new book to listen to in the car.

If you want to give any of the $0.99 sale audiobooks as gifts, you can't do that from the main Offer page. But, if you click on the titles to get the product details page, you'll see that the 99 cent price carries thru and you'll have a green Give as Gift button.

Edit to add: I just noticed that there are still two days left in the contest to win Stephen King's new Dark Tower novel. Thru April 20, purchase one or more books from the list of audiobooks and your name is entered to win The Wind Through the Keyhole (releasing April 24). With a total of 77 books to choose from, you could earn up to 77 chances to win. Winners will be notified April 23. If you were going to buy one of these anyway, you might want to hurry up the purchase to get in on the contest.

KSO details (which can be completely ignored for this offer):
  1. First, turn on your Kindle with Special Offers, click Menu, then View Special Offers.
  2. Find the offer: Listen to a classic on your Kindle for only $0.99. Click on it, then on the link to Email Me This Offer.
  3. You will get an email from Amazon with a link to the Audible Offer page.
  4. Sign up for the offer expires on April 21 (but I can't find any expiration on the offer itself).
  5. Follow the above directions to take advantage of the offer.