Page 24 of posts by: Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

Audible's First-in-a-Series Sale, $4.95 through Monday, February 8: Ancillary Justice, Leviathan Wakes, The Lies of Locke Lamora, The Three-Body Problem, and more

Posted on 2016-02-08 at 20:57 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

So, Audible's having another big sale, with $4.95 pricing for "first books in a series" through tonight, Monday, February 8. And there's a bunch of titles. Here's my top picks, followed by a selection of further titles that most caught my eye:

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January #WhispersyncDeal roundup: Kameron Hurley's Worldbreaker Saga, Leigh Bardugo's Shadow and Bone, Catherynne M. Valente's The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland, and more

Posted on 2016-01-24 at 00:06 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

There are 471 Whispersync-enabled titles in this month's Kindle Monthly Deal listings, 75 of them in the Science Fiction & Fantasy section. While quite a few of these we've seen before (Amazon's 47North and Brilliance Audio pipeline) there's one right at the top that's far and away my first pick this month: Kameron Hurley's Worldbreaker Saga, read by Liza Ross:

The Mirror Empire: Worldbreaker Saga 1 for $1.99+$3.49 and Empire Ascendant: Worldbreaker Saga #2 for $1.99+$2.99 are just ridiculous prices

Posted in Whispersync Deals | Tagged alan cumming, catherynne m valente, kameron hurley, kareem abdul-jabbar, leigh bardugo, liza ross, luke daniels, matt forbeck, scott brick

December #WhispersyncDeal roundup: Neil Gaiman, Nancy Farmer, Cherie Priest, Linda Nagata, Christopher Priest, Kurt Vonnegut, Carrie Fisher, and more

Posted on 2015-12-26 at 16:43 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

If you've recovered from last month's #WhispersyncDeal haul (including Audible's and Downpour's week-long sales around Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and Tantor's annual Cyber Monday sale) and Audible's "Big Thanks" sale earlier this month, then let me tell you, the year's going out with a huge bang. Of the more than 1000 titles in this month's Kindle deals listings, a whopping 390 are enabled with Whispersync for Voice.

That's a lot of titles to comb through, so let me do some of the legwork for you, this

Posted in Whispersync Deals | Tagged cherie priest, colin meloy, dan wells, gordon korman, jo walton, julia whelan, kate milford, neil gaiman, wil wheaton

Audible's "Big Thanks" Sale through December 16: from under $5 to just under a credit, here's some fantastic picks from the members-only 50% off sale

Posted on 2015-12-14 at 02:57 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

UPDATE 2017-12-07: Yup, I’m “re-using” this post yet again for Audible’s latest members-only 50% off sale, which ends in one week, on December 14, 2017 at 11:59 PM PT (US). Don't be confused by either last year's sale end date (December 14, 2016) or the year before that's sale end date (December 16, 2015) and miss out. As you can see, there’s quite a bit on sale, and each year, the list keeps growing!

UPDATE 2016-12-13: I'm "re-using" this post again for Audible's latest members-only 50% off sale, which

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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

Posted on 2015-12-03 at 20:23 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

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 end tonight (Thursday, December 3). There's plenty of titles well below credit cost, and pre-orders (!!) and rentals are also included. One I’d recommend, right off the bat?

Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany, read by Stefan Rudnicki for Skyboat Media — For $7.63 this

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Audible's "Treat Yourself" sale ends tonight: Luke Daniels reading Kevin Hearne, Wil Wheaton reading John Scalzi, and more

Posted on 2015-12-02 at 21:45 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

I mentioned this already in the midst of last month's #WhispersyncDeal roundup, but it bears repeating once more, with feeling: here's my picks from Audible’s “Treat Yourself” $4.95 sale, which ends December 2, 2015 at 11:59 PM PT:

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November #WhispersyncDeal roundup: A Calculated Life, Off to Be the Wizard, The Broken Sword, I Am Princess X, Ella Enchanted, and more, and! a glance through Audible's "Treat Yourself" sale, and! Downpour.com's Black Friday sale (UPDATED)

Posted on 2015-11-27 at 05:31 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

As promised, you've got more than 48 hours this time! But there's a lot to look over, as among the 299 Whispersync for Voice-enabled Monthly Deals in Kindle Books there's a good-sized pile that catch my eye this month. And! Through December 2, there's additionally a very nice "Treat Yourself" sale on a big pile of audiobooks as well, and I have a glance through those titles below, followed by a really, really quick mention of Downpour.com's Black Friday sale through December 3.

First, though, the usual

Posted in Whispersync Deals | Tagged anne charnock, bronson pinchot, cherie priest, downpour.com, jennifer marie brissett, john scalzi, luke daniels, marko kloos, mary robinette kowal, oliver wyman, poul anderson, redshirts, samuel r delany, scott meyer, skyboat media, stefan rudnicki, susan duerden, the broken sword, wil wheaton, wild-cards

Harry Potter, now on Audible

Posted on 2015-11-20 at 17:21 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

Well, it's finally happened. For years, if you wanted to (legally!) listen to the Harry Potter series in audio, you could only avail yourself of the physical CD sets, either buying them outright or (as I did) patiently waiting in the library hold list. Then! In 2012, as reported here of course, the US (read by Jim Dale) and UK (read by Stephen Fry) digital audio editions became available at the Pottermore shop, albeit with a hefty price tag of $29.99 (for the first three books, each) and $44.99/each for the

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October #WhispersyncDeal roundup: Neal Stephenson's Anathem, Joe Hill's NOS4A2, Robin McKinley, Genevieve Valentine, Richard Kadrey, Christopher Golden, Umberto Eco, Alice Hoffman, and more

Posted on 2015-10-30 at 16:14 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

There are hundreds of Whispersync deals this month, and now it's coming to a close here's what you are literally about to miss out on.

First up, from the monthly Kindle Books for $3.99 or Less listings, there are 161 (ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE) which are Whispersync for Voice enabled, and quite a few that are indeed less than $3.99. Here's what most caught my eye, though be warned that it is still a very long list:

Anathem by Neal Stephenson (Author), Oliver Wyman (Narrator), Tavia Gilbert (Narrator), and

Posted in Whispersync Deals | Tagged alexandra sokoloff, alice hoffman, anathem, christopher rice, genevieve valentine, joe hill, neal stephenson, nos4a2, richard kadrey, robin mckinley, umberto eco

"Spooky Reads" #WhispersyncDeal roundup

Posted on 2015-10-24 at 19:56 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

Today's Kindle Gold Box Deal is 50 spooky reads at up to 80% off, and while quite a few aren't Whispersync enabled (of these, Claire North's Touch for $1.99 is a steal, people), 27 titles are, and while several of those aren't exactly in the "deals" category (at +$10.99 for the Audible edition, The Girl With All the Gifts, Heart-Shaped Box, Half Bad (The Half Bad Trilogy Book 1)) there are quire a few that are under $5-$6 for the combined Kindle+Audible editions. My eleven sf/f picks among these are:

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