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scupper on 14/06/2012 - 00:47 audiobooksync.com (902 clicks)
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"2 Free Audiobook Downloads Each Week This Summer
June 14 - August 22, 2012

Teens and other readers of Young Adult Literature will have the opportunity to listen to bestselling titles and required reading classics this summer."

It's still a few hours to go before it starts due to timezone differences. Some of the books may be restricted to the US only, I don't know if there is IP checking involved, but a US-based VPN or IP changer should work if required. You will be asked to install an audiobook manager program called Overdrive that will do the downloading. The downloaded files are still ordinary MP3 files that you can copy to your personal media players. They also have apps for iOS and Android.

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  • easternculture on 14/06/2012 - 01:40

    Thanks !

  • Julyshas on 14/06/2012 - 07:23

    Thank you,I greatly enjoy audio and have 2 audible.com(amazon.com) accounts so anything for cheap is a bonus, thanks again

  • [Deactivated] on 14/06/2012 - 07:38

    Hi,

    Thanks for the link, are you a user of that site? I have tried a dozen times to send a message to them and it keeps saying go back and type password which it gives you and it doesn't matter how many times I type it I get the same message. I have gone to the "home" tab and there is no contact details?

    Cheers

    • scupper on 14/06/2012 - 09:06

      Try again tomorrow. It's still the 13th in the US.

  • hugo. on 14/06/2012 - 08:00

    forgive my ignorance, but how to download these mp3?

  • jv on 14/06/2012 - 08:09
    -7

    Each Week This Summer

    It's Winter…

    • daveted on 14/06/2012 - 11:49
      +4

      Feel free to wait 6 months, and see how that works out for you.

  • braddsey on 14/06/2012 - 22:18

    I can confirm that there is some sort of ip check, I could only download the unrestricted book. I'll give it a go via my work us-based VPN tomorrow.

    • melmac77 on 14/06/2012 - 23:16

      Which one was the unrestricted one?

      • comphelp on 14/06/2012 - 23:37
        +1

        The Grapes of Wrath.

        From their website:

        Download The Eleventh Plague
        by Jeff Hirsch (available in U.S., Canada, and Mexico only)

        Download The Grapes of Wrath
        by John Steinbeck

        • melmac77 on 14/06/2012 - 23:45

          Yep just worked that our myself thank you :) I've never used overdrive before but it was a quick and easy install :) Grabbed Grapes of Wrath no problems then fired up hotspot shield and grabbed The Eleventh plague. You just need the VPN on to get the small ODM(overdrive file) to open into overdrive then you can turn the VPN off and overdrive will happily download it :D

  • braddsey on 15/06/2012 - 14:21
    +1

    Anyone reading this and wanting them, here's the links. You'll need overdrive installed.

    http://tinyurl.com/BOOK-TPG
    http://tinyurl.com/BOOK-TGoW

  • easternculture on 16/06/2012 - 08:34

    Its always good to have that US VPN =)

  • comphelp on 16/06/2012 - 18:42

    In case anyone hasn't noticed, The Grapes of Wrath is an abridged version. Its only about 2hrs. The full version on Audible is over 20hrs.

    The Eleventh Plague seems to be an unabridged book.

  • wchui on 17/06/2012 - 22:02
    +1

    I've only listened to one audio book in my life. The reader was reading the book very quickly, in a monotone voice and I barely had time to digest.
    Are all audio books like that? I've listened to Japanese drama cds and they were a lot more entertaining because they constantly include background sounds and use multiple voice actors who aren't monotone.

    • comphelp on 17/06/2012 - 22:23
      +1

      No. Not at all. Certainly some of the free ones from Librivox are like that (but some are also excellent).

      I'd suggest downloading these and trying them. Most professionally produced ones vary from being at least ok through to excellent.

  • Chris McMahon on 22/06/2012 - 13:10
    +1

    The next two books are out. US VPN not required.

  • Chris McMahon on 29/06/2012 - 02:14
    +1

    This week's books are now out. US VPN not required

    • comphelp on 29/06/2012 - 10:02

      Seems you do need a VPN for the first one. I get a 404 on it without a VPN.

      Website says:
      Download The Amulet of Samarkand
      by Jonathan Stroud
      (No British Commonwealth or former British Commonwealth)

      • Chris McMahon on 29/06/2012 - 10:29

        I didn't have any problem downloading them without a VPN. I'm on a Teltra cable IP. Guess it varies by IP whether you need one or not.

  • Chris McMahon on 07/07/2012 - 03:32

    Anyone been able to get this weeks books? Tried both with, and without, VPN - no luck.

    • comphelp on 07/07/2012 - 10:42

      I got a 404 without a VPN but it worked with a VPN for me.

      Perhaps try again?

      • Chris McMahon on 07/07/2012 - 15:06

        Finally got it working in IE. Didn't want to work in Firefox.

    • melmac77 on 09/07/2012 - 01:33

      I'm using chrome and had to use a vpn

  • melmac77 on 12/07/2012 - 23:54
    +2

    This weeks books are up
    Guys Read: Funny Business By Jon Scieszka

    Ten stories guaranteed to delight, amuse, and possibly make you spit your milk in your friend’s face, from the >following esteemed writers: Mac Barnett, 
Eoin Colfer, 
Christopher Paul Curtis, 
Kate DiCamillo, Jon Scieszka, 
Paul >Feig, 
Jack Gantos, 
Jeff Kinney, 
David Lubar, 
Adam Rex, and 
David Yoo.

    and
    The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and Other Stories By Mark Twain

    The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” is a wild yarn involving a case of mistaken identity, a gambler >who’d bet on anything, and a very unusual frog named Daniel Webster. First published in The Saturday Press in >1865, the tale was immensely popular, and in 1867 an expanded version was published with 26 additional short >stories, told as only Mark Twain could tell them.

    • Chris McMahon on 13/07/2012 - 00:15

      Thanks. Worked first time with no VPN needed.

  • Chris McMahon on 20/07/2012 - 00:15

    Next two books are up. No VPN needed for these two.

    July 19 – July 25, 2012
    Cleopatra’s Moon by Vicky Alvear Shecter, Read by Kirsten Potter (Oasis Audio)
    Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare, Read by a Full Cast (AudioGO)

    • comphelp on 20/07/2012 - 09:51

      The Shakespeare one says currently unavailable for me with and without a VPN.

      I'll try again later.

      • comphelp on 22/07/2012 - 09:17

        The second book is back now.

    • melmac77 on 20/07/2012 - 12:16

      The second one is currently unavailable hopefully to come back later this is because there was an error where people who downloaded it were getting Antony and Cleopatra by Colleen McCullough instead of Shakespeare. Have you checked yours Chris what did you get ?

      • Chris McMahon on 20/07/2012 - 15:32

        Have you checked yours Chris what did you get ?

        I got Antony and Cleopatra by Colleen McCullough.

        I didn't bother to check the title when it started downloading. It was just click link, is "something" downloading? Yep. Post. :D

        No doubt they pulled the link when they discovered the wrong book was downloading.

  • Chris McMahon on 27/07/2012 - 00:36
    +1

    The next two are out:

    Pinned by Alfred C. Martino, Read by Mark Shanahan (Listen & Live Audio)

    Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson (Brilliance Audio) Requires US VPN

  • melmac77 on 02/08/2012 - 23:22
    +2

    Daughter of Smoke and Bone By Laini Taylor Narrated by Khristine Hvam
    Winner of the 2012 Audie Award for Best Fantasy Audiobook
    VPN required for this one

    Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky. In a dark and dusty shop, a devil’s supply of human teeth grown dangerously low. And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherwordly war. Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real; she’s prone to disappearing on mysterious “errands”; she speaks many languages–not all of them human; and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she’s about to find out.

    also A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Narrated by Simon Prebble
    Apparently perfectly narrated, Winner of AudioFiles Earphones Award.
    No Vpn needed for this one

    ‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times!’ Set before and during the French Revolution in the cities of Paris and London, A Tale of Two Cities tells the story of Dr. Manette’s release from imprisonment in the Bastille and his reunion with daughter, Lucie. A French aristocrat Darnay and English lawyer Carton compete in their love for Lucie and the ensuing tale plays out against the menacing backdrop of the French Revolution and the shadow of the guillotine.

  • firedragon on 08/08/2012 - 23:36

    Thanks for the post. Have been getting into audiobooks lately.

  • Chris McMahon on 10/08/2012 - 07:36
    +2

    The next two are out:

    Skulduggery Pleasant
    By Derek Landy

    When a not-so-innocent twelve-year-old girl named Stephanie inherits her eccentric uncle’s estate, she must join forces with Skulduggery Pleasant, a skeleton mage, to save the world from an ancient evil.

    and

    Dead Men Kill
    By L. Ron Hubbard - yes "that" L Ron Hubbard.

    When several of the city’s most respected citizens are inexplicably killed by what appear to be zombies, all Detective Terry Lane has to go on is a blue-grey glove, a Haitian pharmacy bill for some very unusual drugs and a death threat from a mysterious stranger. Matters are soon complicated when a beautiful nightclub singer shows up who claims to have information that could solve the case, but whose motives are plainly suspect. Against his better judgement, Terry investigates her lead only to find himself sealed in a coffin en route to the next zombie murder his own.

    VPN not needed for either book.

  • Chris McMahon on 18/08/2012 - 09:28

    Seems to be some sort of hold up for the last two titles.

    • melmac77 on 20/08/2012 - 00:49

      Our apologies! This week’s titles seem to have heard the ‘call of the wild’ and gone running off to parts unknown. Our host is working to recapture and relaunch this week’s downloads of: The Whale Rider and The Call of the Wild.

      As soon as the issue is fixed, we will announce the titles via text and email. Know that when the titles launch, we will have them available for a full 7 days. Stand by!

  • Chris McMahon on 24/08/2012 - 01:07
    +2

    Last two books are finally out!

    The Whale Rider
    By Witi Ihimaera

    Eight-year-old Kahu, a member of the Maori tribe of Whangara, New Zealand, fights to prove her love, her leadership, and her destiny. Her people claim descent from Kahutia Te Rangi, the legendary “whale rider.” In every generation since Kahutia, a male heir has inherited the title of chief. But now there is no male heir, and the aging chief is desperate to find a successor. Kahu is his only great-grandchild–and Maori tradition has no use for a girl. But when hundreds of whales beach themselves and threaten the future of the Maori tribe, it is Kahu who saves the tribe when she reveals that she has the whale rider’s ancient gift of communicating with whales.

    The Call of the Wild
    By Jack London

    Written in 1903, this classic brought Jack London to the world’s attention. It is the story of Buck, part St. Bernard and part Scotch shepherd dog, who shows the strengths of both breeds when he is stolen and sold off as a sled dog in the Yukon during the gold rush. A heartfelt story that appeals to both children and adults.

    Neither require a VPN.

    Thanks to scupper (the OP). Now I've got another 20 audiobooks sitting in my pile of shame. :D

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