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If you're planning a trip and are looking for some inexpensive spoken books, iTunes put up a special 25 books for under $5 page that you might want to check out. These audio books include material ranging from Steven King and Jerry Seinfeld to Elie Wiesel and Ann Coulter. Be aware that most of these selections are abridged or based around short material, so there's generally a good reason they don't cost as much as most full-length audio books. The cheapest item, Harry G. Frankfurt's "On Bulls**t" (Apple adds even more asterisks than I) costs just $2.95 for an hour's frank discussion.

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If you're planning a trip and are looking for some inexpensive spoken books, iTunes put up a special 25 books for under $5 page that you...
 

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Josh

Crap, I think the sale is over already... can anyone else confirm?

April 17 2007 at 4:52 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
bert

The online audiobooks provided by my local library aren't iPod compatible, so I'd have to get & rip the CD version and organize the files.

That said, I haven't listened to any audiobooks since the last hurricane left me sitting in the dark for a couple of weeks. For regular books, I love my library card.

April 17 2007 at 11:32 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Dean

Or, instead of paying any $, you could get yourself a library card and download thousands of free audio books. Houston has such a program and I'm sure many major metro libraries have something similar.

April 17 2007 at 9:03 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
NeilS

Curiously, this link works in the UK iTunes store - the heading is "25 Audiobooks under $5", but the books don't match up with the ones being discussed above and prices range from £4.95 (~$9.85) to £11.95 (~$23.77)

April 17 2007 at 4:36 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Yamarnez

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=217210315&s=143446&i=217210326

could someone explain me this asterisks thing, especially for this title (link above). (ok no audiobook, just music). I'm not a native english speaker (as you can see), this may be why I don't understand this :-)

April 17 2007 at 3:41 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
bert

Um, is it just me or is it kinda dumb for iTunes to censor the name of the book when the cover art has the full name anyway?

April 16 2007 at 11:30 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Scott

...And isn't it only appropriate that reviews of Coultergeist's book would be filled with hate? So is she.

April 16 2007 at 10:28 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Scott

"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time" is UNABRIDGED and 6 hours long. I've listened to this book, and really enjoyed it. I didn't want it to end. I highly recommend it, and it's a steal at $4.95! I wish I'd paid so little for it.

April 16 2007 at 10:27 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mark S

Thanks for the tip! I just picked up Lawnmower Man and Night. Much cheaper than the Audible member price (by about half).

April 16 2007 at 10:20 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
frank

the coultergeist would have to pay ME to get me to download of of her books.

April 16 2007 at 7:42 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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