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Personally I prefer to physically hold a book. I have a Kindle<\/a> but just have this thing about having a real object. Though I am seriously considering upgrading to a Kindle Oasis<\/a>. I also like to think that I am doing a community spirited action by then donating finished books to my local charity shop. A few year back I go through a phase of downloading free books onto my kindle device to see whether my opinions would change but I always came back to the action of turning real pages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am a member of 3 book clubs and awhile back we were reading Michelle Obama’s book “Becoming<\/a>“. I kindly lent me copy to a friend who promised to return it in time for me to read it before our book club meeting. They let me down and I had a week to rebuy the book and then read it on top and work and life in general. I realised that was unrealistic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The option was to download an audio book<\/a>. The playing time for the book was 20 hours, but you have the option of playing it slightly faster than normal and with over two hours commuting by car, I managed to get through most of the book on the move. I now have an Audible subscription<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sign up for the free 30 day trial<\/a> and you will get one book free, there are extras if you are already a Prime Member<\/a>. Your monthly subscription then allows you to download 1 book per month at not extra cost. A selection of complimentary Audible Originals<\/a> each month Complimentary digital newspaper subscriptions to the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post. Exclusive daily deals and a 30% discount on further audio book purchases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even without an Audible<\/a> subscription you can access free book via you Alexa device<\/a>. Just ask “Alexa, what’s free from Audible<\/a>?” Maybe not the most up to date books, but you will certainly find classics. So give it a try today. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Personally I prefer to physically hold a book. I have a Kindle but just have this thing about having a real object. Though I am seriously considering upgrading to a Kindle Oasis. I also like to think that I am doing a community spirited action by then donating finished books to my local charity shop. … <\/p>\n

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