FREE Audiobooks for Summer 2016

SYNC ~ Returning May 5

SYNC is a program that gives away TWO complete audiobook downloads each week throughout the summer program — a current Young Adult title paired thematically with a Classic or Required Summer Reading title.

This is an outreach from the Audio Publishers Association. It’s entirely free – all you have to do is enter your name and email address in order to download the two titles each week.

I took advantage of this opportunity for the previous two years, and I can vouch that they do not use your email address for anything other than an authentication. You do not receive a confirmation email, or any promotional emails either.

You can also get a text notification when the new week’s books are available to download. Text syncYA to 25827 for title updates and alerts when the new books are out.

Why Audiobooks? 

Photo Cred: Audiobook Sync

SUMMER 2016 SYNC TITLES

The SYNC program returns May 5^th and runs for 15 weeks through August 17^th. Below are the 30 titles for this year.

May 5th 

• The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial by Peter Goodchild
• Vivian Apple at the End of the World by Katie Coyle

May 12th 

• The Sin Eater’s Daughter by Melinda Salisbury
• Divine Collision: An African Boy, An American Lawyer, and Their Remarkable Battle for Freedom by Jim Gash

May 19st 

• 100 Sideways Miles by Andrew Smith
• This Boy’s Life by Tobias Wolff

May 26th 

• Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone
• Egg and Spoon by Gregory Maguire

June 2th 

• The Boy Born Dead: A Story of Friendship, Courage, and Triumph by David Ring & John Driver
• Words in the Dust by Trent Reedy

June 9th 

• I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
• Zac and Mia by A.J. Betts

June 16th 

• How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon
• The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man by James Weldon Johnson

June 23th 

• Donny’s Brain by Rona Munro
• Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan

June 30th

• The Omnivore’s Dilemma: The Secrets Behind What You Eat, Young Reader’s Edition by Michael Pollan
• Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith

July 7th 

• Symphony for the City of the Dead:  Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad by M.T. Anderson
• The Young World by Chris Weitz

July 14th 

• Fat Angie by e.E. Charlton-Trujillo
• On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta

July 21st 

• Mandela: An Audio History by Nelson Mandela
• Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

July 28th

• Pennies for Hitler by Jackie Friench
• Juba! by Walter Dean Myers

August 4th

• Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War by Steve Sheinkin
• The Book of the Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez

August 11th

• Bone Gap by Laura Ruby
• Classic American Short Stories by O. Henry, Jack London,Ambrose Bierce, Mark Twain, Stephen Crane,Kate Chopin, James Fenimore Cooper

Will you be downloading any titles? What do you think of the choices for this year?

FREE Audiobooks for Summer 2015

SYNC

SYNC is a program that gives away TWO complete audiobook downloads each week throughout the summer program — a current Young Adult title paired thematically with a Classic or Required Summer Reading title.

This is an outreach from the Audio Publishers Association. It’s entirely free – all you have to do is enter your name and email address in order to download the two titles each week.

I took advantage of this opportunity last year, and I can vouch that they do not use your email address for anything other than an authentication. You do not receive a confirmation email, or any promotional emails either.

You can also get a text notification when the new week’s books are available to download. Text syncYA to 25827 for title updates and alerts when the new books are out.

Why Audiobooks? 

Photo Cred: Audiobook Sync

SUMMER 2015 SYNC TITLES

The SYNC program returned May 7^th and runs for 14 weeks through August 13^th. Below are the 28 titles for this year.

May 7th 

• BEAUTIFUL CREATURES by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl (Hachette Audio)
• REBECCA by Daphne du Maurier (Hachette Audio)

May 14th 

• DODGER by Terry Pratchett (HarperAudio)
• GREAT EXPECTATIONS by Charles Dickens (Naxos AudioBooks)

May 21st 

• X: A NOVEL by Ilyasah Shabazz & Kekla Magoon (Brilliance Audio)
• HERE IN HARLEM by Walter Dean Myers (Live Oak Media)

May 28th 

• THE RING AND THE CROWN by Melissa de la Cruz (Recorded Books, Inc.)
• SEA HEARTS by Margo Lanagan (Bolinda Publishing)

June 4th 

• A CORNER OF WHITE by Jaclyn Moriarty (Scholastic Audiobooks)
• DRACULA by Bram Stoker (Naxos AudioBooks)

June 11th 

• THE LIVING by Matt de la Pena (Brilliance Audio)
• THE PERFECT STORM: A TRUE STORY OF MEN AGAINST THE SEA by Sebastian Junger (Recorded Books, Inc.)

June 18th 

• ROSE UNDER FIRE by Elizabeth Wein (Bolinda Publishing)
• ANNE FRANK REMEMBERED by Miep Gies & Alison Leslie Gold (Oasis Audio)

June 25th 

• MONSTER by Walter Dean Myers (Listening Library)
• LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding (Listening Library)

July 2nd 

• ECHOES OF AN ANGEL by Aquanetta Gordon (christianaudio)
• BUDDHA BOY by Kathe Koja (Full Cast Audio)

July 9th 

• THE EXPLORERS CLUB by Nell Benjamin (L.A. Theatre Works)
• AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS by Jules Verne (Tantor Audio)

July 16th 

• CROWS & CARDS by Joseph Helgerson (Brilliance Audio)
• THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN by Mark Twain (Mission Audio)

July 23rd 

• MARCH by Geraldine Brooks (Penguin Audio)
• LITTLE WOMEN by Louisa May Alcott (Listening Library)

July 30th

• COURAGE HAS NO COLOR: THE TRUE STORY OF THE TRIPLE NICKLES by Tanya Lee Stone (Brilliance Audio)
• JOHN BALL’S IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT Adapted by Matt Pelfrey (L.A. Theatre Works)

August 6th

• UNDER A WAR-TORN SKY by L.M. Elliott (Tantor Audio)
• THE OLD BROWN SUITCASE by Lillian Boraks-Nemetz (Post Hypnotic Press)

What do you think of this program? Will you be downloading titles? What other FREE summer resources have you found?

An Invitation!

I am happy to announce that I have been invited to participate in a blog tour!

When I got the email I was skeptical of what I’d have to do, but after a few emails I found that it’s right up my ally – and easy!

I was contacted by the Marketing & Publicity Manager for Diversion Books to participate in the blog tour for a contemporary women’s fiction title for summer, Pieces of Tracy by J. Daniel Parra.

Get the book now – it’s cheap! Just $2.99, and look for the upcoming book review in July, as well as a possible author interview and author guest posting.