I started using Amazon.com years ago. I was not an online shopper for a long time. I reasoned how are you suppose to buy something like clothes or shoes without trying them on first? Then you get them and don’t fit, then what? I realized that online shopping like every other piece of technology was evolving. Online shopping did not just mean shopping for shoes and clothes. Suddenly there was books, music and movies for purchase online too.
I purchase my books through Amazon.com. Recently, I have added movies to the repertoire. There’s some prices that just can’t be beat. It’s true that Amazon has developed algorithms that track your purchases in order to make suggestions all in the name of getting you to buy more and more often. Amazon knowing you is not the worst thing in the world especially when recommendations for items that you actually want to buy are made to you at ridiculously low prices. Today, Amazon.com sold the Kindle version of Twilight for just $2.99. That was $5 off the regular price. Percentage-wise, that’s a great savings. In the process of deciding whether or not to make the purchase ( I don’t own a Kindle, but I do know that I can get the app that will allow me to read the book on my iPod), I came across a great surprise.
I clicked on the email Amazon sent me letting me know about the special Twilight offer to browse the deal. Looking through the options, there it was, an offer for the Twilight audiobook. When I purchased the Twilight Saga paperbacks and devoured them quickly, I wished for an easy way to take them with me and yes, to have them read to me, so I looked up any possible options. Yes, the Twilight Saga is on audio, but somewhat expensive, so I decided it would be a purchase that would have to wait. Finding audible.com through Amazon today was like my Valentines Day gift to myself. Normally, I don’t open Amazon’s suggestions, but I’m glad that I did today, so here’s the skinny …
Audible.com is a membership site that offers books on CD for up to 75% off. The offer that I took advantage of today was the one that gave me the Twilight audiobook for free (normally $28) and a second book for free (I took advantage and choose Breaking Dawn, the most expensive Twilight book, normally $35). So here I am sitting, typing and working while listening to Twilight for free. In 30 days, I will be charged $14.95 and every month thereafter (unless I cancel my membership), but I will earn a free book each time, so I will be able to essentially purchase the two remaining Twilight books for less than their retail price and the set for about $30, hello savings!
Here’s the offer that I took advantage of: Audible.com Twilight Offer
Now, I don’t know how long this offer will be available, so if this one is not available by the time you get to it, browse around for another. I did see others, but this one was the best one for me.