Even the man or woman who seemingly has everything does not have a personal storyteller. An Audible Gift Membership, which opens up a world of wonderful tales, real and fiction, is the perfect solution.
A birthday is imminent. Christmas is coming. A friend or relative is about to celebrate an anniversary. Obligation beckons, and you need to come up with a gift. But a necktie is tiresome, chocolates and flowers are a cliche, and gift cards, while no-brainers, seem particularly unimaginative. if not ennui inducing. So it comes to this: No gift idea you can conjure up inspires you, and it will undoubtedly fall flat with the recipient anyway.
Here is what to do.
Instead of re-giving the same Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da gifts, provide access for a loved one, friend, or colleague to the most extensive library of audiobooks ever assembled. And do it with an Audible Gift Membership. Okay, audiobooks lack the functionality of a necktie and the romance of flowers and chocolates, but they compensate in so many other ways.
Audiobooks will transport your recipient to magical and mysterious places, stoke his or her imaginations, offer escape hatches, and nourish their neurons.
For hours and hours, your giftee can sit transfixed as the most celebrated storytellers on the planet regale them with some of the most enthralling stories ever written. You cannot buy that kind of education/entertainment except, well, you can.
Audible Benefits
Chocolates disappear, and flowers wilt, but audiobooks are durable, and they feed the brain and sustain the spirit. Your Audible Gift Membership will accomplish all of this and more. Your gift recipient will enjoy:
- A virtually unlimited selection of audiobooks performed by world-class talent from the fields of education and entertainment.
- One audiobook, and two Audible Originals per month, for the duration of the membership.
- A reduction of thirty percent on audiobooks acquired above the membership quota.
- Anywhere, anytime listening with the free Audible app.
- Free and easy audiobook exchanges.
- An Audible book library your giftee will own forever.
Compared to the usual run of gifts, an Audible Gift Membership will be easy on the purse/billfold. You select the membership duration and then pay for:
- One month: $15.00
- Three months: $45.00
- Six months: $90.00
- 12 months: $150.00
That works out to 12 audiobooks and 24 Audible Originals for a one-year subscription of $150.00. If you were to purchase just those 12 audiobooks as hardback editions, that would set you back at least $250.00.
Get An Audible Gift Membership
There is no chance you will ever give someone the wrong audiobook. Audible will send your gift recipient an email on the day you select, along with redemption instructions. Or, you can print out and give the directions directly. The recipient can start the Audible membership immediately.
Consider the breadth and depth of material available. Audiobooks focus on bios and memoirs, business and careers, children, literature and fiction, mysteries and thrillers, romance and erotica, science and technology, science fiction and fantasy, and also self-development.
If you want, and if you have 20 hours to spare, you can have James Earl Jones emerge from the cornstalks on Field of Dreams and read to you the unabridged version of the King James Bible. Aside from such epic listening, here are a few examples from the various audiobook categories:
Popular reads
Becoming, by Michelle Obama (author/narrator): It topped the New York Times best-seller list, won a Grammy award, and was an Oprah Book Club pick.
American Dirt, by Jeanine Cummins (author/narrator): An Oprah Book Club pick, it documents the journey of Latin Americans as they flee toward the north.
The Outsider, by Stephen King (author) and Will Patton (narrator): A shocking, unspeakable crime, and a confounding investigation. It ranks among Stephen King’s best.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, by J.K. Rowling (author) and Jim Dale (narrator): Rowling’s Harry Potter series, a worldwide publishing phenomenon, is universally adored and critically acclaimed.
Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and into Your Life, by Gary John Bishop (author/narrator): A self-empowerment book that presents a no-nonsense approach to help you move past self-imposed limitations.
Break Shot: My First 21 Years: An Audio Memoir, by James Taylor (author/narrator): The song master who brought us “Fire And Rain” reveals the inspiration he received from his early life.
And there are millions of other audiobooks where those came from.
What You Get
Remember, you get 30 days of free Audible Gift Membership, plus two audiobooks and two Audible Originals. That will get you started. After that, you get:
- Three titles per month: one audiobook and two Audible Originals of your choice.
- Fast and easy exchanges. If you do not like your audiobook, swap it for free.
- You can cancel your subscription anytime. The audiobooks you already have are yours to keep.
- Receive five percent back on all Audible purchases when you set your Amazon Store Card as default.
Once set up, you can listen in the car or on the go with the free Audible app. You can access your Audible audiobooks on all Apple and Android devices, Alexa-enabled devices, and even on Kindle.
The all-new Kindle Oasis ($249.99) (photo above) provides instant access to millions of books, newspapers, and audiobooks, and works well with Audible. Pair it with Bluetooth headphones or speakers to switch easily between reading and listening.
One final thing: In addition to giving an Audible Gift Membership to a friend, relative, or colleague, you can always give a membership to yourself. After all, who is better looking, more brilliant, and also more deserving?
Get an Audible Gift Membership
In addition to giving an Audible Gift Membership to a friend, relative, or colleague, you should own one yourself. To enhance that, consider also giving yourself a membership in Amazon Prime, which includes a multitude of diverse benefits, including access to a vast movie and TV entertainment library, plus shipping and shopping privileges (see more about Amazon Prime here).
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