Get three Audible audiobooks for $0.99 each and keep them forever

I’m an audiobook evangelist. I rarely go more than a few days without listening to one, and I’ll blast through two or three in a single road trip. But audiobooks are expensive and their prices don’t seem to be moving downwards like their printed counterparts.

So, if you want to score a few audiobooks for dirt cheap, now’s the time to check out this promotional deal from Audible.

If you’ve never subscribed to Audible before, you can get three months of service plus three audiobook credits for just under $3 total. This is a fantastic deal since a single bestselling audiobook can go for $20 to $30 when bought conventionally, even as a digital download.

Audible will keep you subscribed after the end of the promotional period for $15 per month going forward. But here’s the fun part: if you cancel after you get your third credit, you’ll still have access to the Audible app on your phone, tablet, PC, etc. You can download and/or listen to your audiobooks forever, even after you stop being subscribed.

Here’s another tip to maximize your audiobook buying power: keep an eye out for sales. One Audible credit typically costs about $15 (or sometimes $10 to $12 if you buy them in bulk), but Audible tends to run at least one sale every month, offering hundreds of full-length audiobooks for $3 to $10 each. That’s a significant savings over sticker prices, and you can bulk up on these deals while subscribed and cancel for however long it takes you to read through them.

However, I have to say that Audible’s Android app — the only legitimate way to access the service on my phone — leaves a lot to be desired. But it’s still worth it to get easy access to my library, which currently consists of nearly 300 titles. (If you haven’t already, make sure you listen to The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers!)