Seven free audiobooks inc Girl with Dragon Tattoo (worth £15 each)

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The Guardian is giving away free audiobooks online, every day this week (it started on Sat 4 Sept) inc. Stieg Larsson's The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo and Iain Bank's Matter. These usually cost around £15, but are totally free via this deal.

You don't need to enter any payment details or sign up for a subscription, plus you get to keep them as long as you like once downloaded.

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Each day the url for the special page on Audible.co.uk - a big audiobooks website - will be printed in the Guardian newspaper, and we will update them at the bottom of this post.

You'll be able to download each audiobook for 7 days after the link originally appears.

To get the downloads, follow these steps:

• Enter your email address and name
• Follow the link to Audible
• If you're a new customer, you'll need to register on the Audible site (this is free), or sign in if you've already registered. You only need to register once to get all 7 books
• The download link for your book should then automatically appear.
• Follow the onscreen instructions from Audible.

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The links for each book are released each day, and we will update the list below once the link is available

Saturday 4 September: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/promotions/competition/girlwithdragontattoo

Sunday 5: Armando Iannucci’s Charm Offensive
Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/promotions/competition/armandoianucci

Monday 6: Matter by Iain M. Banks
Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/promotions/competition/matter

Tuesday 7: Sir Charlie Stinky Socks and the Really Big Adventure by Kristina Stephenson
Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/promotions/competition/sircharliestinkysocks

Wednesday 8: Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwel
Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/promotions/competition/downandout

Thursday 9: Rapid French Volume 1 by Earworms
Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/promotions/competition/rapidfrench
Friday 10: Yes Man by Danny Wallace



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jap200

Started yesterday - can't see it anywhere on this board yet though.

Go here for the details:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/promotions/competition/girlwithdragontattoo

You don't need to buy the paper. The free download is via Audible, but you don't even need to register a credit card (apparently). The offer is also open to existing customers.

This is where you go to get the free download:
www.audible.co.uk/girlwithdragontattoo

"The Guardian and Observer have teamed up with Audible to give away a free audiobook download every day this week.
Today's download is The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, first part of Stieg Larsson's bestselling Millennium Trilogy published by Quercus Books. To download The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo today, register your details below and follow the instructions.
Don't forget to pick up tomorrow's Observer for details of our next exclusive free download."

Terms and conditions


1. If you need any assistance claiming your free audiobooks, please speak to Audible's support team on 0800 082 5100 or email [EMAIL="myaudible@audible.co.uk"]myaudible@audible.co.uk[/EMAIL].
2. This offer is available to every reader of the Guardian and Observer – even if you are a member of Audible or have had a free trial in the past.
3. No credit card details will be needed, and your audiobooks will be yours to keep once downloaded.
4. One free download of each featured audiobook per person.
5. This download will be available to download until Sunday 12 September.
6. Readers of the Guardian and Observer who are new to Audible can also choose to take advantage of a half price Audible Membership offer, for only £3.99 a month.

Edit: Previous problems with Audible and Internet Explorer have now been fixed - very impressed with Audible customer service.

jap200

Go here for a link to the details of today's free book:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/promotions/competition/armandoianucci

Today's download is the best of Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive, a heady mix of satirical comedy, messed-about archive, chat and outrageous fibs featuring guests Clive Anderson, Phil Jupitus, John Oliver, Andy Zaltzman, Russell Howard, Michael McIntyre, Chris Addison, Miranda Hart & David Quantick. This Observer exclusive free download is published courtesy of AudioGo.
To download Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive today, register your details below and follow the instructions.
Don't forget to pick up tomorrow's Guardian to find details of our next exclusive free download.

This is the link to get the free download:
www.audible.co.uk/armandoiannucci

Same T & Cs as before

FlyingDutchman

Brilliant! Two free books!

I've downloaded them (pretty quick) and they are now awaiting listening in my iTunes. It'll ask for your user name and password for audible before it accepts them into iTunes. I had a problem with the Armando Iannucci one but managed with ease to upload it manually by adding a file.

Thanks to jap200. :T

Barneysmom

That's fantastic, thank you

Do you have to have iTunes or can you download straight to your media player?

FlyingDutchman

It's not limited to iTunes...

MarkJ187

Downloaded the first one OK, but on trying the Armando Ianucci, I sign in as an existing customer & then it tells me my basket is empty. Anyone else having this problem?

veggieblob

MarkJ187 wrote: »

Downloaded the first one OK, but on trying the Armando Ianucci, I sign in as an existing customer & then it tells me my basket is empty. Anyone else having this problem?

Yes, I'm having the same problem and also with the Tattoo one which I'm trying to download today. I've emailed them at the address given above.

jap200

veggieblob wrote: »

Yes, I'm having the same problem and also with the Tattoo one which I'm trying to download today. I've emailed them at the address given above.

Seems to be a problem for 'existing members' as my husband has not been able to download either of the books. I had no problem with the first one, but have failed with the second too. I cleared cookies and tried again, but it didn't help. I have also sent an email to customer services. It sounds as if they haven't got this set up quite right.

Furny

Yep, I'm getting that too. Will try again later.

keefj

I had the same problem in internet explorer, it seems to think you are still logged on to audible and never gets to the download page. I opened the same page in Google chrome and logged in to audible again and it worked. Maybe logging out of audible might work if you don't have another browser..