Audible is offering a free download of "The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People." You'll have to sign up for a free account to qualify. [Digital Inspiration] (Thanks to Hunt!)
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@KarateMedia: But all those things are also (arguably) free, and you don't need to sign up for an account.
As part of the promotion, habit #2 was changed to "Listen to totally awesome Audible audio books every day!"
Nope, not going to get it. They need to make the Seven Habits of Highly Effective Pirates.
The Horrible DRM that audible.com uses makes it almost impossible to truly enjoy the "purchase"...
I <3 audiobooks. I just can't bring myself to pay for them.
@KarateMedia: I am so sick of you people with a Trader Joes in your city! Everyone talks about Trader Joes. Just in case you can't tell, I am jealous of you all.
I love audiobooks, Heck, I don't even mind paying for them but having to down load and install their DRM manager is just out of the question.
@WillG:
Bingo. I came there for a *music* download. Not for a needs-proprietary-OS crapware download.
I the same vein, I don't enjoy snooty black-tie-only affairs, either. If I want to bring my linux machine to your party, I will. And if I want to dress in jeans and a t-shirt for lunch, I will. :)
As a Canadian, I find it quicker and easier to go to my local library and borrow the CDs (and then 100% legally make copies due to our CD levy) than to download some weird ass download-manager-DRM-thingy then verify it for viruses and other privacy leaks. And, of course, I can pick up a lot of other stuff while I'm at it, as well.
Thanks for the olive branch, but stop attaching a 1 tonne weight to the other end, would you?
@Rubleaux: Then you'll really hate me. I have several of them by my work and home and never go to any of 'em!
@Rubleaux: Joe's is good, but can be inconsistent w/ stock -- find something you like one week, and you might not see it in stock for another couple weeks. And not "limited edition"/seasonal items - but just normal items that will sometimes be in stock, sometimes not, with no clear idea of when it will be back in. Kind of odd.
That said, $3.99 for a 6-pack of better-than-most-cheap-beer beer w/ a 6.5% alcohol content and it's called "Simpler Times"? Can't beat that.
Welp, I signed up on the site, added the "book" to my cart, and went to download the software. When I hit the download link, Firefox crashed. Once I got the installer to load, I went back to the site and it said "It looks like you've already downloaded this" or whatever. Sweet!
In fairness, my FF tends to crash sometimes when I try to download files, so I don't blame Audible for that. I'm just saying it should have let me get the file(s), since I hadn't technically downloaded them yet.
I'm guessing that none of those habits include sitting on the couch, drinking Trader Joe's Simpler Times lager in a can, waiting for 30 Rock to come on and wishing everything was different.