Schneier on Security Audiobook Sale

I’m not sure why, but Audiobooks.com is offering the audiobook version of Schneier on Security at 50% off until January 17.

EDITED TO ADD: The audiobook of We Have Root is 50% off until January 27 if you use this link.

Tags: Schneier news, Schneier on Security (book)

Posted on January 6, 2023 at 3:04 PM • 7 Comments

Comments

Clive Robinson • January 6, 2023 4:10 PM

@ Bruce,

“I’m not sure why, but … at 50% off”

Hopefully that is not comming out of your pocket…

A friend who writes technical books for people doing crafts, discovered that their book had been “put on sale” and the company used it as an excuse to not pay the author their dues. In fact the company “forgot” to even register the re-print run and sales…

yet another bruce • January 6, 2023 8:32 PM

From the audiobooks.com website, “We only offer listening via our website, and/or within our app for iOS or Android.” I believe this means there is no sanctioned way to download a purchased book in ogg, mp3, or a similar format so that you can listen unencumbered and un-instrumented. Having said that, at least on Android, you can probably figure out where the audiobook is stored and scrape it.

There is a lot of hate for Audible/Amazon but FWIW “Schneier on Security” is available on Audible for one credit which costs me $9.56. This is less expensive than $12.50 on audiobooks.com even at 50% off. OpenAudible offers a very user-friendly way to retrieve the content you bought on Audible as an mp3 or aac file.

I love audiobooks!

echo • January 7, 2023 1:56 AM

Schneier on Security is available for free in the UK with an Audible trial on Amazon.

Ted • January 7, 2023 8:46 AM

I had not heard of this site before. It’s a good one to bookmark. Lots of ideas for future computer-related (or other genre) reads.

There are certainly fascinating works people may not want to miss out on 🙂

SoS was a book I remember finding at my library. I don’t know what I enjoyed more, the writing style or the ideas. It was definitely a stand out.

ResearcherZero • January 8, 2023 4:26 PM

The local supermarkets offered a similar discount of my produce. I took it to the markets, increased the price and sold it to fancy chefs.

cowardly lion • January 8, 2023 9:44 PM

I notice at the end of the URL:

“?refId=52755”