I’ve often said Amazon credit is as good as cash which is even better than free food, so here’s a trick I found to get you some!

Free Audiobooks and Amazon Credit via Audible

Audible (owned by Amazon) is running a challenge: listen to 3 audiobooks by March 3 and get $20 of Amazon credit!

There are a few caveats, however:



1. Each title must be at least 3 hours long

2. You must be an Audible member, or free trial member, by January 31

3. You must continue as an active, paying member through March 17

Here’s the strategy:

Wait until January 30th or 31st, then sign up for a 30 day free trial. As a member, you get 1 free audiobook. Pick whatever you want (I have some recommendations below) You will pay $14.95 at the end of February/beginning of March and get another free audiobook. Audible members get two free “Audible Originals” per month, so use that to get to your third audiobook. Set a reminder to cancel your membership by the end of March. I have to give props to Amazon here, for all their services they make it very easy to cancel, unlike many companies which make it as difficult as possible* If you’re having trouble getting to 3 audiobooks by March 3, you can play them faster than 1x — it still counts! You get the $20 credit and now have enjoyed two free audiobooks plus one Audible original for a total of -$5.05!

If you’d like recommendations on audiobooks to pick as your free book, here’s a few I’ve enjoyed:

Principles by Ray Dalio

The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday

Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday

$5 of Kindle Credit for Select Amazon Customers



This one’s simple: go to this link, (sign in to your account if you’re not already logged in), and if you’re eligible for the credit you should see a popup saying so.

Disclosure: Some of the links above are Amazon affiliate links, so if you click on them and end up buying something, the world’s richest man will chuckle softly and send me a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the site!

* Two horrific offenders in this category: Shipt (a grocery delivery service) and Blue Apron. I will never use them again because of that.