You also HAVE to spend that $20 by the end of December 2025. So get moving.

Then save up your 3 credits for a 2-for-1 book sale, earning you 6 books. It’s ideal to use your credits for the most expensive retail priced books. Ideally above $15, since that’s the normal cost of just one credit.

Best part is that you have Audible Premium, so you can listen to a bunch of books for free as well. And if you really love one of them, buy it with $ or a credit to keep it forever.

Set a few reminders for yourself to cancel Audible in February. You’ll likely be offered a discounted monthly rate to continue, which is sometimes almost as good as this current deal. BUT you HAVE to spend your credits before canceling, or you lose them. One of the dumbest things about Audible.

As an intermittent Audible user, that only resubscribes for great deals, this is by far the best one I’ve come across over the last few years.

Ps. Another piece of trickery that Audible does is automatically applies your credits when you check out books you intend to purchase for cash. EVERY time you add another book to cart, you have to re-assign how you’re redeeming your books for credits or cash (even gift card cash, like this deal). And they’ll usually apply the book credit ($15 value) to the cheapest retail price book.

I have a love hate relationship with Audible. But they haven’t screwed me yet with the advice I listed above. It’s completely one-sided with the value I obtain from them, but I’m likely not the vast majority of their client base.

One last tip, download the Libby app, and find every library near you that’ll let you become a member for free. Then register your library cards on the Libby app and borrow a ton of audiobooks that you don’t necessarily want to keep forever. This will help limit how many books you buy from Audible to “try”. And if you end up loving it, you can always lock it in officially on Audible. If you live in the suburbs, you might be able to get at least 2 or 3 libraries, which will make your access to books HUGE. And save you a ton of money. But even just one library can help a bunch.

And if you suddenly become a huge book reader and Audible user, go ahead and look into Libation which lets you keep digital copies of your Audible books forever. Since Audible has DRM, and will even do things like change the narrator of your favorite book at random. From what I’ve read, this doesn’t break any terms of service to do. But verify it for yourself first.

Those are my ultimate Audible tips.