I've had a few people asking me recently if the Cirque Du Freak audiobooks are being removed from Audible. As far as I'm aware, no they're not -- but, based on this screenshot that one fan sent me, it looks to me as if they ARE being withdrawn from the FREE downloads list.

I've got to be honest -- I know next to nothing about audiobooks! (Which might be why I'm not overly bothered by AI audio narrators, even though I know lots of people who listen to audiobooks are horrified and outraged by them!) I don't listen to audiobooks, and had little to do with those of mine which have been recorded and released by my publishers over the years, aside from rubber-stamping their choice of narrators. But I'm aware that fans on Audible have been able to listen to the Cirque Du Freak books for free, for a few years now. (Don't worry -- I do still get paid!) Or at least some fans in some countries have been able to, depending on their subscription model.

That now seems to be changing -- but I don't know if it's everywhere or just in certain zones. But I'm pretty certain that the books WILL remain on Audible -- I assume you'll just have to pay for them now, or use your monthly credits to download them if you have that set up. (As my wife does. She's always keenly looking around for new audiobooks to spend her credits on, though I don't think she ever spends them on mine!! Then again, I did read a few of my books to her on long car journeys years ago, so I suppose when you've have a private Darren Shan narrating experience, every other narrator will inevitably come up short!!!)

By the look of this screenshot, you have until May 17th to listen to the books for free on Audible, so if you've been planning to give them a listen (or re-listen) but haven't got around to it yet, my advice is to act swiftly -- indeed, given the number of books, you might have to move even swifter than a vampire at full flitting speed!!