![]() Just as Kobo’s physical devices rival Amazon in the ebook space, the Rakuten Kobo store is competing Amazon’s Audible when it comes to audiobooks. Kobo is a Toronto-based company known for producing a slick range of e-readers. Alternatively, if listening via a smartphone, you can use a handful of apps created by third-party developers to access the LibriVox library. You can download MP3s or stream recordings in your browser. Plenty of LibriVox audiobooks are read out by celebrities or authors too.Īlthough LibriVox has a smaller selection than its competitors, it’s an ideal place to listen to classic works. How is that possible? Well, LibriVox only offers public domain titles, which are typically based on novels or non-fiction works written decades ago, long enough for their copyright protection to have expired.Īnother unique thing about LibriVox is that some of its titles are read and recorded by volunteers who make community submissions (opens in new tab) from anywhere in the world. Unlike the other audiobook services we’ve already explored, this is a place where you can find completely free audiobooks to download and listen to. ![]() If you don’t want to burn through your savings with a monthly audiobook subscription, LibriVox is probably the right website for you. That’s because Google Audiobooks works with a variety of voice commands which allow you to jump chapters or adjust playback speed without pressing a button. The best way to listen to a Google audiobook is through Google Home or on any device that supports the Google Assistant tool. Of course, you can listen to audiobooks from Google on any Google OS device such as Android and Chromecast products, but there’s also a Google Audiobook app for Apple products. That means if you only listen to around a dozen titles per year, Google will probably be the cheaper of the two.Īlthough its selection of titles is certainly smaller than Audible’s, there are still thousands of audiobook titles available through the Google Play store. Our price comparison of a handful of best-seller titles showed that Google Audiobooks consistently prices audiobooks equal to or cheaper than a single credit monthly subscription with Audible. The key differentiator of Google Audiobooks is that it only sells audiobooks individually, and there’s no need to pay a monthly fee to access to affordable prices. You can even move projects between Macs, if necessary.Launched in 2018, Google Audiobooks isn’t as well established as Audible, but it’s clearly designed to take it on. Quite a memory: Each Audiobook Builder project's audio data is contained in the project document file, so you are free to start a project now, take a break and return to finish your project later.Audiobook Builder can also send its output directly to a special playlist in iTunes. iTunes integration: Drag and drop straight from iTunes to your Audiobook Builder projects.Adjustable quality settings: Start with the included presets, but feel free to customize each project's audio settings to suit your personal taste.Enhanced chapter stops: Custom artwork you specify will appear in iTunes and on iPods with a color display.Audio file joining: Already ripped your CDs? There's no need to suffer through it again.When it finishes you get one or a few audiobook tracks in iTunes® instead of hundreds or even thousands of music tracks! Key Features: Join audio, create enhanced chapter stops, adjust quality settings and let Audiobook Builder handle the rest. Audiobook Builder makes it easy to turn your audio CDs, MP3s, M4As, and other audio files into audiobooks for your iPhone, iPod or iPad.
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