LibriVox Downloader conveniently downloads free audio books from the LibriVox collection, which can then be played in a suitable audio player. Smart AudioBook is recommended. This app was a Christmas gift for my wife. If you get something useful out of it, so be it. LibriVox Podcasts describes the several different podcasts that are available, including the book podcast which distributes a selected book at the rate of three chapters per week. The LibriVox Podcasts is the wiki help for listeners who want to get LibriVox audio files via podcasting. Download Them with BitTorrent. May 21, 2009 Read reviews, compare customer ratings, see screenshots, and learn more about Audiobooks. Download Audiobooks and enjoy it on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. LibriVox Audio Books Books English Audio Books - Librivox Books More ways to shop: Visit an Apple Store, call 1-800-MY-APPLE, or find a reseller.
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The first thing that comes to mind when we think about the file transfer to iOS devices is iTunes and the transfer of audiobooks is no exception. iTunes, being the official software of Apple, is the preferred choice of the users to transfer music, video, photos, audiobooks and other files. Below given are the steps to transfer audiobooks to iPod using iTunes.
Step 1 Launch iTunes and add audiobook to iTunes library
Install and launch iTunes on your PC. Now click File > Add File to Library.
Select the destination folder on PC where the audiobook is saved and click Open to add the audiobook. The selected audiobook will be transferred to iTunes library.
Step 2 Connect iPod with PC
Using a USB cable, connect your iPod to PC and the connected device will be detected by iTunes.
Step 3 Select the audiobook and transfer it to iPod
Under “My Music” on iTunes, click Music icon at the left-top corner that will show the list of all music files and audiobooks present in iTunes library. Select the audiobook on the right side, drag it to the left side and drop on iPod, thus the successful audiobook iPod transfer will be completed. Alternatively, you can also select any audiobook from iTunes store and transfer.
Pros and cons of the method:
Pros:
It's free to use.
No third party software is needed.
Cons:
The process at times is complicated.
iTunes can't recognize the non-purchased audiobooks, you need to find them in Music type.
We love audiobooks on Book Riot. We love listening to ’em on our commutes. While we’re cleaning the house. While we’re running. Or, even while we’re cooking. It’s a lot of time for audiobook listening. Thankfully, these 11 websites offer thousands and thousands of free audiobooks online, with many that you can access any time and anywhere. Thousands and thousands. That’s a lot of books. Get to listening.
Where to find free audiobooks online
We’ll discuss each in more details, but the best places to find free audiobooks online include:
Librivox
Lit2Go
Loyal Books
Mind Webs
Open Culture
Overdrive
Podiobooks
Project Gutenberg
Spotify
Storynory
SYNC
Important note! These are all free audiobook options, but they’re legal. Sure, you can get illegal copies I’m sure somewhere on the internet, but that doesn’t help the authors or publishers you know and love. Instead, check out these free resources and then make sure to leave reviews for these books on GoodReads, Amazon, and other review sites.
1. Librivox
Librivox is a non-profit initiative to record public domain books and release them as free audiobooks. The site boasts over 10,000 projects, with a diverse set of titles ranging from War and Peace to Leaves of Grassto The Dream of the Red ChambertoAnne of Green Gables.
You can even volunteer to read sections for books-in-progress!
2. Lit2Go
Lit2Go offers audiobooks, plays, short stories, and poems that have been tailored for use in classrooms. Along with each free audiobook, you’ll get citation information, play time, and word count. Some, like Shakespeare’s Hamlet, have an accompanying PDF that can be used to read-along with the text.
3. Loyal Books
Loyal Books shares free audiobooks from titles in the public domain. You’ll find options like John Milton’s Paradise Lostand Sir Author Conan Doyle’s The Return of Sherlock Holmes, among others.
You can also submit reviews and read what others have had to say about each of the titles.
4. Mind Webs
As I wrote about previously, Mind Webs was a perfectly-executed, haunting old-time radio dramatization of over 150 of the most classic science fiction short stories.
You’ll find free science fiction stories from Ursula K. Le Guin, Kurt Vonnegut, and H.G. Wells, among others.
5. Open Culture
Open Culture has combed through the same audiobooks offered other places online, and compiled them into one list to browse. While you’ll still find many of the same classics offered elsewhere, like Frank L. Baum’s The Wizard of Ozaudiobooks, you’ll also find stories by James Baldwin, Ray Bradbury, and Virginia Woolf. Or poetry by Maya Angelou and Charles Bukowski.
Or, even a video of Neil Gaiman reading Coraline.
6. OverDrive
OverDrive provides access to the most ebook and audiobook content you’ll find on this list, by pairing with local libraries.
They have over two million books and videos, and partner with more than 30,000 libraries. You’ll find the newest audiobook releases through OverDrive, and they’re all free.
That means the free Harry Potter audiobooks you’ve been dying to read (or more likely re-read)? You can probably find them through your awesome local library’s Overdrive access.
7. Podiobooks
Podiobooks is a great option for newer releases, with many of the books read by the authors themselves. These free audiobooks are provided in a serialized form, so you can listen to small chunks that fit into your commute.
Podiobooks also encourages listeners to donate money directly to the authors of the books, with authors receiving 75% of donations.
8. Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg, of course, is the classic site for free books that are in the public domain. And now, their section on human-read free audiobooks offers an even wider collection of books. Stand-outs include Marion Zimmer Bradley’s The Colors of Space, Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, and The Book of Teaby Kakuzo Okakura.
Project Gutenberg also offers computer-read audiobooks, but imagine Siri reading you Moby Dick(thankfully, you do have a human-read option here).
9. Spotify
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Check out Spotify’s “Audiobooks” playlist for a list of audiobooks that are always being added to by the service. Spotify is free to listen, or you can go premium if you don’t want the ads.
Spotify’s list currently features The Great Gatsbyaudiobook, as well as 1984and Pride and Prejudice.
10. Storynory
Storynory offers free audiobooks for kids, with a mix of classics, fairy tales, and original stories.
They’re meant for kids, of course, but they’re really for anybody who wants to hear Brothers Grimm folk tales, Aesop’s fables, or stories from 1,001 Nights again.
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11. SYNC
Every summer, teens (or adults!) looking for YA audiobooks can head over to SYNC, a free summer audiobook program for teens, sponsored by AudioFile Magazine and delivered by OverDrive.
2016 books included Cristina Henríquez’sThe Book of Unknown Americansand Walter Dean Myers’ Juba!
Even more free audiobook Websites
Since this post originally went up, I’ve found out about a few more sites for audiobooks. Some of these aren’t as user-friendly as others, but with a bit of work, you can get your free listening on at these sites as well.
Learn Out Loud, for educational audiobooks and videos
Free Classic Audiobooks for, you guessed it, classics
Digital Book, which boasts thousands of books and a clean interface
If you love smoochin’, other Rioters also put together some great primers for finding the best free romance novels and audiobooks.
Not free, but cheap audiobooks online
If you can’t find the audiobook you want for free, you can always look at other services for cheaper options. Audible now has a sharing service where you can send a free book to anyone you want. Downpour allows you to rent audiobooks for a fraction of the cost.
Or, you can always sign up for Book Riot’s Deal of the Day newsletter, where Jeff occasionally features cheap audiobooks on sale.
And, just for Book Riot readers: sign up for an Audible account, and get two free audiobooks! If you love their monthly subscription, you’ll get one audiobook a month for just a few bucks.
How can I download audiobooks on my iPhone or Android?
One thing you’ll notice, and quickly, when using these sites to find free audiobooks is that, well, they’re often difficult to connect to your phone (or whatever device you’re listening to your audiobooks on).
Other Rioters swear by the Bound app, which downloads your audiobooks directly from a DropBox account onto your Bound app. It also allows you to use bookmarks and can remember where you paused your book. And it’s simply prettier and easier to use.
The Audiobooks app is another place to find free audiobooks, with a much easier-to-use interface.
Finally, if you don’t want audiobooks, you can find so, so many free ebooks online for your reading pleasure.
What are your favorite places to find audiobooks for free or cheap?
Post originally published in September 2016; last updated in November 2017.
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