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The Downpour purchasing system is a little more basic than other paid audiobook subscription services. Blackstone has around 30,000 titles in its back catalog so Downpour members have an enormous selection of works to choose from, including the latest bestsellers. No matter where you are in the world, a Downpour subscription costs US$12.99 per month, putting this service in the middle of Kobo and Audible in terms of pricing.ĭownpour is brought to you by Blackstone Audio, which is one of the biggest independent publishers of audiobooks in the USA. According to Downpour’s own statistics, over 97% of its titles can be obtained with a single credit. It’s an audiobook subscription site that, for a membership fee, will give you a recurring monthly credit that can be used to purchase almost any audiobook in the Downpour collection.

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That’s because Kobo audiobook subscriptions begin with a 30-day free trial period.ĭownpour works like Kobo and Audible. If you’re worried that the Kobo audiobook range might not be extensive enough for your tastes, you can always try out this service for free. Kobo’s subscription service works similarly to Audible’s, giving you a universal credit for a single audiobook per month. That’s around a third cheaper than Audible, depending on your region. However, in some cases, you won’t be able to get new titles in every region.īut the real advantage of Kobo is its affordable subscription pricing model which costs US$9.99/£6.99/AU$12.99. When buying without a membership, Kobo is typically more affordable than Audible. Like both subscription platforms we’ve already explored, you can purchase standalone titles through the Kobo store. 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.

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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 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.

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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.

Launched in 2018, Google Audiobooks isn’t as well established as Audible, but it’s clearly designed to take it on.

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