Audiobooks Archives

Free audiobooks from your local library

31/10/2025

With audiobook subscriptions and download costs rising, many readers don’t realise that public libraries already offer extensive audiobook collections for free. From mobile apps such as BorrowBox and Libby to online archives like Calibre Audio and the Internet Archive, library members can stream or download thousands of titles legally and without advertising. Library membership is free for most UK residents, and many authorities also extend access to workers, students, or residents of neighbouring councils. Library […]

Spotify rolls out Audiobooks to Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein

16/04/2025

Spotify rolls out Audiobooks to Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein allowing Premium listeners access to 350,000 audiobooks, including titles in German, French, and Italian. Eligible Premium subscribers will receive 12 hours of audiobook listening each month, and additional 10-hour allocations can be purchased as needed from €9.99. Listeners without an eligible Premium subscription will be able to pay to unlock access to individual audiobook titles a la carte. In Germany, there’s a rich tradition of […]

Spotify expands audiobooks into Western Europe

19/10/2024

Spotify expands audiobooks into Western Europe with Premium subscribers in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg getting instant access to over 200,000 titles. In April this year Spotify added Canada, Ireland and New Zealand to its launch of Audiobooks in the US, Canada and the UK at the end of 2022. The catalogue includes local authors such as Gaël Faye, Maylis de Kerangal, Joël Dicker, Suzanne Vermeer, and Saskia. Eligible Spotify Premium subscribers in those […]

Spotify Audiobooks adds 3 more countries

04/04/2024

Spotify Audiobooks adds 3 more countries – Canada, Ireland and New Zealand – to its growing list of countries that Spotify Premium subscribers can access audiobooks. From the 9th April Spotify Premium users in these markets will have access to up to 15 hours of audiobooks per month, seamlessly integrated alongside music and podcasts, on a single platform through a unified subscription. Spotify’s Premium audiobook catalogue, already available in the US, UK, and Australia, is […]

Spotify adds a new Audiobook Access subscription plan

06/03/2024

Spotify adds a new Audiobook Access subscription plan giving booklovers 15 hours of listening for $9.99/month. Available only in the US it grants access to over 200,000 titles. According to Spotify, ‘this plan and in one app experience, listeners can continue to tune into music and podcasts on our free, ad-supported service, offering a great option for literary enthusiasts who are looking for more audiobook-specific content.’Given that Spotify Premium is $10.99/month in the US and […]

Audible launches immersive audiobooks

24/03/2023

Audible launches immersive audiobooks with an initial catalogue of more than 40+ titles in Dolby Atmos format. It includes some of the service’s most popular Originals, including Letters From Camp, Maejor Frequency, Oliver Twist, The Prophecy, and The Sandman: Act III. New releases include The Little Mermaid, narrated by Leigh-Anne Pinnock alongside the Audible Emerging Playwright Commission Marrow by Aditi Kapild. The Dolby Atmos titles are available to all Audible members globally to stream and […]

Audible app integrates Alexa

02/12/2022

Audible app integrates Alexa and enables hands free listening and other voice commands. “Alexa, read The Sandman.” Is just one of many voice commands that the Audible app can understand now that it’s integrated with Alexa technology. While listeners have long enjoyed Audible on Alexa-enabled devices, this development will allow voice control right in the app, enabling a much more hands-free experience. Runners absorbed in a book can repeat a section without breaking stride, cooks can […]