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If you have been to Lovely Audiobooks before, you might have seen my reviews and comparisons of the most popular audiobook services. Below you will find my favorites rounded up and we will find out which one is really the best audiobook app in 2023!
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This is an at-a-glance overview of free audiobook apps and apps requiring a subscription. There are, however, more nuances between the services. If you want more in-depth info, e.g. on the catalog of audiobooks a service offers, you can read more in the blog posts I have linked below each app.
By the way, all of the audiobook apps discussed here offer basic features like saving your current position, variable playback speed or narration speed, sleep timer, offline listening, and bookmarks.
So, what you can expect from audiobook apps is a system like you would find with Amazon Kindle ebooks or Netflix. You buy items or a subscription in a browser on your mobile device or laptop, then get to the content through the audiobooks app.
If you have a standard Audible membership plan, you can choose one premium audiobook a month from their entire catalog that is yours to keep. You can also borrow as many audiobooks as you like from their limited Audible Plus catalog that includes Audible Originals and Audible Studios productions.
It does, however, include access to many of the newest bestsellers and BookTok / TikTok favorites. Members might be throttled after downloading a certain number of popular audiobooks and their choices will be limited for the rest of the billing period. You do keep access to some audiobooks for the entire month though.
I also highly recommend the Chirp gift cards because the recipient can buy several audiobooks with these as opposed to gift cards from Audible that only give a credit that can be exchanged for only one audiobook.
Most audiobook listeners will be able to find something here. You can use it with or without a subscription, to borrow audiobooks, or for cheap deals without a subscription. The app is very stable and reliable, and the audiobook catalog is fantastic.
So glad you find it useful! Yeah, there is really so much more out there than just Audible. Audible is kind of the jack of all trades, but if you like (or dislike) specific things, another audiobook app might be much better suited. E.g. for people who hate subscriptions, Chirp is absolutely perfect since they are specifically tailored to only buying cheap audiobooks. If you want DRM-free audiobooks, for example, to listen on an MP3 player, LibroFM is the perfect solution. If you listen to a lot of audiobooks but money is tight, Hoopla (if you have a library card) and/or Scribd are wonderful, since they have such a great selection of both indie and traditionally published audiobooks, including bestsellers and book club favorites.
When you search in your initial library, it will show you where it is, if not in their library. You go to that library and they give you the option to take out a library card. Sometimes you need to live in the state. Often they want your current library card. Your library will also send you to Universities where you can check out. Or they recommend other search sites that are global. You usually are limited on checkout time unless no wait list. Some of these search site are very large searchers that you, and it searches all over sometimes other countries, really amazing. If book all checked out you can go on wait list, they move fast, even it really long, people drop out.
MyLibrary is a place that stores content for Hal Leonard publications. Its a quick and easy way to access digital books, as well as audio, video and/or other files that go along with physical books. MyLibrary is cloud-based so you can access the files from any device in any location.
Page 1 of the book youve purchased contains a 16-digit code. Enter the code in the box above that says "Enter Access Code". (If you have purchased a Hal Leonard Digital Book, then your email receipt will contain a 16-digit code.)
When you've successfully submitted your access code, the content page for that book will appear. You'll know you've reached the right page because the cover image and title will match your book. Sections of content will also be listed on this page. Simply click or tap the section titles to show the content underneath them; you'll see the files that match the content listed in your book's Table of Contents.
If you own multiple Hal Leonard publications, you have the option to create your own library and combine files from all titles. Its a convenient way to keep track of all your content in once place. You can sort by song, artist, book title and more. Also, if you plan to retrieve content often you only need to enter codes once, then theyre saved for future access. To set up your own library, just click on the Create Library link.
You can use mp3s that you download from MyLibrary to create audio CDs using your preferred media player (such as iTunes). Be sure to create an "audio CD," as "mp3 CDs" or "data CDs" will not play in CD players. Note that CDs are limited to 79 minutes of audio.
If you have purchased a Hal Leonard Digital Book, you will receive an emailed receipt containing a 16-digit MyLibrary code. You must log in or create your own library to access digital book codes. Hal Leonard Digital Books are cloud-based so you can access your book from multiple devices in any location
For iOS 10/iOS 9: iOS, the operating system on the iPad and iPhone, will not allow you to download any file (zipfiles, audio, video, PDF, etc) directly in iTunes or to other apps. You can download normally on your desktop computer, saving the files to iTunes. Then, you can sync your iOS device directly to your computer or sync your iTunes content using an iCloud account.
The incredible aspect of this growth is that there seems to be no end in sight. Formats for listening to audio change (remember mix tapes or 8 track players?) but the combination of smartphones, MP3s, and busy lives have yielded fertile ground for audiobook growth. In fact, many readers now prefer audiobooks to any other format for book consumption.
Many companies also specialize in audiobook production. The advantage to a private company is that they typically will do any book length (even very short books around 5,000 words) and are open to paying for production contracts. Conversely, they typically employ fewer voice actors than the thousands you could find on ACX. ACX does offer more options for audiobook narration, but many of them are unwilling to do shorter audiobooks and many insist on a royalty share model where they receive 7 years of royalty payments from your audiobook.
Cost-wise, a good rule of thumb is that a high-quality audiobook can generally be recorded at the rate of about $300 per 10,000 words. As with anything, costs can vary widely and undoubtedly you can find cheaper narrators out there (and much more expensive ones as well), but $300 per 10,000 words is a good benchmark.
This is a route many authors choose, especially if they only have one or two books that they will be recording. With the proper recording equipment and setup, it is possible for anyone to record their own audiobooks, but several key factors must be considered before jumping into this type of project.
Fair warning: There are a lot of DFY Audiobook scam sites out there. Generally I would recommend that you don't go with any company that asks for money in order to produce, publish, and market your audiobook. It is better to pay the audiobook narrator directly rather than go with one of these publishing companies. Instead, you want a company that will produce the audiobook for no fees, and only get paid by taking partial royalties of your book. That way they are invested in the success of your book. There may be a few exceptions on certain reputable companies.
Note: Many of these companies do not accept direct submissions. Some may come to you, or you will require a literary agent. Be sure to check the guidelines for each company if you are interested in publishing your audiobook with them.
Not only does it list all of Audible's categories, but it also tells you exactly how many books you'd need to sell in order to be ranked in the top 10, as well as the average number of sales that those audiobooks make.
As with seemingly most of the world economy these days (even grocery stores!), Amazon is the 800-pound gorilla in the book publishing room. Audible is owned by Amazon, and ACX is owned by Audible. ACX is to Audible audiobooks as Kindle Direct Publishing is to Kindle eBooks.
Chirp is a platform that takes your finished audio and sees if it's eligible for deals. Chirp is a sales platform with their own audiobook app, but are run by the same team behind BookBub, meaning it's geared mostly for deal seekers. But their reach is large, and if you manage to get a featured deal, it can be very lucrative for you. In order to be on Chirp, you have to be with Findaway Voices.
Now, you do have one major decision to make with ACX before submitting your audiobook for review, and that is: do you want an exclusive or non-exclusive publication deal with ACX?
Findaway Voices is not a sales platform like all the others we've discussed. Rather, it's a production and a distribution channel. It helps you create your audiobook recording by helping you select a professional narrator. Or it takes your book that you produced with a different professional voice actor and sends it out to all the different audiobook distributors.
Apart from ACX, there's really not another audiobook publisher that is a huge seller for many authors, but all together they can still make you a lot of money. However, it can be a huge hassle to send your audiobook to all those vendors.
And that's where Findaway Voices comes in. They save you all the time and effort to upload the audio version of your book to all those different sites. Some platforms, like Chirp, even require you to be on Findaway Voices.
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