Free and Cheap Audiobooks

Sometimes my eyes just can’t handle another printed word – whether on a page or screen in front of me. During those times I am tempted to just let my mind wander, waste time on social media sites, or watch some movie that I will be disappointed with after I finish it.

There is another option…Audiobooks.

audiobooks

I regularly listen to audiobooks at four different times:

  1. While driving
  2. While running
  3. While doing mindless tasks
  4. While winding down before sleep

It is a great way to work through books you may never actually sit down and read (like Brothers Karamazov), use time which is often wasted, or just find a cheap source of quality entertainment.

Here are some places to pick up free and cheap audio books:

1. Christianaudio.com gives away a free audio book each month. I download pretty much every one.

2. Librivox.org is a group project where readers submit readings of classics. We have found some great readers here (Club of Queer Trades by Chesterton, Treasure Seekers by Nesbit, and Wind and the Willows by Graham). There are also poor readers. Check before you download the whole book!

3. Audible

I signed up for a free account and got a couple audiobooks, but then canceled because of the monthly subscription cost. It is a partner with Amazon, or direct child company, so you can see whether there is an audible edition of a book simply by searching in Amazon.com

Recently I found out through this post that they drastically discount the Audible edition of kindle books you own. I have picked up different cheap kindle books off of gospelebooks.net and then found out that the Audible edition is only $3 or $4 (instead of the normal $14-$24) if you own the kindle version! It also works if you borrow the ebook from your local library, or check it out through the Amazon Prime Lending Library. 

Audible is great because it syncs between your kindle reading and your listening with WhisperSync. That way you can go between the two without having to search where you are. It also is a smaller file than ripping 10 cds to iTunes.

In the last several weeks I have purchased multiple books, the ones I am most excited about are the Hobbit, Screwtape Letters, and Bonhoeffer.

Do you know of any other reasons to listen to audiobooks or places to get them?

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