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by AndrewWarner 3059 days ago
The Libby app has free, unlimited audiobooks.

I read a few commenters here talk about how expensive Audible is. Not only does this eliminate the cost, but I’ve found that when I have unlimited access, it leads me to try audiobooks I never would have considered before.

The one possible downside is that you need to walk into your library for a moment and get a library card. But it’s easy.

And if you don’t live in the US it might not be available, which is always painful

2 comments

Is there a license limit with Libby? I'm currently using Overdrive, but I usually have to wait for popular audiobooks to come available because they only have a few licenses allowed to be "checked out" at a single time.
As I understand it, Libby is just a different interface to Overdrive with the same availability based on your library.

Hoopla, if your library supports it (few do in my experience), has a different selection with no waitlists.

How are you getting unlimited books? I'm limited to the few hundred my local library has.
Yes, this is definitely true, though some libraries have significantly larger collections of ebooks and audiobooks on Overdrive/Libby. If your library participates with Hoopla, it may have a different selection and Hoopla does not have waitlists.