A Complete Guide on How Audiobooks.com Works

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With a collection of 500,000+ audiobooks across all genres, audiobooks.com is one of the leading audiobook platforms.

From romance and thriller to business and biographies, you can explore one of the best audiobook libraries through the audiobooks.com app.

Audiobooks.com app has over 10 million downloads on Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store and gives you access to over 10,000 free audiobooks.

This article explains how does audiobooks.com work and how to join the free trial and an overview of the app.

Related Article: 15 FAQs about Audiobooks.com

How Does Audiobooks.com Subscription Work

Audiobooks.com’s subscription plan comes at $14.95/ month and gives you access to all membership benefits including exclusive sales and deals and free audiobooks.  

Here are 5 highlights of audiobooks.com’s membership plan

  1. With audiobooks.com subscription, you get one monthly credit that you can use to get any audiobooks.com title, regardless of its price.
  2. In addition to the monthly credit, you get to choose one audiobook from the VIP Rewards section, which changes every month and offers some popular and best-selling titles.
  3. Members also get access to the members’ exclusive sales and deals and free in-app access to the 10,000+ free audiobooks.
  4. With audiobooks.com’s Family Plan, you can add two family members to your account.
  5. If you want to listen to more books, you can either purchase top-up credits through the website or claim InstaCredit feature in the app.
Note: InstaCredit is an easy way to instantly purchase a credit and apply it to purchase an audiobook without leaving the app. This feature can be used when you do not have any remaining credits in your account.

You can also purchase titles without a subscription plan and enjoy monthly discounts and seasonal sales.

The purchases outside of the subscription are only available on audiobooks.com website.

Audiobooks.com also offers audiobooks in other languages including Spanish, French, Italian, German, and more.

To know more about Audiobooks.com subscription, visit the Audiobooks.com review article.

How Does Audiobooks.com Free Trial Work

Audiobooks.com is one of the few audiobooks services that offer a free trial. You can join the 30-days free trial with 3 free audiobooks (1 book of your choice and 2 books from their VIP selection).

Related Article: A guide to join Audiobooks.com free trial

You also get to enjoy all other membership benefits, including members’ exclusive sales and deals during the trial period.

To join the free trial

audiobooks.com trial sign up

  • The trial sign-up page has two sections: sign up section and billing information section. You can sign up using your Google, Amazon or Apple account or create a new account with your email address. In the billing information section, either provide your bank card details or use PayPal, Google Pay, or Amazon Pay as the payment method. Click Start Free Trial after providing all the information.
  • I signed up using my Amazon account
audiobooks.com trial with Amazon

  • Once you have successful signed up, you will receive a success message
audiobooks.com trial success message

  • You will also receive a confirmation through an email with instructions on how to proceed and claim your trial benefits.
audiobooks.com trial subscription email

Once you have joined the trial, download the audiobooks.com app on your phone to claim the free audiobooks.

After signing in the app, search for the title you want to get as part of your trial. I will go for The Alchemist.

You can either tap on Play to stream the title or tap on the Download option to download the audiobook on your phone for offline listening.

Audiobooks app home

I tapped on the Download option. Next, tap on Use Credit option to purchase the audiobook (this is the credit you got for free as part of your trial)

Audiobooks.com app purchase a book

The audiobook is now downloaded and added to account’s library section. You can access the library section by tapping My Library from the bottom navigation bar.

To claim the 2 audiobooks from the VIP section, tap on Perks and then tap on VIP Rewards.

VIP Rewards section

Here, select two audiobooks from the collection and tap on Use Credit to get both titles.

VIP Rewards audiobooks

You have downloaded all 3 audiobooks that come free with your trial. You can also access the members’ exclusive sales and deals by tapping on the Members Deals option.

member deals section

Your free trial begins on the day you sign up. If you started the trial on July 1st, your first billing date would be July 31st.

You can cancel the free trial anytime you want through audiobooks.com website.

To cancel the trial, click on My Account option on the top right of the screen and click on Cancel Subscription option under the billing information section.

cancel audiobooks.com free subscription

Know more about the cancelation process from how to cancel Audiobooks.com membership article.

How Does Audiobooks.com App Work

Audiobooks.com has a great app that combines simplicity and functionality to bring the best audiobook listening experience.

When you install and open the app for the first time. Tap on the Login option and log in using your account.

If you do not have an account, you can sign up with your Google or Amazon account or create a new account using your email.
audiobooks.com app login

The app has 5 main sections that are accessible from the bottom navigation bar, including Home, My Library, Browse, Perks, and Search

audiobooks.com app sections

  • Home: This section contains featured audiobooks, recommendations, bestselling titles, and bookclub favorites. You can also access your account’s Wishlist here.
  • My Library: This section contains all of the audiobooks that you purchased or added to your library (including VIP selection books or free audiobooks). You can also access your Notes/ Bookmarks from here
  • Browse: This section is your gateway to audiobooks.com’s audiobook collection. You can browse titles by categories and free books here. The Recommendations section highlights audiobooks according to your taste
  • Perks: This section contains your membership benefits including the VIP Rewards section and Members Deals section where you can access members’ exclusive sales and offers
  • Search: This section helps you find your next listen. You can search the audiobooks.com catalog here by book name, narrator, or author’s name.

You can also access your Profile by tapping on the top right of the screen. Tap again to access the Settings of your account.

You can access all of your purchased titles in the My Library section and tap on a title to start listening.

The audiobook starts playing and you have the following playback controls and settings in the audiobooks.com’ player.

audiobooks.com app player settings and controls

If you want to delete an audiobook or want to explore more options, tap on the three dots on the book cover in the My Library section. Make sure the Current Listens option is selected.

audiobooks.com app audiobook options

Here you can delete the audiobook by tapping on the Remove option. You can also write a review for the title, see the book details, and follow the author or narrator from here.

You can access the Profile and Settings sections by tapping on the top right of the app.

audiobooks.com app profile and settings

In the Profile section, you can find

  • Profile Information: Avatar, user name, birthday, gender
  • Stats: Titles in the library, listening times, membership days, top genre and your achievements
  • Activity: Notifications, people you are following, and followers. You can follow authors, series, and narrators here
  • Refer A Friend: Suggest a title to your family and friends that you liked

The Settings section gives you access to

  • Subscription Status: Account status, available credits, and next credit date
  • Playback Settings
  • Audiobook Settings
  • Data & Privacy

You can change download settings and other controls from here.

Overall, audiobooks.com app is a simple-to-use app that does the job.

I hope you have a clear idea of how audiobooks.com works and how you can join the free trial and get used to the app. You can also check the Audible vs Audiobooks.com article for a comparison of both platform.

Sohail Ahmed

I love Audiobooks and this blog features my first-hand experience with all major audiobook apps and services … Know More


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