Audiobook Retailers

We’ve compiled below a list of online audio book retailers and CD rental services to help you find the titles you’re looking for in the format you require. Each of these services is unique in their own way, but all offer great customer service and a huge selection of titles. We want to recommend only top-tier, customer focused services so please send us your feedback, positive or negative, about your experience.

Audible

Audible offers over 60,000 downloadable audio books in every category with both membership and a la carte download options. With Audible, your books are saved to an online library so you’re always just a click away from enjoying your audio books again and again, no matter where you are.

FEATURES:

  • Audible - Downloadable Audio Books for $7.49Over 60,000 audio books download instantly to your MP3 device or computer.
  • The ONLY audio book service (at this time) 100% compatible with Apple’s iPod and iPhone.
  • Membership plans starting at $7.49 for 3 months (includes 1 free audiobook of your choosing each month), and are fully cancellable without penalty.
  • In addition to your free book each month, members enjoy 30% off the retail price of all additional audio books they purchase.
  • Online library so you can store and download the titles you purchase whenever, and wherever you’d like.

The Audio Book Store

The Audio Book Store offers over 60,000 downloadable audio books, and over 22,000 audiobooks on CD for rent. The unique thing about The Audio Book Store is that they offer the most comprehensive assortment of titles in both downloadable and CD formats. Though you can only sign up for a plan that supports one format or the other (not both), we figure most will prefer one over the other anyway due to the technology they use to play their audiobooks.

FEATURES:

  • The Audio Book Store - Download Audio Books or Rent Books on CDOver 40,000 audio books download instantly to your MP3 device or computer.
  • Over 22,000 audio books on CD in every category.
  • Download products are compatible with Apple’s iPod and iPhone.
  • Download plans starting at $7.49/month, rental plans starting at $15/month.
  • Either plan can be cancelled at any time without penalty.
  • No late fees, no due dates.
  • Free shipping both ways.

Simply Audio Books

Rent over 22,000 audio books on CDSimply Audiobooks offers over 22,000 audio books on CD for rent in every category. With plans starting at just $15 per month, you can rent as many audio books as you can listen to in a month without fear of late fees! Simply return the completed audiobook in the postage paid envelope and Simply Audiobooks will send the next title in your queue once the completed title has been received.

FEATURES:

  • Simply Audiobooks - Unlimited Audio Book Rentals from $15 Per Month!Over 22,000 CD audio books available for rent in every category.
  • Membership plans starting at $15 per month (includes unlimited audiobook rentals each month), and are fully cancellable without penalty.
  • Optional Prepaid Plans can save you money, and are fully cancellable without penalty.
  • No late fees, no due dates, cancel any time.
  • Free shipping both ways.

Books Free

Booksfree offers a unique rental plan for those who love their CD based audio books, but also enjoy an occasional paperback read. With over 18,000 audio books AND over 90,000 paperback books in every category, and memberships starting at just $22.49 (one audiobook at-a-time plan), Booksfree is a great alternative.

Booksfree - Rent Unlimited Audiobooks and Paperback Books!

FEATURES:

  • Over 25,000 audio books AND over 170,000 paperback books in every category.
  • Membership plans starting at $22.49 per month (includes unlimited audiobook rentals each month, with one audiobook out at a time), and are fully cancellable without penalty.
  • No late fees, no due dates, cancel any time.
  • Free shipping both ways.