Every day, I have to take a long drive from home to the office. Listening to audiobooks during the commute brings me a lot of enjoyment. Audiobooks are a great choice not only for driving, but also for cooking or doing other activities.
However, it can become a significant expense if you regularly buy audiobooks from Audible, even though it has the largest audiobook catalog in the world.
Do you want to save money on Audible—or even get Audible for free? Don’t worry. In this article, you’ll discover five different methods that can help you get Audible books for free.
- Method 1. Get Free Audible Books via Audible free trial
- Method 2. Get Free Audible Books via Amazon Prime Free Trial Membership
- Method 3. Get Free Audible Books via Audible Account
- Method 4. Get Free Audible Books via Special celebrating Events
- Method 5. Get Free Audible Books & Audible Originals via Audible Membership
Method 1. Get Free Audible Books via Audible free trial
Even if you have no intention of continuing on with the Audible membership, you absolutely should sign up for one because they are offering free trial.
How to get audible books for free via Free Trial?
Amazon offers several types of Audible free trials, and they can be categorized in two ways: "by trial duration" and "by trial type".
1. Audible Premium Plus Free Trial
This is the standard trial most new users see on Audible. It gives you full access to Audible membership benefits for 30 days at no cost.
What you get:
- Free trial period: ~30 days (standard offer for new customers)
- Credits: 1 credit (enough for 1 premium audiobook) — Prime members may get 2 credits instead as part of the trial.
- Plus Catalog: Unlimited listening to thousands of included audiobooks, podcasts, and Originals.
- Keep titles: Audiobooks you redeem with credits are yours to keep forever, even if you cancel.
2. Audible Plus Free Trial
A trial of Audible Plus, a lowercost membership tier focused on Unlimited listening rather than credits for premium titles.
What you get:
- Free trial period: ~30 days (for new members)
- Unlimited access: Thousands of audiobooks, podcasts, and Originals included in the Plus catalog.
- No credits: This tier does not come with paid audiobook credits — it’s an access only catalog.
3. Extended/Promotional Free Trials
From time to time, Audible runs limited time promotions that extend the free or very low cost period.
3 Month Free Trial
It offers 3 months of Audible Premium Plus at no cost — you get one credit per month (3 total) and full access to the Plus Catalog. These extended deals are time limited and change often, so you’ll need to check Audible’s homepage or promotional pages when they’re active.
2 Month Free Trial
What it includes: 2 months of Audible Premium Plus free, including 2 credits total + unlimited access to Plus Catalog.
Who qualifies: New subscribers who haven’t used a trial in the eligible period.
Note: These extended promotions are not always available and generally require signing up through the promotional landing page link above normal freetrial links.
Step-by-step guide on start Audible free trial
1Sign up an audible account
Go to Audible.com to sign up an new account if you do not have any Audible or Amazon account.
2Start your Audible 30-day trial
When you sign in, click on the “ Membership” button to start your Audible 30-day trial. You have to add a payment method information and then click on “Star Your Free Trial Now” button.
3Purchase Audible audiobooks for free
Then go to the website to find the audiobook you want to buy and add it to your cart. Then purchase it with the free credit you got from the membership. The audiobook will be added to your Audible library when the order has finished. You can get two free audible books with the free trial, including your first free audiobook and 1 credit bonus from Audible to get any book.
After the trial, your paid membership will begin at $14.95 per month. With your membership, you will receive one credit every month, good for any audiobook on Audible. It allows you to cancel Audible membership at any time. Cancel before your trial ends and you will not be charged. Even if you cancel your membership, you still can keep the audiobook you purchased.
Method 2. Get Free Audible Books via Amazon Prime Free Trial Membership
Thanks for Amazon’s another free trial--Amazon Prime free trial membership, you can enjoy Amazon prime free audiobooks. There are two method to enjoy free Audible books via Amazon Prime membership. One is Audible Channel and the other is adding Kindle books Audible narration.
Audible Channel
Audible channel is totally free for Amazon prime members.
To experience this feature, you have to download the Audible App. During this period, Channels is available in the Audible app for Android, iOS, Windows 10.
Sign in the Audible App with your Amazon or Audible account information. When you go into the interface of the app, click on the "Channels" to see "browse all channels" in the "Featured Tab". As an Amazon Prime member, you can unlimited listen to Channels content, plus access to Prime-exclusive audiobook channels that feature full-length streaming audiobooks including best sellers, family favorites, celebrity-narrated classics, and more.
Kindle books with Audible narration
Prime members can find and borrow Audible book for free each month, but you cannot just download the audible book individually. You need to have the Kindle ebook at your account at first. You can either borrow it or purchase it. If the ebook has a matching audiobook, you can get the audible book for free via Amazon prime membership.
- Prime members will have access to a rotating collection of 50 Audible audiobooks. You can listen to these audiobooks, but can not download it expect you have paid for them.
Method 3. Get Free Audible Books via Audible Account
As the biggest Audiobook producer, Audible.com offers many free audiobooks and podcasts for their listeners. You can just check the audible free listens webpage to purchase free audible books with $0.00.
Select the ones you want to listen to and add them to your cart. Then finish the payment process without any charge. After that, the free Audible books will be displayed to your Audible library for listening and downloading.
Method 4. Get Free Audible Books via Special Celebrating EventsEvery now and then, Audible.com will give some free audiobooks for some special days. On April 23, 2018, to celebrate the World Book Day, Audible is giving three audiobooks classics. In the giveaway page for World Book Day, you will find the three free Audible audiobooks. You can see "All this week, we’re giving away great listens from legendary authors.". This makes me think they will give different titles during this whole weeks. If you are seeking for free classic audiobooks, make sure you bookmark this page and come to get your free audiobooks every day in their celebrating period.
Please check if Audible have some free offers or special deals if today is a special day, like Mother's Days, Black Day, Christmas and so on.
Method 5. Get Free Audible Books & Audible Originals via Audible Membership
If you have already purchased the Audible membership and want to keep this membership, you can enjoy more than you can imagine, such as Audible channels and one free credit for exchanging the Audible books every month. These are not what I want to share here. A good news from Audible is that Audible members now can select 2 of 6 featured Audible Originals every month, in addition to 1 audiobook since September 2018. But what is the Audible original? Audible Originals are exclusive audiobooks recorded by famous storytellers around the worlds. The audiobooks cover different areas, such as theater, journalism, literature and so on. You can check the 6 featured Audible Original list of this month to get your own two Audible Originals now.
All the audiobooks, free or non-free, downloaded from the Audible.com are all protected by Audible DRM. They are encoded in .aa or .aax audio formats which can only be played at some selected players. This is really annoying when we want to listen to Audible books in the car or when our mp3 players are not compatible with Audible audiobooks. You can use Epubor Audible Converter to convert AA, AAX audiobooks to mp3 or M4B. Why not give it a try to liberate your Audible books now?
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