
What are public domain audiobooks? An Audiobook that have entered the public domain means that no one holds a copyright on these books and therefore anyone is free to distribute them. Usually, the public domain audiobooks are digitized and recorded by volunteers that coordinate themselves through a variety of websites. Here we've collected the best 8 sites for free public domain audiobooks. If you're ready for your next audiobook, check out the following sites to find your titles!
1. LibriVox
LibriVox is a non-commercial, non-profit and ad-free website where worldwide volunteers read and record public domain books, and release them as free public domain audiobooks for download. The objective of LibriVox is "To make all books in the public domain available, narrated by real people and distributed for free, in audio format on the internet". Until 2021 there were 15,000 completed projects. Most releases are in the English language, but many non-English works are also available.
2. Loyal Books
All audiobooks on Loyal Books are in the public domain. If you don't know what book you want to listen to next, it can be tedious trolling through hundreds of lines of text results looking for a fun book. Loyal Books puts the fun back into browsing for audiobooks, and it provides a primarily visual browsing experience so you don't have to read tedious amounts to find listening material. Much better, you can also submit reviews and read what others have had to say about each of the titles.
3. Project Gutenberg
As the mother of all current ebook sites, Project Gutenberg is a library of over 60,000 free ebooks and offers the world's greatest literature and classics that are in the public domain. And now, they even offer a collection of audiobooks which are in the category of human-read audiobooks and computer-generated audiobooks. Just click "Search and Browse" at the upper-left menu bar, and then click "BROWSING OPTIONS" to find the audiobook section.
4. Open Culture
Open Culture brings together high-quality cultural & educational media for the worldwide lifelong learning community. It’s all free. It’s all enriching. And it has combined together the same audiobooks offered at other places, and compiled them into one list for easy browsing. You’ll find great works of fiction, poetry and non-fiction, by such authors as Twain, Hemingway, Orwell, Austen, Shakespeare, & more.
5. Internet Archive
Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, audiobooks, movies, software, music, websites, and more. It’s one of the largest and most well-known sites for accessing pretty much anything in the public domain. The library of audiobooks features digital recordings and MP3s from the Naropa Poetics Audio Archive, LibriVox, Project Gutenberg, Maria Lectrix, and Internet Archive users. All recordings available as free downloads on the internet.
6. OverDrive & Libby
OverDrive is the collection of more than 30,000 libraries across the world. By pairing with local libraries, it allows you online access to the catalog of a library near you. All you need is valid library card number. With the Libby app, you can even enjoy the audiobook on mobile and tablet devices.
7. Spotify
Spotify is mainly a platform for music, but now it has a section of audiobooks including nine classic public domain titles recorded by professional narrators and celebrities. Of course, Spotify doesn't have as many titles as LibriVox, but if you’re already a Spotify user, access the books is super easy. Just open Spotify on your phone or computer, you'll be able to find the titles under a section called Audiobooks: Hear the Classics. The books are available for free and premium users.
8. Audible
Audible.com, strictly speaking, is not a site for public domain audiobooks. But it's worth mentioning because it' the largest audiobook producer and retailer in the world. And it also provides lots of audiobooks that are totally free. More importantly, the audiobooks in Audible have the best sound quality. All you need is to create an Audible account, and search the free titles. Then you will be able to listen to your audiobooks on Windows, Mac, iOS or Android devices.
You can also make full use of the 30-day free trial of the Audible membership plan, which allows you access the whole Audible library for free.
Notice All the audiobooks, free or paid, downloaded from Audible are saved in AAX format, which is only available for selected Audible devices and not supported by any MP3 player. If you want to download your Audible books to MP3 to play them in an MP3 player, it's suggested using Epubor Audible Converter to help you convert Audible audiobooks to MP3. It's so easy to use. Just download your audiobooks from the Audible site, then add the AAX files to the program and start converting.
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