The Official Guide to Convert Audible to MP3

Why convert Audible to MP3? Almost all audiobooks downloaded from Audible.com are in .aa or .aax format which is protected by Audible's Digital Rights Management (DRM). That means these .aa and .aax audible books cannot be played on non-audible-approved devices even though they are purchased legally from Audible. In the contrast, MP3 is the most popular audio file type and also can be played on almost all audio players. It is no hard to understand why everyone wants to convert Audible in MP3.

How to convert Audible to MP3? Here I will show you four valid methods to convert Audible files to MP3 step-by-step.

Method 1: Convert Audible to MP3 With Audible Converter--The Easiest Way

The Epubor Audible Converter is designed to convert audible .aa, aax format to DRM-free audio formats, like MP3 or M4b that are supported by most popular media playing devices, such as iPod, Kindle, Sony Walkman, iRiver, etc and other iOS, Android mobile phones or tablets.

Step 1. Download audible audio books to computer

For successfully converting audible into mp3, the basic and the most important step is downloading your audible books to computer at first. If your Audible books still in your online library, please download audible books to computer now. By default, the downloaded audible books will be in .aa or .aax format depends on the methods and the formats you picked before downloading.

Step 2. Download and install Epubor Audible Converter

   

The Epubor Audible Converter supports both Windows and Mac version. When it has been downloaded successfully, just double click installation package to install it. When it has been installed successfully on your computer, you can see the icon on your desktop.

Step 3. Add Audible books to Epubor Audible Converter

Double click the Audible Converter icon on the desktop to open it. You will see "+Add" at the top of the surface.

To add Audible books, you can either click on the " +add" button to navigate the folder stored your downloaded Audible books or just drag your Audible books directly to the main interface. When the Audible book has been added, you can see the book title, author, book length.

[Optional Step]--Convert Audible to MP3 with chapters

Also, there is an option button at the end of each book title. Actually, this is a splitting option which allows you to split Audible books into chapters. There are four options--no split, split every X minutes, split into X segment averagely or split by chapters. Just choose the way you want to split your Audible books and then click on "OK" button. If you want to apply this option to all Audible books, tick the box before "Apply to all". In this way, you can convert your Audible into MP3 with chapters.

 

Step 4. Remove Audible DRM and convert Audible to MP3

Click on the button" Convert to mp3" at the bottom of interface to finish the conversion. This conversion contains the process of removing Audible DRM as well as converting Audible files to mp3. Once the conversion has been finished, the Audible DRM will be removed and the Audible books will be converted to MP3. Also, there will be "succeeded" at the end of each Audible file.

Meanwhile, the folder holding the converted MP3 files will pop up automatically. As you can see that there are folders and MP3 files in this output folder. If you split Audible file into chapters, you will get a folder with splitted mp3 files. Otherwise, you will get the converted MP3 files stored at the output root directory.

With this powerful Audible converter, you can convert Audible books to MP3 format, no matter it is The Easiest Way to Convert AAX to MP3 on Mac

Method 2. Convert Audible to MP3 by Recording

Another path is using a recording software, Moo0 Voice Recorder, another application which works on Audible to mp3 conversion. Actually, it can not convert the Audible .aa or .aax to MP3 directly, but it can record the Audible book and rip Audible books to MP3 format.

1 Install necessary apps

First of all, you need to install the above two software. Audible app is released by Amazon company, which allow you manage your Audible books in library. Since Audible books can be play on limited player, I choose to play Audible books on this player.

Moo0 Voice Recorder is a very simple and easy to use sound recorder. Since this program can capture any sounds on your PC, you may use it to record Internet radio, streaming music, Skype calls and even some songs from your video files.

2 Recording Audible book and save as MP3 file

When above two apps have been installed successfully, you can start the recording. Open the Moo0 Voice Recorder, select recording folder, choose MP3 as the output format, and then click on "Start Recording". At the same time, play the Audible books you want to convert from AA/AAX to MP3. Then what you have to do is waiting. Once the recording finished and click on " stop". Your recording will be saved as MP3 file.

It may take a full night to record one book, but that's a way of doing it.

Method 3. Convert Audible to MP3 by Buring a CD via iTunes

Some ebooks lovers asked "how to convert Audible files to mp3 using itunes"? This part will show you the detailed steps on converting Audible to MP3 with the help of iTunes. To convert Audible .aa or .aax to MP3 format, you can use iTune to import the .aa book to create an audio CD, and re-import the audibook off the CD using iTunes built-in MP3 encoder. It is a little bit complex, but you can also get what you want.

1 Install iTunes

Download the iTunes to your computer here. After the iTunes has been installed, you have to authorize your Audible account by selecting “Account>Authorization > Authorize Audible account”. Then it will pop up the Audible.com information. You just have to fill in your account information and click the "Click here to complete your activation! " to finish the authorization.

2 Add Audible books to iTunes

Open iTunes, click " File>new>playlist" to creat a new playlist and name it after the title of the audiobook. Then, drag the audiobooks into the new playlist.

3 Burn a CD via iTunes

To burn a CD, first of all, insert a blank CD to your compuer. Select the playlist and click "Burn Disc", then choose your CD burner and write speed, and click on" Burn" to start the process. If the audiobooks are very long and not fit onto one single CD, a warning will be popped up. You can choose burn the file accross multiple CDs if the options are given.

4 Import MP3 audiobook

Open the “General Preferences”, click" Edit>Preferences" . Then click “Import Settings” and ensure you are selecting“MP3 Encoder.” Click “OK” to save the changes.

Reinsert the burned audiobook CD. Highlight the CD in iTunes' sidebar and select "import". iTunes will begin to import the file back to your iTunes library in MP3 format.

This work also can turn your Audible AA/AAX to MP3 audiobooks, but it will waste your CDs because almost all Audible books are very long.

Method 4. Convert Audible to MP3 Online

To convert Audible to MP3, how about using the Audible to MP3 online conversion service? There are many online Audible converters, but they are not totally free. You can have a trial of the Audio Converter online which is totally free.

Compared with other methods, you do not have to download any apps this time. You only need to upload the Audible .aa or .aax file to the website.

1 Upload the Audible files online

You can upload the Audible books from your computer, Google Drive, Dropbox or URL. Please remember that the maximum size of the uploaded file is 10 MB. If it is over 10MB, when you try to convert the file, it will pop up a dialogue that "conversion error occured".

2 Convert Audible file

Once the file has been uploaded to the website, choose the MP3 as the output format and click on "convert" icon to finish the conversion. When the conversion process has been finished, please click download to download the MP3 file.

Although the online Audible converter does not have installation requirements, you need to keep your internet on all the time. If your internet is down, this method would be meaningless. You have to upload your .aa or .aax file and convert them again. This method is not recommended because you may not find any of your Audible books is less than 10MB.

Conclusion

Above are the four methods of converting Audible AA or AAX to MP3 format. Compared with other methods, converting Audible to MP3 with Audible converter is the easiest way which ensures even the newbie can unlock their .aax files within seconds on PC. To be mentioned, converting a 18 hours length Auible aax to mp3 only takes it 7 mintues according to my test. So why not just download the free trial to have a try?

   

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