You can usually find a £1 per month for 3 months introductory offer.Any extra are paid for extra, or you buy extra credits. your audible subscription gives you one credit (for one book) every month.Many are £20-odd quid but there are offers. all audio books have a cost, which you can pay as a one-off.Then listen to a few and if you come across one, or a series, or a particular author or narrator that you think you will listen to again and again, then start your free audible trial. Most books are on the library apps as audio books, exactly as on audible, but free. I'd hold off on the Audible subscription until you definately know what you want to buy and keep forever. Library cards are free - so get one set up if you don't already have one. Been absolutely devouring them on my commute and when i’m pottering about the house.Īll you need for the library apps is your library card, which lets you set up a free account. Thanks for the recommendations on podcasts too, i’ve been listening to a lot of the sci-fi/thriller type, most from BBC sounds. I’ve just seen Audible have a prime deal,ĩ9p for three months and Kindle unlimited also have 3 months free, will give them a shot too while the deals are on. Loved the smell of the library too, could spend hours there. I used to love going when I was a kid and they’d stamp the book and put the wee card ticket into your wee membership folder. I’ll check out the local library, never even thought of there oddly. You pick your audiobook and have it for 21 days. Mist other stuff tho, I listen once and move on. And they've been listened too dozens of times over- so worth owning. I got Audible for the Harry Potter series primarily. So only useful for books you will read multiple times. The thing with audible is you're buying the audiobook, you own it forever. Much like normal books, most I don't want to land and will never read again. But I wouldn't keep a subscription going. Borrow Box has some great niche market books and some fantastic classics. Libby is good for chick lit and what they call 'modern fiction', I find. I'm current listening yo Book 4 of Hitchickers Guide to the Galaxy read by Martain Freeman, on the Borrowbox app. Much like regular book reading- by far the best way is the library. Audible (which I had a historic subscription, now stopped)

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