Audiobook Resources for Stay At Home

[tubemonkey]

Well, it looks like we'll be in lockdown for another month, maybe longer, so I thought I'd start compiling a list of resources for listeners of all ages. These will be overwhelmingly free listens. If any of you find other sources, please post them and I'll add them to this list.

Feel free to discuss the resources and how you're coping.

Stay safe and happy listening


Free Audiobook Resources

• Audible -- Audible Stories (271 titles) --> details -- limited time -- streaming only
  
• Kobo -- Stay Home & Read (28 titles) --> details -- limited time
  
• Penguin -- Listen at Home (3 titles) --> details -- exp 30 Apr -- Volumes app only
  
• SYNC -- Weekly Offers (26 titles) --> details -- starts 30 Apr -- Sora app only

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[tubemonkey]

Audible --> Blog | Facebook | reddit | Twitter -- DRM yes | Help | Redeem | Thread


FREE -- Audible Stories (271 titles) -- Start Listening -- How to Use Stories -- streaming only

For as long as schools are closed, we're open. Starting today, kids everywhere can instantly stream an incredible collection of stories, including titles across six different languages, that will help them continue dreaming, learning, and just being kids.

All stories are free to stream on your desktop, laptop, phone or tablet.

Explore the collection, select a title and start listening.

It's that easy.

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[tubemonkey]

Kobo Audio --> Blog | Facebook | Twitter -- DRM ??? (details/details) | Help | Thread


Thanks to Peter T, Manabi, and skinmaan for the heads up. This listing is for the US. For a listing of websites from other participating countries, see this post. For eBook discussions, see this thread.


Stay Home and Read (28 titles) -- see below

• Spoiler:

  Let's stay in and read
  
  We're working to bring you great offers and content to keep you company

  Michael Tamblyn
  @mtamblyn
  
  1/ At @Kobo we are doing our part to help you #stayhomeandread -> our teams have been working around the clock to assemble free and discounted ebooks, audiobooks & great reads for kids. Read on to see what we are doing in the various countries impacted by #COVID19 ...

FREE -- Hear the Classics (10 titles) -- brought to you by Kobo Editions -- limited time

• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland -- Lewis Carroll -- 2.7 hrs
  
• Dracula -- Bram Stoker -- 18.3 hrs
  
• Little Women -- Louisa May Alcott -- 19.1 hrs
  
• Pride and Prejudice -- Jane Austen -- 12.3 hrs
  
• Siddhartha -- Hermann Hesse -- 4.3 hrs
  
• Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde -- RL Stevenson -- 2.8 hrs --> details
  
• The Picture of Dorian Gray -- Oscar Wilde -- 9.1 hrs
  
• The Prophet -- Kahlil Gibran -- 1.3 hrs
  
• The Yellow Wallpaper -- Charlotte Perkins Gilman -- 0.7 hrs
  
• Twelve Years a Slave -- Solomon Northup -- 7.9 hrs

FREE -- Have a Listen on Us (choose 1 of 6 for free) -- code LISTENFREE -- limited time

• A Court of Thorns and Roses -- Sarah J Maas -- 16.1 hrs
  
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid -- Jeff Kinney -- 2.0 hrs
  
• Moral Compass -- Danielle Steel -- 7.1 hrs
  
• Prince of Fools -- Mark Lawrence -- 14.6 hrs
  
• Red Sister -- Mark Lawrence -- 19.4 hrs
  
• The Girl Who Was Taken -- Charlie Donlea -- 10.8 hrs

FREE -- Sesame Street Read Along (17 titles) -- exp 30 Apr

• Spoiler:

  From Your Friends At Sesame Street
  
  Books are a really great way to keep kids happy and engaged—and these are all free until April 30th.

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Penguin Random --> Blog | Facebook | Twitter -- DRM yes | Help | Volumes


FREE -- Listen at Home (3 titles) -- exp 30 Apr -- Volumes app only

• Great Expectations -- Charles Dickens -- 18.5 hrs
  
• Grimm’s Fairy Tales -- Brothers Grimm -- 3.6 hrs
  
• Wonderful Wizard of Oz -- L Frank Baum -- 4.3 hrs

From March 20 to April 30, Penguin Random House Audio is delighted to offer free audiobook downloads of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, read by Brooke Shields and Paul Rudd, Grimm’s Fairy Tales, read by a full cast (including the legendary Jim Dale), and Great Expectations, read by John Lee.

To access your free audio downloads, download our free Volumes app, then click on any title in our “Listen at Home: Free Downloads” collection. Download all three, and listen to timeless classics while cooking, cleaning, before bed—or any time that feels right.

*NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. US & CANADA Residents only, 18+ or AOM. If you delete your Volumes app after downloading these free audiobooks, you will lose access to the free files.

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SYNC Audio --> Blog | Face | Twitter -- Archives | DRM yes | FAQs | SORA | Updates


FREE -- Weekly Offers (26 titles) -- details -- starts 30 Apr -- Sora app only

SYNC is a free summer audiobook program for teens 13+

Returning April 30th and continuing 13 weeks until July 29, SYNC gives participants two thematically paired audiobooks a week. In 2019, 28 titles were given away over 14 weeks.

SYNC introduces a variety of audiobook experiences to teens to demonstrate that reading can be completed by listening.

SYNC is sponsored by AudioFile Magazine and titles are delivered through Sora, the student reading app from OverDrive. In advance of accessing the program, download the app from Apple or Google, to the device you anticipate listening on and be ready to go!

[tubemonkey]

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[JSWolf]

There are other free audiobook resources. Overdrive and Hoopla are good resources if your library has them. Hoopla though may or may not have audiobooks depending on what your library is allowing with Hoopla. But Overdrive does have audiobooks.

[pwalker8]

Audible is streaming Stephen Fly's version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone for free to subscribers. Apparently, they have a bunch of kid's audiobooks available for streaming.