Audiobook Lovin 2019 Presents: Audiobooks Everywhere!

Welcome to Audiobook Lovin!

After five years of Audiobook Loivn' my love of audiobooks continues to grow and I hope you enjoy this year's event!! 

In the five years of Audiobook Lovin, the audiobook industry has...well basically exploded! In a good way!! More and more authors are discovering the importance of having their titles available in audio! 

Where to purchase audiobooks? 

Below are some of the more popular and liked vendors. 

Audible

Tantor

Google Audiobooks 

Kobo Audiobooks

Librivox

Audiobooks.com

Downpour

Scribd

LIBRO.FM

All of the above listed either provide audiobooks for purchase individually or you can purchase a monthly subscription.

I don't know about you, but I listen to more than one audiobook a month...  

So what's this Bibliophile girl to do? 

 THANKFULLY there's a wonderful and magical place called

In this magical place you can borrow the books for FREE! Yes, that magic word too! FREE! This is where it gets better... they have them in different formats  - paperback, ebooks and audiobooks!! 

I know some of you may be thinking "Jeez Viv, a bit much on the sarcasm." or my favorite "No, duh!? Really?!" Here's the thing, many people tend to forget that there is a library and that they do provide the advance technology of not only ebooks but audiobooks as well. I've seen people post in various groups inquiring about where to get "cheap" audiobooks or mentioning the cost of audiobooks. Thankfully, more and more people have replied to their comments with LIBRARY! :) 

Before anyone starts with the "Oh, but my library is SMALL." or the "I live in a rural..." mentality, we live in a GLOBAL world where many of the libraries are reducing physical inventory but working with neighboring (and at times, larger cities) areas to enhance their electronic inventory! Many libraries now have "non residential" options! You can pay a small fee (usually a yearly fee) and you will get access to their library catalog! Now, the fee may be up to $50, however, that is still less than you'd pay for a year's subscription with Audible AND you will be able to listen to more than one book a month. 

Libraries are working with third party vendors like Overdrive, RBdigital, and Hoopla Digital to bring you the awesomeness that are audiobooks!! 

Lets start with RBdigital which is owned and operated by Recorded Books Publishing. 

The cool thing about RBdigital? They have their mobile app available for iPad®, 

iPhone®, Android™, and Kindle Fire™!  Learn more via this video or by visiting their website.

Overdrive is another great provider that lends eBooks, audiobooks, music and video! 

Overdrive works with every major Device!

With Kindle® compatibility (U.S. only), apps for every major platform and OverDrive Read, your digital library service is compatible with every major device on the market. Visit the website for more information! 

HooplaDigital is actually one of my favorites and I use it
 ALL THE TIME!! 

Instantly borrow free ebooks, audiobooks, digital movies, music, and more, 24/7 with your library card.


These are just THREE resources that many libraries have that allow its patrons to listen to audiobooks. I hope that you go and find out what your local library has to offer and SIGN UP!!! Remember it's FREE!!! You can't beat that AWESOME deal!!! :)  


Tell me what you love best about your library!

Free Books with your library card!

I LOVE listening to audiobooks and reading. I have my monthly subscription to Audible and partake in the Romance Package. My monthly subscription is for 1 credit a month and the Romance Package has been nice to discover new to me authors and narrators. HOWEVER, there is a limit... again, I get one credit a month and the romance package allows you to borrow up to 10 titles at one time, but they don't have ALL the audiobooks, narrators or authors I love included in the package.

This is an expensive hobby/indulgence! Each book (regardless of format) costs money and I can read up to 100+ books in a year.. if we do the math.... lets use $14.95 as an average for each audiobook (NOTE: prices range from less to more based on several factors but we won't get into that here) times the 100 books I've currently have slated to read for the full 2018 year... the total is $1,495. I honestly think I'm hitting the low end for the total number of books because I KNOW some listen to 10+ books a MONTH!!! The dollar amount increases and increases!


So what's this Bibliophile girl to do? 

 THANKFULLY there's a wonderful and magical place called

In this magical place you can borrow the books for FREE! Yes, you read correctly! FREE! This is where it gets better... they have them in different formats  - paperback, ebooks and audiobooks!! I know some of you may be thinking "Jeez Viv, a bit much on the sarcasm." or my favorite "No, duh!? Really?!" LOL. But the truth is, many people tend to forget that there is a library and that they do provide the advance technology of not only ebooks but audiobooks as well. Before anyone starts with the "Oh, but my library is SMALL." or the "I live in a rural..." mentality, we live in a GLOBAL world where many of the libraries are reducing physical inventory but working with neighboring (and at times, larger cities) areas to enhance their electronic inventory!  This means they will work together with other libraries via third party vendors like Overdrive, RBdigital, and Hoopla Digital.

Lets start with RBdigital which is owned and operated by Recorded Books Publishing. 

The cool thing about RBdigital? They have their mobile app available for iPad®, 

iPhone®, Android™, and Kindle Fire™!  Learn more via this video or by visiting their website.

Overdrive is another great provider that lends eBooks, audiobooks, music and video! 

Overdrive works with every major Device!

With Kindle® compatibility (U.S. only), apps for every major platform and OverDrive Read, your digital library service is compatible with every major device on the market. Visit the website for more information! 

HooplaDigital is actually one of my favorites and I use it ALL THE TIME!! 

Instantly borrow free ebooks, audiobooks, digital movies, music, and more, 24/7 with your library card.


These are just THREE resources that many libraries have that allow its patrons to listen to audiobooks. I hope that you go and find out what your local library has to offer and SIGN UP!!! Remember it's FREE!!! You can't beat that AWESOME deal!!! :)  



Tell me what you love best about your library!

Audiobook Lovin' 2017 Presents: Audiobooks Here, Audiobooks There, Audiobooks Everywhere!

Day two of  Audiobook Lovin' and we thought we'd chat about where audiobooks are available besides the major vendors, of course! HOWEVER, before we get into that, if you missed Wednesday's post, please make sure to visit & see the list of over 50 authors, narrators and special guests participating in this year's Audiobook Lovin' event! The post also included information on the series and how it will work!  So make sure to visit us BOTH daily!!! Click on our individual buttons (see the pretty ones below) that will take you to our respective post of the day. 

Okay! On with the show!

Audio Book Lovin' Presents: Audio Books Here, Audio Books There Audio Books Everywhere!

Day two of  Audio Book Lovin' and we thought we'd chat about where audio books are available besides the major vendors, of course! HOWEVER, before we get into that, if you missed yesterday's post, please make sure to visit to see the list of over 40 authors, narrators and special guests participating in this year's Audio Book Lovin' event! The post also included information on the series and how it will work!  So make sure to visit us BOTH daily!!! Click on our individual buttons (see the pretty ones below) that will take you to our respective post of the day. 

Okay! On with the show!

Okay, June is audio book month and if you didn't know, well now you do! Before we start sharing with you all the awesome audio books clips and the narrators that voice the characters and bring the stories to life as well as the authors who write the stories, we wanted to chat with you about the different ways for you to get or listen to audiobooks besides the major vendors where you can purchase them (listed below). 

Sometimes you can purchase them directly from the publisher.  Throughout the years of my love of books and audiobooks as well, one thing I've heard a lot of is "but they are so expensive" or "They cost so much and I'm only going to listen to it once." 

I do get it to some degree. The way that I read/listen... it CAN be an expensive hobby. However, how much was that latte at Starbucks? Oh, wait... what about that glass of wine with your dinner? No, no.. hold on... Didn't you just recently upgrade to the latest phone model and you JUST upgraded again? LOL I'm not judging. Really, I'm not. I'm just saying that BEFORE you start, ahem.. complaining that a book costs too much you should take a second to think about the questions I just asked. Now... I did say that it can be an expensive hobby for book lovers like myself. THANKFULLY there's a wonderful and magical place called

In this magical place you can borrow the books for FREE! Yes, you read correctly! FREE! This is where it gets better... they have them in different formats  - paperback, ebooks and audiobooks!! I know some of you may be thinking "Jeez Viv, a bit much on the sarcasm." or my favorite "No, duh!? Really?!" LOL. But the truth is, many people tend to forget that there is a library and that they do provide the advance technology of not only ebooks but audiobooks as well. Before anyone starts with the "Oh, but my library is SMALL." or the "I live in a rural..." mentality, we live in a GLOBAL world where many of the libraries are reducing physical inventory but working with neighboring (and at times, larger cities) areas to enhance their electronic inventory!  This means they will work together with other libraries via third party vendors like Overdrive, OneClickdigital, and Hoopla Digital.

Lets start with OneClickdigital which is owned and operated by Recorded Books Publishing
"OneClickdigital brings exclusive Recorded Books eAudio, as well as content from all major publishers, together with an eBook service. Combine eBooks and eAudio in one collection, offering the most comprehensive platform for your content. Curated title lists feature the best literature in a wide variety of genres along with an outstanding collection of award-winning Children's and Young Adult titles."

OneClickdigital Brief Overview from RBdigital from Recorded Books on Vimeo.

The cool thing about OneClickdigital? They have their mobile app available for iPad®, 

iPhone®, Android™, and Kindle Fire™! 

Overdrive is another great provider that lends eBooks, audiobooks, music and video! 

Overdrive works with every major Device!

With Kindle® compatibility (U.S. only), apps for every major platform and OverDrive Read, your digital library service is compatible with every major device on the market. Visit the website for more information! 

HooplaDigital is actually one of my favorites and I use it ALL THE TIME!! 

Instantly borrow free digital movies, music, and more, 24/7 with your library card.


These are just THREE resources that many libraries have that allow its patrons to listen to audiobooks. I hope that you go and find out what your local library has to offer and SIGN UP!!! Remember it's FREE!!! You can't beat that AWESOME deal!!! :)  

Now, time for the giveaway!

a Rafflecopter giveaway
Time to go visit Kelly!!!

Audio Book Lovin' Presents: Audio Books Here, Audio Books There Audio Books Everywhere!

Woohoo, week two of Audio Book Lovin and we're changing things up! Starting today both Kelly and I will be hosting individual authors and/or narrators. This means more fun for everyone, you'll get to learn about more authors, narrators and series AND more chances for you to enter some fabulous giveaways!!  So make sure to visit us BOTH daily!!! Click on our individual buttons (see the pretty ones below) that will take you to our respective post of the day. Pretty easy, right? 

So we've been talking about audio books for about a week now and I'm sure you know the major vendors where you can purchase them, right?

You may also know that sometimes you can purchase them directly from the publisher.  Throughout my love of books and audiobooks as well, one thing I've heard a lot of is "but they are so expensive" or "They cost so much and I'm only going to listen to it once." I do get it to some degree. The way that I read/listen... it CAN be an expensive hobby. However, how much was that latte at Starbucks? Oh, wait... what about that glass of wine with your dinner? No, no.. hold on... Didn't you just recently upgrade to the latest phone model and you JUST upgraded again? LOL I'm not judging. Really, I'm not. I'm just saying that BEFORE you start, ahem.. complaining that a book costs too much you take a second to think about the question I just asked. Now... I did say that it can be an expensive hobby for book lovers like myself. THANKFULLY there's a wonderful and magical place called

In this magical place you can borrow the books for FREE! Yes, you read correctly! FREE! This is where it gets better... they have them in different formats  - paperback, ebooks and audiobooks!! I know some of you may be thinking "Jeez Viv, a bit much on the sarcasm." or my favorite "No, duh!? Really?!" LOL. But the truth is, many people tend to forget that there is a library and that they do provide the advance technology of not only ebooks but audiobooks as well. Before anyone starts with the "Oh, but my library is SMALL." or the "I live in a rural..." mentality, we live in a GLOBAL world where many of the libraries are reducing physical inventory but working with neighboring (and at times, larger cities) areas to enhance their electronic inventory!  This means they will work together with other libraries via third party vendors like Overdrive, OneClickdigital, and Hoopla Digital.

Lets start with OneClickdigital which is owned and operated by Recorded Books Publishing
"OneClickdigital brings exclusive Recorded Books eAudio, as well as content from all major publishers, together with an eBook service. Combine eBooks and eAudio in one collection, offering the most comprehensive platform for your content. Curated title lists feature the best literature in a wide variety of genres along with an outstanding collection of award-winning Children's and Young Adult titles."

OneClickdigital Brief Overview from RBdigital from Recorded Books on Vimeo.

The cool thing about OneClickdigital? They have their mobile app available for iPad®, 

iPhone®, Android™, and Kindle Fire™! 

Overdrive is another great provider that lends eBooks, audiobooks, music and video! 

Overdrive works with every major Device!

With Kindle® compatibility (U.S. only), apps for every major platform and OverDrive Read, your digital library service is compatible with every major device on the market. Visit the website for more information! 

HooplaDigital is actually one of my favorites and I use it ALL THE TIME!! 

Instantly borrow free digital movies, music, and more, 24/7 with your library card.


These are just THREE resources that many libraries have that allow its patrons to listen to audiobooks. I hope that you go and find out what your local library has to offer and SIGN UP!!! Remember it's FREE!!! You can't beat that AWESOME deal!!! :)  

Now, time for the giveaway!

a Rafflecopter giveaway
Time to go visit Kelly!!!