You Can Listen to Audiobooks for Free Right Now
While schools are closed nationwide, Audible is offering a portion of its collection for free . Unlike some other free offers that require you to register for a trial or at least provide your email address, all of these offers are available to stream without logging in or exchanging billing information.
Books can be streamed to your desktop, laptop, phone, or tablet. The collection includes books for young readers such as Winnie the Pooh and The Eternal Tales of Beatrix Potter, as well as books for teens and classics such as Jane Eyre, Call of the Wild, and Roots .
When you click on a story on the homepage, you are taken to a short description of the book, as well as reviews from other readers. Clicking the Start Listening button will open the listening web player.
As with Audible, the player allows you to start and stop a stream, skip backward or forward 30 seconds, and change the speed of reading a book. You can also navigate through chapters, so if you start listening to the book today, you can start again tomorrow where you left off. Since you are not logged in, your seat is not saved.
However, many of these books are quick, so you can potentially study them as well. Collect during the day (or your kids can) without a digital bookmark.