I'm not usually a big audiobook person, preferring my Kindle or old-school library books. But with so many buzzy new books out and a good amount of time spent in the car shuttling my kids around, I decided to give Audible's latest 30-day free trial a try -- and I'm glad I did.
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Even on the free trial, you can select any audiobook from Audible's catalog of over 1 million titles, including brand new releases. You'll get the same benefits as full members on your free trial, and you can cancel before the 30 days are up and you get charged if you don't want to continue.
If you're unfamiliar, Audible is Amazon's audiobook platform that includes bestsellers, new releases, and exclusives like the Harry Potter full-cast audiobook editions. You can listen through the Audible app on iOS or Android, which includes useful features like downloads, a car mode with simplified controls, and the ability to set timers and slow down or speed up the audio. You can also listen through any Alexa-enabled device, including Fire tablets, Kindles, Sonos devices, and more.
Audible's Standard plan costs $8.99 per month, and gives you one audiobook per month from the entire collection. The Premium Plus plan costs $14.95 per month, and gives you one audiobook per month from the entire collection that you can keep, even if you cancel your membership, along with unlimited access to over 150,000 audiobooks and podcasts, and exclusive sales and discounts. Both of these plans offer the 30-day free trial before autorenewing and charging you the regular monthly price, but you can cancel any time.
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I signed up for the Standard plan free trial to listen to Lena Dunham's New York Times bestselling memoir Famesick. I planned to cancel after the free trial, but Amazon offered a deal for Audible Premium Plus for $7.97 a month for three months, which I decided to accept. I'm now listening to the discourse-driving new novel Yesteryear, which would have cost $14.99 on Kindle or $19.50 in hardback from Amazon, or a long wait at my local library.
If you've been curious about Audible, I'd recommend giving the 30-day free trial a try.
A 30-day free trial that gives you the same benefits as full members, including the ability to listen to an audiobook of your choice from Audible's entire catalog, is a great deal. You can also cancel before your card gets charged, making it an actual free offer. That's why I'm rating this Audible deal a 5/5.
We expect that Amazon will continue to offer the Audible 30-day free trial for the foreseeable future, though we don't know for sure.
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