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It overheard its rivals staging an audiobook party, decided it wanted in and soon it plans to barge into the kitchen popping other people’s corks.įor an undisclosed sum, the Stockholm-founded, New York-listed audio streamer has bought Findaway, a US audio tech company that has partnerships with audiobook publishers including Amazon’s Audible, Apple iBooks, Google and Sweden’s Storytel and also owns the audiobook self-publishing house Voices. No friends required.The latest plot twist in the saga of Spotify is one we should have seen coming: the company that describes itself as “the world’s most popular audio subscription service”, is getting into audiobooks. If you’ve never used Audible before, you can sign up for a free 30 day trial here and get TWO free audiobooks. Which I always consider an extra bonus in life. Plus, you’ll look like the most thoughtful friend, neighbor, sibling, aunt or book club member on the planet. Tap that and it’ll give you the option to email or text the download link to whatever friend you’d like.

One of the options that pops up will be “Send this Book.” Then find the Audible audiobook that you want to share and tap the three dots to the right of the title. To share an Audible book with a friend, just open your Audible app and push the “My Library” button at the bottom of the screen. How to use the “Share Audible Book with Friend” feature (Who is Sue? I have no idea – it was just the name that came to my mind for this example). And she can’t receive a free one from any other friends. So if you send The Boys in the Boat to Sue, she’ll get a free copy of it, but you can’t send her any more free Audible books. Yes – you can only share Audible books with the same friend once. Or if you’re listening to a book club pick, you can share it with a fellow member of your book club who also has more time to listen to audiobooks than to read. If you’re listening to a book that you’re loving and think that your mom would love it too? Two clicks and she can listen for free too. It’s totally free and you can easily send the Audible book of your choice right from the app. You know that I’m a huge Audible fan and I’ve been using it for years (if you’re new to Audible, I wrote a whole post about how to use it here).īut like most tool, there are always a bunch of features you’re not really using or don’t even know about, and the “Share Audible Book with Friend” feature is one I just discovered!Įvery book that you own in your Audible Library, you can share with one friend.