According to Audio Publishers Association’s national annual consumer survey, it reveals that 40% of audiobook listeners agree that audiobooks are the preferred format to get through books quickly. And Audible Inc., the world’s largest producer and distributor of downloadable audiobooks, occupies the largest Audiobook market. Though you can use Audible app to listen to Audible on your phone, there are times you feel the need to listen to Audible books on your computer. Unfortunately, there’s no macOS Audible app for you to listen to Audible on Mac. So to cater for Mac users’ needs, here is a step by step guide on how to listen to Audible on Mac, which is also applied to Windows OS.
1. Listen to Audible Books Online with Cloud Player
The Audible Cloud Player allows you to play your audiobooks over an internet-connected computer by audio streaming, without needing to download any files or connect any devices!
You can listen to your audiobooks by going to your Library page on the Audible website and clicking Play under the cover art of the audiobook.
2. Listen to Audible Books with iTunes
In order to listen to Audible audiobooks, you need to download the audiobooks to your Mac first. However, downloading an audiobook to a Mac only takes a click of a button.
1. Go to your Library page on the Audible desktop site.
2. Click the Download to the right of the audiobook you'd like to download.
The download progress will be displayed at the bottom of the screen. Once the download is complete, you can open the file on iTunes (default). And you'll be prompted to authorize your account if this is your first time to listen to Audible with iTunes.
1. Click Yes in the pop-up message you receive asking you to "authorize your computer".
2. Enter your Audible sign-in information.
3. Click Activate in iTunes on Audible to complete your activation.
Your downloaded audiobook will begin playing in the Audiobooks section of iTunes where all of your audiobooks will be saved.
3. Listen to Audible Books with Any MP3 Player
Due to Amazon’s digital right management protection, Audible books are only accessible through special proprietary closed software, including unauthorized-playback prevention by means of an Amazon user name and password. So you must get rid of Audible DRM protection in order to take full charge of your paid content. That’s what brings the Audible Converter tool. With powerful and hassle-free Audible converter - Epubor Audible Converter, you can easily convert Audible to MP3 with simply one click.
1. Download and launch Epubor Audible Converter to your computer.
2. Launch Epubor Audible Converter, it can seamlessly load your Audible library upon login your Audible account within the software. Click the "Log in" button to enter your Audible account credentials.
3. Choose MP3 as the output format and click Convert to MP3 to start the conversion.
If you need to split the Audible books into chapters, before clicking Convert button, you should click the Edit button to the right of the book title and choose Split by Chapters function.
When the conversion is done, it will pop up a window containing the converted Audible books. Then you can play the converted Audible books with any player on your Mac, like the QuickTime player (bundled with macOS). By the way, you can also transfer the DRM free Audible books to your mobile devices or portable players for listening.
Conclusion
There are many ways to listen to Audible books on Mac, however, the above solutions are definitely the best 3 methods of listening to Audible books while working on Mac, which allows you to listen to Audible both online and offline. And method 3 is specifically custom-designed for you to make full use of your paid Audible content by backing up and sharing Audible books freely with loved ones.
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