Increasingly more people like listening to audiobooks while reading the same eBook for a better immersion experience. For book lovers, Chirp offers cheap audiobooks without subscription fees, and Kindle is the most popular and convenient e-reader. If you're a Kindle user and also purchased audiobooks from Chirp, you must want to know how to play and listen to Chirp audiobooks on Kindle.
Just follow this article, and we’d like to share with you the best way to listen to Chirp books on Kindle or Fire Tablet.
Listen to Chirp books online on Kindle eReader/Kindle Fire
Can I listen to Chirp audiobooks directly on Kindle? The Kindle and Amazon Fire Tablet are two completely separate things. Kindle is an e-ink device focused on reading, and Amazon Fire is a tablet like an iPad or Android tablet. It comes with the Amazon Appstore, which allows users to download third-party apps. As we know, Chirp only allows people to listen to audiobooks by using a web player or the Chirp app for iOS or Android.
Unfortunately, the Chirp app is not compatible with Amazon tablets. The built-in web browser can help you listen to Chirp audiobooks online on Kindle and Kindle Fire.
1. Listen to Chirp on Kindle/Kindle Fire using web browser
1 Open a web browser on your Kindle e-reader or Fire Tablet.
2 Visit the Chirp website, and sign into your Chirp account.
3 Once login successful, next, navigate to the “My Library” section, this will show you a list of all the audiobooks you’ve purchased.
4 Locate the book you want to play and tap the book cover to play it on a Kindle Paperwhite e-reader or on a Kindle Fire tablet.
Note: As none of Kindles have a built-in speakers or headphone jack, you also need to connect a Bluetooth speaker or headphone to your Kindle device for listening to your audiobooks.
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Generally speaking, this method is better for Kindle Fire users. The Amazon Kindle Fire tablet has more advanced web browsing capabilities than the Kindle e-reader. Since Kindle Fire is a tablet, the Amazon Silk browser on Kindle Fire provides better compatibility for loading the Chirp web player and audiobook playback. You can listen to Chirp books on Kindle Fire through a web browser and get a better experience.
2. Listen to Chirp on Kindle Fire with Alexa
Besides, if your Amazon Fire tablets are compatible with Alexa, you can enable the Chirp skill on Alexa and listen to your Chirp audiobooks using Alexa on the Kindle Fire tablets. Amazon's voice assistant Alexa is compatible with 4th generation Fire tablets and later.
1 Enable the Chirp skill on your Kindle Fire tablet.
2 Find the Chirp Skills here, and link your Chirp account.
3 After your account has been successfully linked, then you can tell Alexa to play your Chirp audiobooks.
Note:
(1) Alexa needs a Wi-Fi connection to access most of its features, please make sure that your Internet connection is stable.
(2) Apart from the Fire tablet, you can also listen to Chirp audiobooks on other Alexa-enabled devices, such as an Amazon Echo Dot, Amazon Fire TV, and more.
Listen to Chirp books offline on Kindle Fire and various devices
In fact, it is not as convenient as we imagine to play Chirp audiobooks directly on Kindle and Kindle Fire tablets. Is it possible to listen to Chirp audiobooks offline on Kindle Fire and other devices? Yes, of course. We recommend you use Epubor Chirp Converter. It is a powerful tool that allows you to convert Chirp audiobooks to lossless M4A format and back them up locally on your computer. And then you can copy the converted Chirp books to Kindle Fire or other preferred devices for offline listening.
How to listen to Chirp audiobooks copied from computer on Kindle Fire
Step 1 Download Chirp audiobooks on PC/Mac with the help of Android emulator.
Chirp does not provide a desktop app, so you need to install an Android emulator and Chirp for Android app on your PC/Mac to download the audiobooks. Please set up Android emulator correctly and download Chirp audiobooks to your computer.
Step 2 Convert Chirp audiobooks to M4A files and back them up on your computer
After you successfully download your Chirp books in the Android emulator, just launch Epubor Chirp Converter to load the downloaded books. Next, drag and drop the books you would like to convert to the right area, and click the "Start Conversion" button. The DRM removal process will begin, and your Chirp books will be converted and saved as DRM-free M4A files.
Step 3 Convert the Chirp audiobooks to the audio format supported on Kindle Fire
Finally, open the output folder, and you can locate the converted Chirp audiobooks in M4A format. Then you can connect Kindle Fire to your computer, and drag and drop the converted M4A files to your kindle Fire.
Tap "Music" on the navigation, then you can find the Chirp audiobooks chapters under "Downloaded" and paly them.
You can directly play DRM-free M4A files on Kindle Fire. It also supports the following audio formats natively: AC-3, E-AC3, AAC LC/LTP, HE-AACv1 (AAC+), HE-AACv2 (enhanced AAC+), AMR-NB, MP3, MIDI, Ogg Vorbis, and PCM/WAVE. If you want to convert your Chirp audiobooks to other widely used formats, such as MP3, please follow this guide: How to Convert Chirp Audiobooks to MP3. Then you can transfer the converted Chirp audiobooks to your Kindle fire and other devices for offline playback.
Note: Unfortunately, this method is useless for Kindle e-readers, because most of the current Kindle e-readers, including Kindle Paperwhite, do not support sideloaded audio files, such as MP3. The only audio that is supported is Audible audiobooks. However, with the early Kindle models like the Kindle Keyboard, you can still transfer and listen to Chirp audiobooks in MP3 on Kindle.
Final Thoughts
We've shared different ways to listen to Chirp audiobooks on the Kindle e-reader and Kindle Fire. In any case, the best choice is to download the Chirp audiobooks on the local computer with the assistance of the Epubor Chirp Converter. Once you back up and keep Chirp audiobooks locally, it is easy to enjoy your favorite audiobooks on various devices at any time!
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