If you prefer unlimited listening at an affordable price that renting provides, look no further. Simply Audiobooks is one of the best audiobook service in the rental business and earns our TopTenREVIEWS Silver Award.
Simply Audiobooks also has a Download Club that, depending on your plan, gives you one, two or three downloads per month. The only area that Simply Audiobooks falls behind Audible is in value. This service offers 20,000 titles, whereas Audible offers 100,000 titles for the same price.
Simply Audiobooks makes it simple for you to find books that will entertain, educate and change your life. Through the Advanced Search, you can search by author, title, narrator, descriptive keywords, ISBN and genre as well as sort the results by most rented, best selling, price, relevance and other criteria.
If you’re not sure where to begin your search, you can browse Oprah’s Book Club, bestsellers from the New York Times and USA Today and Audie Award winners.
Each audiobook has a sample reading, they are clear and give you a good preview of the audiobook before you purchase or rent it.
Simply Audiobooks’ inventory has a very diverse selection. The categories are specific allowing you to browse a selection of audiobooks by topic. Each category has numerous subcategories so you can find exactly what you’re looking for.
Simply Audiobooks offers two different clubs, the Download Club and the Rental Club—there are different membership options available in each in club. Memberships for both clubs start at $14.95. The $14.95 Download Club membership offers one audiobook download per month as well as up to a 50% discount on additional purchases.
The $14.95 Rental Club allows you to have unlimited rentals with no late fees or due dates and free shipping both ways. You can have one selection at a time. When you’re finished with one audiobook, you send it back and they will send you the next audiobook on your list.
If you become a member of the download club, you can save up to 50% more than regular purchasers.
By prepaying for an annual membership, you will receive an additional discount.
We didn’t encounter any problems with Simply Audiobooks or their website. The website is easy to navigate and the many categories and comprehensive search function makes finding the audio books you want a cinch.
Simply Audiobooks provides a discussion board where you leave comments or questions and read discussions on books, authors and other topics. There are also audiobook articles on a variety of topics.
This service provides a number of support options including phone, email and a FAQs page.
If you prefer to rent audiobooks instead of buy them, Simply Audiobooks is the service for you. Nevertheless, they also offer a competitive Download Club that gives users instant access to thousands of titles.
