Audible and Co: Here you can find the best audio books

Shortly afterwards, there are also audio books for almost all more or less successful books - regardless of whether they are crime, fanatic or fiction. The largest audiobook provider is Amazon's Audible service. Here you can find out what advantages and disadvantages Audible has and where it is also worth browsing.

Audiobooks from Audible - how it works

At Audible you get over 100, 000 different audiobooks. But they also have their price: everything is there from 50 cents to 100 euros. Most audiobooks cost between 11 and 16 euros and are usually bestsellers. To make the audio books more affordable, there is the so-called "Flexi subscription" at Audible:

• In the first three months, the subscription costs 4.95 euros per month. You will receive an audio book of your choice every month. After the three months, the subscription costs its full price, namely 9.95 euros.
• In addition to the monthly audiobook that you select as part of the subscription, each additional audiobook costs 9.95 euros.
• Audiobooks that have not been redeemed will be credited for the following month, and the subscription can be canceled monthly after the first three months.
• Tip: The most popular audiobooks from the past seven days can be found here.

Test the free Audible trial subscription here

That is the catch with Audible

• You need an extra program to play the audiobooks: the Audible Manager.
• Audible uses the ".aa" file format. In this format you cannot play the audiobook on your MP3 player, but for example only with a special app on iPhone and iPod or Android. In another practical tip, we will show you how to convert the ".aa" file format to MP3.
• Burning the audiobook on CD is also not possible: Due to the large amount of data, you would need between seven and 15 CDs for an audiobook.

Good audio book alternative: "Claudio.de"

At Claudio.de you won't find quite as many audio books as at the market leader Audible. The site offers around 10, 000 audio books as part of your Easyflex subscription. You can buy numerous other audio books.

• As with Audible, the subscription costs 9.95 euros, but without a new customer discount. You have a free download every month, unredeemed downloads will be adopted in the following month.
• In contrast to Audible, the files are in MP3 format, so you can enjoy your audio books on almost any player. You can also burn the audiobook on CD here and are only restricted to the size of the CD.

Alternative: Free radio plays by ARD

Bargain hunters get their money's worth with the free radio plays by ARD. These are not books, but sometimes even more beautiful:

• The "ARD radio crime scene" is the audio counterpart to the popular television classic. The professional radio plays take you into the world of crime. You can download the current radio crime scene here.
• The individual ARD stations also offer their own radio plays: Here you can find radio plays by Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), for example, as a podcast. Many other radio plays are also available free of charge from the Bavarian Radio (BR).
• So that you can not miss a radio play, you will find a list here with the daily broadcast dates of the current radio plays.