54: Gifting Audiobooks
Audiobooks make excellent gifts for holidays, birthdays, and other occasions. Digital gift giving can be scheduled in advance or as a last minute option for family and friends. Our guide to gifting Audiobooks provides an overview of some of the most popular ways to give audiobooks as gifts.
Gift Subscriptions: An audiobook gift subscription can be a great way to introduce family or friends to audiobooks. For gift recipients with existing subscriptions, it can provide extra credits to pick up their next favorite listen.
- Audible - Offers 1, 3, 6, and 12 month options
- Libro.fm - Offers 1, 3, 6, and 12 month options
- Audiobooks.com - Offers 1, 3, 6, and 12 month options
- Kobo/Walmart - Offers 3, 6, and 12 month options including physical gift cards
- Scribd - Offers 3, 6, and 12 month options
Gifting Individual Audiobooks: To provide a more personal touch or to share a personal favorite, several audiobook services offer options for gifting specific titles:
- Audible - Gifts can be purchased with either credits or $
- Libro.fm - Gifts default to $ payment but credits can also be used
- Audiobooks.com - Select the "Give as Gift" link to give a 1 month subscription with a recommendation for you selected audiobook
- Kobo/Walmart - Limited selection for individual audiobook gift cards available in store, however, prices are often more expensive than a comparable subscription.
- Apple Books - Gifts can be purchased in app ($)
Physical Gifts: If you prefer to give a physical gift that can be wrapped for opening, the following options may work for you:
- Using one of the digital options above, you can print and wrap the provided redemption code
- Kobo/Walmart - Offers physical gift cards for gift subscriptions and selected individual titles
- Audible - Gift cards for 1 & 3 month audible subscriptions
- Audio CD - Audio CDs for specific titles are available from multiple retailers but they are often significantly more expensive than digital options
- MP3 CDs - MP3 formatted CDs can be an affordable platform agnostic alternative to Audio CDs [Thank you to DontForgetWilson for suggesting MP3 CDs]
- Smart speakers and wireless headphones can also be great gifts for the audio bibliophiles in your life.
Selected Audiobook Recommendations:
- Episode 35: Audiobook Draft for New Audiobook Listeners
- Harry Potter [Audible] / [Libro.fm]
- Born A Crime [Audible]
- The Good Neighbor [Audible] / [Libro.fm] / [Audiobooks.com]