How to Listen to Audiobooks on Kindle Unlimited

Amazon's Kindle is a dedicated e-reader featuring services like Kindle Unlimited, which allows users to both read and listen to books. However, many subscribers are unsure how to access the popular audiobook feature. To enhance your experience, here is a guide on how to listen to audiobooks on Kindle Unlimited. Read it on!

Part 1. What is Kindle Unlimited?

Kindle unlimited is a digital library service. You should pay $11.99 per month and can borrow any number of e-books and audiobooks at no additional cost. But you can only have those books when you are a premiere member. Once you stop your subscription, e-books you added to your library would be deleted. You can add 10 books to your library when you are a premiere member once.

Part 2. Listen to Audiobooks on Kindle Unlimited on Website

Kindle books can be read on website, app on computer and mobile phone, and Kindle e-reader. Here are some steps to listen to audiobooks which based on that you are a Kindle beginner. If you have known certain steps, you can ignore it which is up to you.

Step 1. Search Kindle books on your chrome and click the official website of Kindle books;

Step 2. You will enter a page as follow; click the Kindle Unlimited words;

Step 3. On this page, you can see the explanation of the Kindle Unlimited subscription: you can read all of the books and audiobooks on Kindle for 30-day free trial and you need to pay $11.99 per month for your subscription; click the Start Your 30-day free trial button;

Step 4. You have to offer one of your credit or debit card as the source of your money to charge the subscription.

Step 5. Now you have a Kindle account and search the book you want to listen to; click the book; if its page has the Audiobook icon, then you can listen to it directly.

Part 3. Listen to Audiobooks on Kindle Unlimited on Kindle App

Before you begin listen to audiobooks, please make sure that you have had a Kindle book and its matching audiobook. If the book has the feature to listen to, there is a headphone icon on the top right of the book picture on Kindle app. Then you can listen to audiobook. You can follow the steps here.

Step 1. Click the book you want to listen to;

Step 2. Click the Audible Narration icon on the bottom of the screen to download the audio version of the book;

Step 3. Then you can see a play frame on the bottom of the screen; click the icon to play the audiobook to begin listening to it; when the audiobook is playing, the corresponding words will be highlighted so you can read along when you are listening.

Part 4. Download Kindle Unlimited Audiobooks on PC

Many users find maintaining a long-term Kindle Unlimited subscription difficult. Unfortunately, once you cancel, you immediately lose access to all your books, even those previously downloaded. To avoid this restriction, there is an effective method to save your audiobooks permanently, allowing you to listen freely even after your subscription ends.

The best solution is using TunesKit Audio Capture. This third-party tool records high-quality audio directly from your computer as the audiobook plays. By capturing the original system sound, you can save the books as local files, transfer them to any device, and keep your library forever without needing an active subscription.

Steps to download Kindle Unlimited audiobooks with TunesKit Audio Capture:

Step 1Download and Install the Program

Download and open TunesKit Audio Capture. Click the Format icon on the bottom right of the homepage to set the output format of audio; Apart from this, you can also set its codec, sample rate and bit rate;

Step 2Add Source

Click the Chrome icon to search the Kindle Unlimited books; If there is no Chrome icon on the homepage, just click the ＋ icon to add it;

Step 3Record Audio

Find the book you want to listen to audiobook and begin to play it; Audio Capture will record the book audio at the same time automatically; When you think the audio is enough, just click the Stop icon on the bottom right of the recording page;

Step 4Save Recorded Audio

The saved audio will be put in History list; If you want to know where the audio is saved on your computer files, just click the Search icon to find it.

The downloaded audiobooks using TunesKit Audio Capture can be transferred to your phone, MP3 player and other devices.

Part 5. FAQs About Listening to Audiobooks on Kindle Unlimited

Conclusion

Listening to audiobooks is another way to enjoy books. The above two ways can help you listen to audiobooks on Kindle Unlimited conveniently. As for which method you will choose, it is completely up to you. If you want to listen to a certain audiobook forever, TunesKit Audio Capture should be recommended.