How to Download Audiobooks on iPhone

Updated Nov 06,2018 | by Bennie

The habit of reading is one of the best qualities as reading helps us a great deal in building our confidence, reducing our stress and putting us in a good mood. But sometimes, we cannot sit at the desk and read a book quietly. When we are out for a walk, at the gym, or travelling in the car or on a plane, it is a great idea to listen to audiobooks, especially for those who get motion sickness easily prefer listening to audios than reading a physical book. In these conditions, we can bring dozens of audiobooks with us on iPhone whenever we go for the enjoyment.

Keep reading this article that introduces you where to download free audiobooks and how to transfer audiobooks to iPhone.

Before transferring audiobooks to iPhone, firstly, you need to download your desired audiobooks to PC. Here we introduce several popular websites to download free audiobooks. These sites offer online libraries with thousands of free audiobooks.

All You Can Books

All You Can Books provides over 40,000 Audiobooks, eBooks, and Foreign Language courses and works on any major device including computers, smartphones, music players, e-readers, and tablets. To get the free download, you can try the service for 30-day free subscription. During the free subscription, you can download as many audiobooks as you want. After the free trial ends, you’ll need to pay $19.99/month.

Archive.org

Archive.org is a gigantic collection of all kinds of free media. This library of audiobooks and poetry digital recordings are from the Naropa Poetics Audio Archive, LibriVox, Project Gutenberg, Maria Lectrix, and Internet Archive users. All content on Archive.org is totally free. You can easily search for your desired books by selecting media type, year, and subjects. 

LibriVox

This site offers free public domain audiobooks which are read by volunteers from all over the world. Then you can find audiobooks in many languages. LibriVox audiobooks are free for anyone to listen to on their computers and mobile devices. If you're interested in hearing them in a wide variety of languages, LibriVox is a good choice.

Loyal Books

Loyal Books (previous Books Should Be Free) is a collection of completely free public domain audiobooks and ebooks. The audiobooks here are completely free and can be downloaded in chapters. You can choose to download your preferred chapter instead of the entire book.

Method 1: Transfer audiobooks with iTunes

Step 1: Download the audiobook you want from iTunes Store.

Step 2: Connect your iPhone to computer with a USB cable.

Step 3: Click on iPhone icon at iTunes window and then in below menu choose Audiobooks.

Step 4: Click on Sync Audiobooks and then choose the audiobook you downloaded just now.

Step 5: Tap on Apply button in the bottom right to start transferring audiobook.

It seems to be very simple for you to take the above steps to transfer audiobooks with iTunes, but when you are syncing with iTunes you may meet some problems that audiobooks are not shown on iPhone after syncing. Moreover, Audiobooks are only available in iTunes Store in select countries. That is to say, in some countries, you cannot download any audiobooks from iTunes Store. If you are encountering any situation above, keep reading to get another method to transfer audiobook to iPhone.

Method 2: Transfer audiobooks without iTunes

To help you transfer audiobooks to iPhone with ease, here we introduce you an iTunes alternative named – IOTransfer, which supports quickly and safely transferring your audiobooks from PC to iPhone. What’s more, you can also transfer audiobooks from iPhone to PC for backup.

Now download and install IOTransfer on your computer firstly and follow the steps below to copy audiobooks to iPhone. IOTransfer offers two ways to transfer audiobooks from PC to iPhone.

1. Transfer audiobooks using MANAGE feature

Step 1: Connect the iPhone to your computer via a USB cable and launch IOTransfer. Your iPhone will be recognized automatically by IOTransfer.

Step 2: Once IOTransfer recognizes your iPhone, click MANAGE tab and choose Audiobooks in Books category.

Step 3: On the right panel, click Import to add your audiobooks to IOTransfer. In this way, the audiobook is transferred to your iPhone.

2. Transfer audiobooks wirelessly with AIR-Trans feature

Step 1: Install IOTransfer AirTrans app on your iPhone and open it.

Please go to App Store, search for IOTransfer AirTrans, and then install it on your iPhone.

Step 2: Launch IOTransfer on PC > click AIR-TRANS tab > click the Start Transfer button. After that, IOTransfer will automatically search for available iOS devices on the same WIFI network.

If failed, you can scan the QR code with IOTransfer AirTrans on iPhone to complete the search.

3. Once available devices detected, click on the iPhone name to connect your iPhone to PC. Do not forget to tab Allow on your iPhone to allow the connection.

4. Click the Send to iPhone/Send to iPad/Send to iPod button to select the audiobook to send to your iPhone.

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