Q: "How to listen to Audible Audiobooks on Chromebook? I just bought a Chromebook for surfing the Internet, playing music and movies. So I want to know the way to access Audible audiobooks on Chromebook."
Actually, there are two effective methods to gain Audible audiobooks from Chromebook. Chromebook is well-designed for media files playing and learning. It enjoys high popularity among users for its fashional design and low price. Now let's figure out how to get Audible audiobooks on Chromebook.
Previously, it's not allowed to install apps on Chromebook. Now the Chrome OS has been redesigned to have apps installed from Google Play store. Chromebooks like HP Chromebook 14 CB3 and Samsung Series 5 Chromebook can support Android apps.
For these Chromebooks, there is an official way for you to get Audible audiobooks on them. Here is the guide for you.
1. Click the 'account' image > 'Settings' on Chromebook.
2. Turn on the 'Enable Google Play Store on your Chromebook' option to activate the Google Play Store.
3. Log into your Google Play account to accept the agreements.
4. Type the 'Audiobook for Android' in the search box to get the Audible app. Then download it on your Chromebook.
5. Sign in the Amazon account on the Audible Manager and download Audible books on it. Now you can download and play Audible audiobooks on Chromebook offline anytime.
As you know, Audible audiobooks are formed in a protected format - AA and AAX. That means that you are not allowed to play them without the Audible app. What's more, some Chromebooks besides the ones above are not compatible with the Audible app. Hence, in order to get Audible books downloads on Chromebook as you want, you might as well convert the audiobooks' format. You are advised to change the previous format into common ones.
DRmare Audio Converter is powerful to convert AA/AAX to MP3, FLAC, WAV, AAC, M4A and M4B. With the help of the DRmare software, you are able to stream Audible audiobooks to your Chromebooks for playback. In fact, you own the audiobooks. The DRmare Audio Converter gives you back lossless audio files while running at 30X faster speed. In addition, you can edit the ID3 tags of the files and spilt the audiobooks into small segments.
Before you convert the format of the Audible audiobooks, you should prepare the tools as below.
1. Your Chromebook laptop.
2. The iTunes app installed on your laptop.
3. The USB flash drive.
4. The downloaded DRmare Audio Converter.
Follow the tutorial below to download Audible audiobooks.
As you can see from the above, you have the two ways to listen to Audible audiobooks on Chromebook. It's easy to listen to audiobooks on Chromebooks with the two apps. While it can be learned that the DRmare Audio Converter enables you to get Audible audiobooks on all Chromebooks. In this regard, you can freely save the audiobooks on your Chromebooks for playback offline whenever you want.
Thomas Carman
Staff Editor
Thomas Carman is an experienced writer, software geek, and audiobook enthusiast. He always spends his time collecting interesting audiobooks and concluding helpful ways of audiobook entertainment.
