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Ebooks Are Coming to Libro!
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In just a few months, you’ll be able to enjoy ebooks alongside your audiobooks in our app—all in support of your chosen independent bookshop.
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How to Take an Audiobook Walk
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If you want to start an audiobook walking club, or just start taking your own, read on for tips.
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The Most Anticipated Audiobooks of 2026
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With each passing year, more and more people discover the joy of audiobooks. Since Edison Research started tracking listening habits ten years ago, the number of U.S. readers who listen to audiobooks has increased by 167 percent. And publishers are responding to that growing interest with more—and more diverse—audiobooks at our disposal. Now, we have…
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How to Buy Audiobooks With Libro.fm
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When you use Libro.fm for your audiobook listening, you have plenty of options for how you listen, no matter your budget or bandwidth. And your purchases always support your independent bookshop of choice—a key difference between us and certain *mega audiobook retailers* we will not name.
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Libro.fm’s 2026 Audiobook Listening Challenge
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Whether you’re a seasoned audiobook listener or you’re giving it a try for the first time, we’ve put together a list of 24 prompts to challenge you to shake up your listening habits in 2026.
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Libro.fm vs. Audible
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The Audible alternative that supports independent bookshops with every audiobook purchase Audiobooks pulled in a whopping $2.43 billion in 2025—that’s a 9% bump from the year before. With this surge in popularity, more readers are looking for audiobooks and often automatically turn to Amazon-owned Audible. But what if you’re looking for more ethical Audible alternatives? Or…
Latest posts
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Simple Ways to Support Margins Bookselling Month
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This July, we’re celebrating Margins Bookselling Month, a month dedicated to amplifying BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, disabled, and neurodiverse booksellers and their communities across the U.S.!
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How to Start an Audiobook Club (and Why It Might Be Better Than a Book Club)
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Learn how to start an audiobook club with friends, coworkers, or online. Pick titles, set a listening schedule, and discover why audiobook clubs beat traditional book clubs.
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Yes, Audiobooks Are Reading
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Every few months the “do audiobooks really count as reading” conversation pops up on our social media feeds. So, we’re here to share why exactly audiobooks are a form of reading.
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13 Ways to Support Your Indie Bookshop
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These days, there are more ways than ever to show support for our independent bookshop, no matter our budget or accessibility needs. And not only does it feel good to shop small, but it’s so much fun!
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Book Bans and Black History
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This Juneteenth and beyond, we can all take action to fight book bans that threaten Black history.
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How to Take an Audiobook Walk
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If you want to start an audiobook walking club, or just start taking your own, read on for tips.
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Merging Audiobooks With Community
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We caught up with Morgan Menzies of @prettylittlebookshelf and @pagesonthepath!
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Amidst Big Tech, Readers Are Showing Up for Indie Bookshops
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On April 25, thousands of readers across the US and Canada headed to their independent bookshop to celebrate Independent Bookstore Day—and their support showed. In fact, we at Libro.fm saw our strongest Independent Bookstore Day in company history!
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The Complete Guide to 2026 Runaway Hit Operation Bounce House
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One of this year’s most highly anticipated books is now one of its biggest hits: Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinniman. Why is everyone talking about this sci-fi release, and what is it about? Here’s a quick, complete guide to author Matt Dinniman’s standalone debut, what makes it so exciting—and why you should listen to it on Libro.fm. What is Operation Bounce House about? Why is it such a big deal? The sci-fi standalone debut from a prolific LitRPG author with a huge cult following It’s possible to be an avid science fiction/fantasy reader and still not know about Operation…
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2026 Book-to-Screen Adaptations: Listen Before You Watch
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It’s a great cultural moment for people who love all types of storytelling media. We could call it a golden age, producing some of out best book adaptations. And every year there seems to be more than the last, especially in mini-series format. Limited-run series have been around for decades, but they dominate the book adaptation market these days. It’s easy to understand why. Books aren’t confined to the standard 90-minute runtime. Complicated narratives, enriched by their characters’ inner thoughts and motivations, have room to be breathe. Showrunners have fewer cuts to consider. Readers who were already fans of the…
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Percy Jackson Audiobooks: The Complete Series Guide & Reading Order
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If you’re a book-lover or fantasy fan born anytime after, say, 1994, there’s a good chance you’re well acquainted with the name Percy Jackson. The 12-year-old boy who discovers he’s a demigod is the star of a series that spawned a universe: Percy Jackson and the Olympians. In 2005, when the author Rick Riordan—a crime fiction writer until then—published the first book, The Lightning Thief, it would have been hard to imagine how far it would go: six series and spin-offs comprising 25+ books, going strong for 20 years and counting. Fans call this the Riordanverse, and if you’re reading…
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The Most Anticipated Audiobooks of 2026
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With each passing year, more and more people discover the joy of audiobooks. Since Edison Research started tracking listening habits ten years ago, the number of U.S. readers who listen to audiobooks has increased by 167 percent. And publishers are responding to that growing interest with more—and more diverse—audiobooks at our disposal. Now, we have countless highly anticipated titles, from returning faves to exciting debuts. This year has already delivered some bangers (check out some of our most-recommended new releases) and we’re just barely a quarter of the way through. Here are some of the still-to-come 2026 audiobooks that Libro.fm…