and UIs for the top audiobook apps, including Libby, Libro.fm, Chirp, Everand, LibriVox, Spotify, and Audible. An Amazon Prime membership doesn't grant you free access to the entire Kindle library ...

But now I snag most of ebooks for free -- and still get to read them on my Kindle. Audiobooks take time to record, produce, and distribute, making costs higher than print and ebooks generally.

Stuff Your Earbuds Day is an annual event hosted by romance author Rebecca Hefner via the Romance Audiobookworms website.