Recorded Books Subscription Collections

OCLC in partnership with Recorded Books, the world's largest independent publisher and distributor of unabridged audiobooks, offers an eAudiobook subscription program that brings a vast selection of contemporary and classic eAudiobook titles to your library. By subscribing to one of our collections, you can provide your users with unlimited, simultaneous access to hundreds of titles that can be downloaded to their desktops or transferred to portable devices for eAudio on the go. Recorded Books subscription collections also include more than 1,200 new MP3 titles that play on iPod, iPhone and many other portable devices.

Convenient Prepackaged Collections

With four collections to choose from, you'll find something for every library and every library budget. Available collections include:

• Premium Core Adult Collection
  A growing collection of the latest audio best-sellers, book club favorites, award-winning authors, timeless classics and more.
• Children's & Young Adult Collection
  Ideal for public libraries, the Children's & Young Adult Collection includes Newbery, Caldecott and other award winners as well as time-tested classics, multicultural titles, popular themes and bestselling children's and young adult author series.
• Academic Collection
  This new eAudiobook subscription collection includes more than 500 best-selling fiction, history, business, non-fiction, biography and classic titles—with new titles arriving monthly.
• Audiolibros Spanish-language Titles
  Audiolibros are perfect for users who speak Spanish as a native language and for those who are students of Spanish.

High-quality audio

With Recorded Books’ eAudiobooks, you receive exceptional unabridged recordings. Every element of the production process is checked and rechecked for quality in digital sound studios, fully staffed with technicians, researchers and producers. You also will hear the best performances by talented professional actors with years of stage and screen experience. These performances are recorded in Recorded Books’ state-of-the-art studios and have earned prizes including Audiofile magazine "Earphone" awards for excellence and Audie Awards from the Audio Publishers Association.

How to Order 

With pricing based on FTEs or annual circulation, you pay once for an annual subscription to these always-available eAudiobooks. If your library has an annual subscription to the Premium Core Collection, you'll also be able to purchase individual Recorded Books titles. Contact your OCLC or Recorded Books Sales Representative for detailed pricing or collection information.