How to Listen to Audible Books on Any Devices Offline

By Justin SabrinaUpdated on September 01, 2021

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"My downloaded Audible files can't be recognized by my MP3 Player. How do I play Audible books offline on my Sony Walkman? "

Every day, many people spend a lot of time on the way to work by subway, bus or driving a car. Listening to Audible audiobooks will bring many joys to your boring commute. Although it provides diverse audiobooks for users and you can even get free audiobooks from Audible, the subway signal is always bad, and playing audiobooks online will cause extra money for insufficient mobile data. In this way, we will introduce you how to download Audible books on a computer or mobile device, and then you can listen to Audible books offline on your mobile phone. So can you play Audible offline on any device, like Sony Walkman, iPod Shuffle, etc.? Please read on to find the right answer.

CONTENTS

Part 1: Download Audibooks from Audible.com

In this part, you will learn how to download Audible books to computer and mobile phone.

# 1 Download Audible Books on Computer
1. Visit audible official website in a browser, and login with your Audible account on your Mac or Windows computer.

2. Go to "Library" tab in the center upper of the page.

3. Browse the audiobooks in the page, find the audiobook you want then click "Download" button. After downloading, you can located the downloaded audiobooks and play Audible books offline on your computer.

# 2 Download Audible Books on Phone/Tablet
You'll need to have a stable WiFi connection in order for your audiobook to download properly

1. Download and install the Audible App from App store. Run Audible App and sign in with your Audible name and password.

2. In "My Library" option, select the audiobook you want to downlod.

3. Tap "Cloud" button for iPhone users, and Android users need to tap "Library" at the top then choose "Cloud" through dropdown.

4. Press the 'arrow' icon on the book cover to download the book. After the audiobook is downloaded, the 'arrow' icon won't be show up on the cover. Now, you can listen to Audible offline on your mobile phone and tablet.

Part 2: Convert Audible AA/AAX Books to MP3, M4A, etc.

Through the above introduction, you already knew how to listen to Audible books offline on computer and mobile phone and tablet. When your mobile devices is running out of juice or insufficient memory, how can you play Audible audiobooks offline via your phone? Do you want to transfer the downloaded Audible books to your portable devices such as iPod Shuffle, Sony Walkman, iRiver MP3 Player and other MP3 players? In this way, you can listen to Audible offline during the morning exercising. Unfortunately, because of Audible DRM encryption, the downloaded Audible files are in AA/AAX format and are not allowed to be transferred to the non-audible-authentication devices, that is to say, you cannot play Audible books offline on any devices freely. Here is a professional converter to help you overcome this problem.

UkeySoft Audible Converter is a powerful tool which can not only remove DRM restrictions from Audible books, but also convert Audible AA/AAX to MP3, M4A, WAV and other popular formats which can be compatible with any devices, so that you can listen to Audible offline on any devices. In addition, the original audio quality, ID3 tags and chapters info will be well preserved in the output audiobooks. Another amazing function is it can help you split the large audiobooks into smaller parts via chapters or time frame, it is convenient for you to locate the place you heard last time. Most strikingly, you don't have to install iTunes App and get Audible authorization with this converter. After converting, you can play Audible books offline and online according to your needs.

Guide: Convert Audible to MP3/M4A to Play Audible Offline on Any Devices

Step 1. Import Audible Files to UkeySoft
After downloaded and installed, launch UkeySoft Audible Converter. Directly drag & drop the Audible books into the converter main interface. Or press "Add" button to import the downloaded Audible files to the converter.

Step 2. Choose MP3/M4A as Output Format
Touch "Options" then switch to "Advanced", choose MP3/M4A as your output format. Because MP3 is popular among the majority devices and M4A is compatible with Apple devices. You can also customize the output parameters such as Bit rate, Sample rate according to your needs.

Step 3. Start to Convert Audible to MP3/M4A
Press "Convert" button to start converting Audible to MP3/M4A.

Step 4. Get the Audible MP3/M4A Files
After the converting, tap "History" button to get the unprotected Audible files.

Video Guide - Convert Audible to MP3/M4A & Play Audible Offline on Any Devices

This video guide will show you more intuitive and specific operation about how to convert Audible to MP3/M4A with using UkeySoft Audible to MP3 Converter, so that you can transfer them to any devices to listen to Audible books offline.

Part 3: Transfer and Play Audible Books on Any Devices

By using this smart converter, you can get the unprotected Audible books with ease. Now you can transfer them to any devices to listen to Audible offline. Next, we will list 5 types devices, you can compare your devices to learn how to transfer and play Audible books offline.

# 1. Play Audible Offline on Common MP3 Players
To play Audible books offline on SanDisk MP3 Player, Sony Walkman, iRiver MP3 Player and other common MP3 players, you can connect your MP3 player with computer through USB cable, then copy and paste the Audible MP3 files to MP3 player. Then you can play Audible offline on your MP3 player.

# 2. Listen to Audible Books Offline on Apple Devices
Except the iOS devices can directly download auidobooks via Audible App to listen to Audible offline. For iPod Shuffle and iPod Nano, they can import the converted Audible M4A files to iTunes library, then sync them to your iPod device to play Audible books offline. You can transfer unprotected Audible files to other Apple devices also in this way, including iPhone, iPad.

# 3. Play Audible Books Offline on Apple Watch
By using the method above, you can sync converted Audible books to your iPhone. Then you can open the Apple Watch App on your iPhone. Hit on "My Watch" > "Music" > "Add Music" to choose the Audible files, then sync them to Apple Watch.

# 4. Listen to Audible Books Offline on Android Devices
By comparing with Apple devices, transfer Audible to Android devices is much easier. You don't have to use iTunes App, just connect your Android devices with computer via USB cable, then drag & drop the converted Audible files to the "Music" folder on Android devices. In this way, you can play Audible offline through local files on Android devices.

# 5. Play Audible Offline on USB Supported Devices
USB flash drive is not only a backup device, but also a transfer tool. It can work well with the majority devices, so you can put converted Audible books into USB stick. In this way, you can listen to Audible offline on speakers, TVs, car player, PSP and other devices which can support USB stick. Simply insert the USB drive into computer, send the converted Audible files into USB folder, eject the USB stick and plug into your device to play Audible offline.

Final Words
We introduced several ways to listen to Audible books offline in this article. You absolutely can download Audible books to your phone or computer, but it will have Audible AA/AAX format restrictions, so that you cannot transfer them to your devices freely. In order to play Audible books offline on any devices, you can convert Audible to MP3, M4A and other popular formats with UkeySoft Audible Converter. In this way, you can transfer converted Audible books to any devices for offline playback without any limitation.