Best 3 Ways to Play Audible Books on Sonos

By ChesterUpdated on December 16, 2022

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"I have bought a new Sonos speaker and want to play Audible on it, what is the best way to listen to my Audible audiobooks on Sonos."

Audible is the biggest audiobook application in the world, we can easily play Audible audiobook on many different devices, such as Sonos speakers. As we know, Sonos is a WiFi home sound system which is able to stream music, podcasts and more content from different services Spotify, Apple Music, etc. Now with the Sonos or Audible app, you can also play any audiobooks from Audible on Sonos. With the brilliant built-in assistance Alexa, you can control the audiobooks playback with voice commands.

So is it hard to play Audible on Sonos? Not really, in the following parts, we will introduce the complete guide to play Audible on Sonos in 3 most popular ways. Please do not miss it if you love listening to books.

CONTENTS

Method 1. How to Listen to Audible on Sonos with Audible App/Sonos App

How to Listen to Audible on Sonos with Audible App

To use the Audible application to listen to Audible audiobooks on your Sonos speaker. Firstly, your Sonos speaker must be added to the Audible app, there are 2 options of Android and iOS devices, please follow the instructions.

1. How to Add Sonos to Audible on Android Device.

Step 1. Turn on the Sonos device.

Step 2. Launch the Audible app on your Android device, and make sure that it is connected to a Wi-Fi.

Step 3. Select a title to start playing on Audible, then there will be a pop-up window with a message "Sonos devices are available" displaying.

Step 4. Tap connect to a device at the bottom of the screen, from the available devices list, please choose your Sonos speaker device.

Step 5. Just tap Continue when it is asking for approval, tap OK to start listing Audible on Sonos.

2. How to Add Sonos to Audible on iOS devices.

Step 1. Turn on the Sonos device.

Step 2. Run the Audible application on your iOS device, and make sure that it is connected to a Wi-Fi.

Step 3. When you start playing a title from Audible, a window will pop up and there will be a message says "Listen on Airplay, Bluetooth, and Sonos devices".

Step 4. Tap connect to a device at the bottom of the screen, from the available devices list, please choose your Sonos speaker device.

Step 5. Just tap I agree when it is asking for approval, tap OK to start listing Audible on Sonos.

Note: You can use voice commands to control the audiobooks playback with Amazon Alexa now.

You can use the following basic voice commands to control the playback the audiobooks on Alexa.

"Alexa, read [the book title]."
"Alexa, play [title of a book] from Audible."
"Alexa, next chapter."
"Alexa, stop."
"Alexa, pause."
"Alexa, volume 6."
"Alexa, go forward."

How to Listen to Audible on Sonos with Sonos App

Besides playing Audible audiobooks on Sonos using with the Audible app, the other way you can use is to add the Audible service to your Sonos application directly. This methods also makes more convenient for people to enjoy Audible audiobook on Sonos speaker. Please follow the steps to add Audible to your Sonos application.

Step 1. Run the Sonos app on your phone, on the bottom bar of the main page, tap more as shown as three dots.

Step 2. Tap on Add Music Services, the find the Audible service on the list.

Step 3. Next choose the Audible service, and then tap Add to Sonos.

Step 4. Once you added Audible, you will be asked to sign into your Audible account to authorize Audible with the Sonos application.

Step 5. After the authorization is done on your Audible account, a "success" sign will be shown to let you know that you have set up your Audible account, now it is time to get back to your Sonos application and starting enjoying your Audible audiobooks.

Method 2. How to Play Audible on Sonos through Line-in Connection

Sonos not only supports playing music from the Internet, it can all play music from devices such as tablets, computers, and TVs that are connected physically. So the second method we have here is to play Audible on Sonos through the Line-in Connection. Firstly what you need to do is connecting the Sonos speaker with your external devices via an audio cable. Then your on Sonos speaker will play the audiobook while you play the Audible audiobooks files on your external devices. By the way, if you want your Sonos speaker can be played automatically when your external devices are connected, you can enable the autoplay on the Sonos. Otherwise, you need to select 'Line-in' in the Sonos music menu on the Sonos Controller.

Method 3. How to Play Audible on Sonos by Converting Audible Books to MP3

To play your favourite Audible audiobooks on Sonos with Sonos app or Audible app is quite simple, but you will probably encounter some problems such as Audible not working on Sonos, or Audible audibooks not showing on Sonos, then it will be impossible to use the Sonos app or Audible app to play Audible on Sonos. It is not convenient with the line-in connection method,, because it requires you to play Audible audiobooks on specific players. For example, Windows Media Player, Apple iTunes or Audible Manager. To get rid of the problems and restrictions, and play Audible audiobooks on Sonos smoothly, we have an easy solution here, that is to convert the Audible audiobooks to other formats that is compatible with Sonos, such as MP3. In this way, you can transfer the converted Audible files to Sonos speaker and play them smoothly via Alexa. Also it is another good way to back your Audible audiobooks on other unauthorized devices permanently.

Tool You'll Need - UkeySoft Audible Converter

UkeySoft Audible Converter is the tool you need to do the job. This converter is a professional tool which is designed to converter Audible AA/AAX books to MP3 and any other formats, like M4A, M4B, AAC, FLAC, WAV, AC3, OGG, AIFF. Then you are able to play Audible audiobooks on your Sonos device directly. There is no need to authorize the iTunes with Audible account before converting the audiobooks. Beside playing the converted Audible files on Sonos speaker, you can also upload them to other unauthorized devices for offline playback, such as iPod, Sony Walkman, PSP, Samsung Galaxy Watch, MP3 player, Android tablets, etc.

Moreover, UkeySoft is able to convert Audible audiobooks to lossless audio at up to 700X faster speed, this is a lot more faster than those converters which requires to launch iTunes for conversion, you can convert a long chapter audiobooks to MP3/M4A in only seconds of time. A great thing about this program is that it is able to split the big Audible audiobooks into small parts by chapters or time, you can also edit the Tags and metadata before conversion.

Key Features of UkeySoft Audible Converter

• Remove built-in DRM protection from Audible, Apple Music, and iTunes.
• Convert Audible AA/AAX files to MP3, M4A, M4B, AAC, FLAC, WAV, etc.
• Convert Audible to MP3 at 700X faster speed.
• Keep 100% Original Quality.
• Download & Convert Audible Books without iTunes Installation & Audible Authorization.
• Retains chapters, ID3 tags and metadata information for output MP3/M4A files.
• Play Audible Audiobooks on All Devices and Players Offline.
• Split large audiobook into small clips by chapters.

Guides: How to Convert Audible for Sonos Speaker

Let's download and install Audible audiobooks to your computer. Then follow the detailed steps to convert Audible audiobooks to MP3, M4A, M4B format with UkeySoft Audible Converter.

Step 1. Install & Run UkeySoft Audible Converter
Please download and install UkeySoft Audible Converter on your computer, you need to have Windows 7 or above, and Mac OS X 10.0 or above to operate this program, make sure your computer is capable. Once it's installed, launch the program on your computer and you will see a clean interface is shown below.

Step 2. Add Audible AA/AAX Files
There are 2 ways to add Audible files to UkeySoft, you can either click "Add" button to import the downloaded Audible AA/AAX files to the program, or you can drag and drop the AA/AAX files directly from the local drive to the interface of UkeySoft.

Step 3. Split Audible AA/AAX Files Into Clips
Go to "Options" > "General" to cut the large audiobooks into small clips, you can change the output folder here, as well as you can choose to slip audiobooks by equal minutes, by equal parts or by chapters.

Step 4. Select MP3 as Output Format
Now it's time to set the output format, click the Option button from the upper menu bar, go to "Advanced", then you can set the Output Format as lossless MP3 or other formats (totally 8 formats you can choose) for the audiobooks. Also, you can set the SampleRate (up to 48000Hz) and BitRate (up to 320kbps).

Step 5. Start to Convert Audible AA/AAX Files to MP3
After you have done all the settings, hit on the "Convert" button to start converting the AA/AAX files to MP3 without any quality loss.

Step 6. Check Converted Audible Files
After conversion is done, you can click "History" to check the well converted Audible MP3 files.

Step 7. Add Audible audiobooks to Sonos

Now you need to install the Sonos Controller application on your computer, connect your Sonos speaker to your computer, then select the "Manage" menu and the "Music Library Settings" button, choose the "Add" button to add your converted Audible files. Then you can listen to Audible on Sonos without limits.

Conclusion

You can easily play Audible on Sonos speaker with the methods we mentioned above. However, you would encounter not working problem and playing restrictions. The best way to play Audible audiobooks on Sonos is using UkeySoft Audible Converter, with its help, you can convert your Audible audiobooks to MP3 or other common formats, so that you are able to play them freely on Sonos or other unauthorized devices.

Chester

Justin Sabrina has over 10 years of content writing experience. She specializes in product reviews, how-to guides, tips and tricks, top lists, etc. on data encryption, multi-media conversion, screen recording and iOS unlocking. At UkeySoft, she performs in-depth research SEO copywriting and collaborates with our R & D team to offer effective software solution, most of her articles on software are helpful and easy to read, helping our reader easily solve problems through using software or apps.

Chester

Li Zhang is a sophisticated editor for UkeySoft in tech blog writing, as well as a SEO and content marketing expert. She has been writing related article about multimedia conversion, streaming music and streaming video since 2018. Also, she's starting to write article about data security, including articles about file lock, USB encryption, DVD encryption, etc. Each helpful tutorial and solution is based on her practical tests, she is aways energetic and trustworthy in this field.

Chester

Chester is an experienced editor for UkeySoft focused on tech article writing, software & hardware produce review and tutorial. He specializes in composing posts about music conversion, video downloading, video conversion, screen recording and other tech knowledge tips. He always understands user needs and pain points and familiar with all kinds of multimedia conversion software and streaming music downloader on the market. So far, he has published 400+ helpful tech articles of software reviews, how-to guides to help reader in need.

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