Purchase Audiobook Listening time
Some Premium plans include monthly listening time for the audiobooks subscriber catalog. These plans are:
- Premium Individual
- Premium Family (plan manager only)
- Premium Duo (plan manager only)
If you’re subscribed to any of the plans above, you can also get more audiobook listening time by subscribing to an audiobook recurring add-on or by purchasing a top up.
For Premium Family and Duo plans
Only the plan manager has access to audiobook listening time from our audiobooks subscriber catalog. It’s not possible to share audiobook listening time included in your plan with the plan member/s, but as a plan manager, you can purchase their own listening time allowance.
If you’re subscribed to Premium Individual or are a Premium Duo or Family manager, you can also get more audiobook listening time by subscribing to an audiobook recurring add-on or by topping up.
You can also purchase Listening hours for your plan members on a recurring basis or as a one-off.
How add-ons work
For: Premium Individual and Family/Duo managers
- An add-on is a recurring paid subscription on top of your Premium plan
- More Audiobook Hours is an add-on giving you extra audiobook listening hours each month
- The price of the add-on will be added to the monthly cost of your Premium subscription, each month, under the same bill
- You can cancel an add-on anytime
- Add-on hours are deducted after you’ve used the audiobook hours included in your plan
- Add-on audiobook hours will reset every month
- If you’re a Duo or Family plan manager, you can purchase Listening hours for your plan members, too
Audiobooks add-ons for plan members
Family/Duo plan managers can add audiobook listening time to let their members access titles from the Premium subscriber catalog. Audiobook listening time resets every month.
Plan members can use the recurring listening time to access audiobooks included in the Premium subscriber catalog.
If the member leaves the Family/Duo plan, any recurring audiobook listening time will be lost.
How to get a recurring audiobook add-on
How top-ups work
For: Premium Individual and Family/Duo managers
Top-ups are one-time purchases that are valid for 12 months from the purchase date. Your top-ups are deducted once you’ve used up the monthly audiobook hours from your plan and your add-on hours.
When your monthly audiobook listening time refreshes:
- Your audiobook listening consumption will revert to being drawn from the new listening time allotted to you; and
- Any unused top-up hours will continue to be available when your plan’s audiobook listening time is used up, provided your top-up has not expired.
Note: You must be subscribed to any of the following to use your top-up hours:
- Premium Individual
- Premium Family (plan manager only)
- Premium Duo (plan manager only)
If you cancel your subscription, you’ll no longer have access to your top-up hours unless you resubscribe within 12 months of purchasing the top-up. Your top-up hours will still be subject to their original expiration date.
Audiobook listening time for plan members (one time payment)
Family/Duo plan managers can purchase audiobook listening time to let their members access titles from the Premium subscriber catalog.
- Audiobook listening time is valid for 12 months from the purchase date
- Multiple audiobook time purchases can be added to the member’s account
Plan members can use the purchased listening time to access audiobooks included in the Premium subscriber catalog.
If the member changes their Premium plan, any purchased audiobook listening time will still be subject to their original expiration date.
Note: If the member leaves the Family/Duo plan, they must be subscribed to any of the following plans to access the purchased audiobook listening time:
- Premium Individual
- Premium Family
- Premium Duo
How to purchase listening time
Manage audiobook listening time
You can view the details of available audiobook listening time on your account:
- Listening hours remaining
- Expiry date for all unused listening hours
After you've used up listening hours included in Premium, you'll start using the hours included in your add-on.
Once the add-on hours have been consumed, you start using up top-ups.
Once you’ve used up an audiobook listening time purchase, the details are automatically removed from this view.