Audiotogo.com
Created in 2003, audiotoGo is based in Lake Barrington, Illinois, and is a part of the audio book rental concept initiated by Talking Book World. AudiotoGo now houses over 23,000 individual abridged and unabridged titles, offering audio book rentals to customers throughout the United States.
With audiotoGo, customers have the option of selecting the first 25 titles, which is delivered free of charge. Plans start from $14.99, and the most popular plan is the Silver plan ($29.99 per month), a 3 audio book rotation plan with which you can choose the number of books in your rotation on the basis of individual usage. audiotoGo also offers a free one month trial with no additional charges, fees or due dates. Formats are available in both CD and cassette. Customer service is also provided by phone, fax or mail, six days a week.
Jiggerbug.com
Jiggerbug is an online audio book rental company that offers audio books, courses, and programs in CD, Cassette, or downloadable format for one monthly membership fee. Basically, Jiggerbug allows you to make a WishList of audio titles you want, which is shipped to you with a prepaid envelope for use when returning the audio books.
The unlimited rental plan starts from $14.95 and allows you to maintain a rotating library of up to 1, 2 or 5 audio books at a time. You can also swap audio titles depending on how fast you listen and return each title. Each plan requires a 12 month prepayment, after which you can rent as many audio titles as you want, without additional charges, late fees or due dates, and shipping fees.
Booksfree.com
Booksfree is one of the largest online library audio book rental companies, which was formed in 2000, now offering over 4,800 MP3-CD and CD audio book titles to choose from in 152 categories.
When you sign up with Booksfree, you can select audio titles and add them to your list, and depending on your membership plan, titles are shipped to you without due dates or late fees, of shipping charges; and remaining titles stay in queue. For CD or MP3-CD audio books, unlimited monthly membership plan starts from $24.99 per month. As for MP3-CD audio books only, plan starts from $15.99 per month.
Special tools and features include personalized recommendations, comprehensive browse section, rating system, favorite authors list, and advanced search functions.
Simplyaudiobooks.com
Simply Audiobooks Inc. is and audio book rental created in 2003, which now offers abridged and unabridged 29,242 MP-3 CD audio books on tape and CD in 30 categories for rent, purchase or downloading, throughout the United States and Canada.
Unlimited audio books on CD are available for rent, with plans starting from $11.95 per month without shipping charges or late fees. There are 4 different levels of membership, with 1, 2, 3, or 4 selections at a time. The website allows you to browse the inventory and add titles of interest to your Rental Shelf, which can also be edited. Customer service is available five days a week by email or phone.
