Audiobooks
With over 70,000 titles and growing, you’re sure to find the titles you need to engage your students. Mackin offers audiobooks on CD, audio devices, and digital format. Best of all, digital audiobooks sync up perfectly in MackinVIA – our FREE digital content management solution.
Digital Audiobooks

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Digital Audiobook Bundles
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*Starter Pack content and prices are approximated and may vary. Please see individual title prices in each group to see your final cost.
All of Mackin’s recommended book lists are prepared by our in-house librarians and educators, who are dedicated to providing the very best selections available based on the parameters provided by the organizations, librarians, and teachers requesting the title lists. Please understand, however, that all titles provided on our requested or standing lists are options for the purchaser to consider and are not guaranteed to fulfill the exact needs or requirements of every school, classroom, or library. We understand and respect that the purchaser will make the final selections most appropriate for their students. Mackin does not serve as the decision-maker or the authority regarding the titles that should or should not be purchased for any school, library, or classroom.
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Audiobook Partners

AudioBookCloud (formerly named TumbleTalkingBooks) is TumbleBooks’ collection of online
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Books on Tape offers top quality recordings of unabridged audiobooks for interests
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Mackin features a full catalog of Playaway titles and Playaway Bookpacks to build your library.
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CD / MP3 FAQs
What is an MP3 CD?
MP3 stands for Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG), Audio Layer 3. The total file size is smaller, without sacrificing audio quality, allowing for more storage. While a regular audio CD holds 74 minutes of audio, MP3-CDs can hold up to 12.5 hours of audio. Also, if the primary use of the audiobook is to be played on a MP3 device, it is the most practical as the longer tracks create less file ‘clutter’ and MP3-CD audiobooks cost less.
How many students can use the audiobook at one time?
When a “physical” audiobook (CD, MP3CD) is purchased for a classroom or by a library, it can be lent to the students or patrons. But only one student or patron can borrow it at a time (one book, one user basis). The first one will have to bring it back to the school or the library for the second student or patron to be able to check it out. The students can listen to the audiobook on any device of their choice. It is expected that the files are deleted once the patron or student is done with it.
Are there restrictions on loading the content on the MP3 CD to a device?
Yes – the only person that is allowed to load the audio is the patron/student. The library cannot load the audio for the patron/student. It must be done at home.
Does the content need to be deleted from a student’s device before being loaded onto another student’s device?
Publishers expect that once a student is finished, he/she will delete the title from the player, but once the MP3 CD is returned to the library, the next student may check it out and upload it (even though the last student may not be finished).
Is there a limit to the number of times the content can be loaded?
No, as long as the school/library is not doing the loading.
What’s the difference between a Library Edition and a Retail Edition?
The library edition will have more durable packaging for high-volume circulation designed for library use.