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Birmingham Public Library Promotes Free Audiobooks For Teens

The SNYC YA Listener Program offers young adult listeners two free audiobooks each week during the summer.

June 4, 2020

By Lynn Hutchins | Information/Circulation Department, Central Library

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Did you know that there is a way to get free audiobook downloads all summer long?

The SNYC YA Listener Program offers young adult listeners two free audiobooks each week during the summer. It is designed especially for teens.

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SYNC is available through Sora, the student reading app from OverDrive. You can visit the website or text snycya to 25827 to get started. It is also available on Apple Apps and Google Play stores.

How Does SYNC Work?

  • Visit https://www.audiobooksync.com/ from now through July 29, 2020
  • Select available audiobooks to download as mp3s
  • Sign up for alerts for the next titles
  • Share comments on social media

SYNC is a free summer audiobook program for teens. Every week this summer SYNC will give away two complete audiobooks—pairs of high interest titles, based on weekly themes.

You can also download audiobooks of your choice to electronic devices at no cost from the Birmingham Public Library or from a variety of websites like Project Gutenberg.


This press release was produced by the Birmingham Public Library. The views expressed here are the author’s own.

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