Many who enjoy audio books think Audible is the only game in town, but there are actually a number of different ways to find and download audio books online. There are free services which allow you to download public domain books to listen to of varying qualities and a number of other subscription sites which can, in many cases, save you money over Audible’s $15.00 per month subscription plan.

One of these services is music-clubs.com. They offer both non-fiction and fiction audio books. Some of the genres offered include business, careers, self-help, children’s, young adult, and spirituality. Whatever you’re looking for, chances are music-club.com has what you’re looking for. The collection is fairly decent in size, it’s not the biggest out there, but chances are you’ll be able to find something you want to listen to.

You can also find a number of instructional audio books to help you learn many different languages. Unlike traditional text-books, which only help you write in foreign languages, these audio books help you speak the languages you are trying to use, which will better enable to use them when visiting foreign countries without butchering the pronunciation of every word.

Music-Club offers two subscription plans, a gold membership, and a platinum membership. The gold membership has a special where you can get 50% off for the first three months, and pay a mere $14.95 per month after that. With the gold subscription, you get one book of any size. Unlike audible, there aren’t books that are “two credits” which make the book take two months of one’s subscription.

There’s also a platinum membership for $22.95 per month that comes with 2 free audio books up-front, 2 downloads per month, and after that you can purchase additional audio books for just $11.47 for each download.

The service might not be the right fit for everyone, but it’s definitely competitive with Audible’s, iTunes’ and other stores pricing, so consider checking it out.