Audible Introduces Collections – An Easy Way to Organize Your Audiobook Library

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Fans of Audible have a new reason to rejoice — Audible has launched a helpful feature that many readers have been hoping for: Collections. Much like Kindle Collections, Audible Collections can help readers organize their libraries.

With Collections, finding audiobooks in your listening library is easier than ever. If your Audible library has grown to hundreds, or even thousands of books, you’ll appreciate this easy way to keep your audiobooks organized.

Ever since my dear friend Carrie convinced me to try audiobooks (it wasn’t easy for her to persuade me), I’ve been hooked on listening. With hundreds of titles in my library, I had requested Audible to offer a way to organize audiobooks. I’m sure I wasn’t the only one who asked Audible to add a way to organize audiobook libraries.

Now my wish has been granted. Audible has made it possible to organize your library and find your audiobooks more easily.

How Audible Has Made Organizing Your Audiobooks Easier

After you’ve updated your Audible app, you’ll notice your library looks different. At the top of your library are sections for Titles, Genres, and Collections. Each of these features can make finding audiobooks in your library easier.

Collections

Collections are custom folders in the Audible app you can use to find your next great listen. You can easily create Collections in the app and add titles to your Collections to organize your audiobooks.

Below I explain how you can create Collections to organize audiobooks in your library.

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Genres

The Genres section has been added by Audible and organizes your listening library by, you guessed it, genres. Tap Genres at the top of your Library page in the Audible app to see your audiobooks organized into genres.

Feel in the mood for a laugh? Check out the books in your Comedy genre folder. Looking for suspense? Check out Mysteries & Thrillers.

You can organize the Genres section of your library alphabetically or by how many books of each genre are in your library. See which genre seems to appeal to you the most by organizing your books by Count.

Favorites

Audible starts you off with a Collection called Favorites, to which you can add your favorite audiobooks to share, recommend, or listen to easily.

You can fill your Favorites Collection with books you’ve already finished and want to recommend to others.

Titles

The Titles section of your library has also been better organized. You can now filter your audiobooks to see which books you’ve:

• Not Started
• Started
• Downloaded
• Finished

This can be a helpful way to find books you’ve already read, started but didn’t finish, or have never read. You can also see how many books you’ve read on Audible.

Finished Audible Books

Unfortunately, my Finished section only included books I had finished within the past few years. Audiobooks I had read earlier on Audible weren’t in the Finished section of my library.

How to Mark Audible Books as Finished

You can mark a book as Finished, both in the Audible app and on the website, to help make that section of your library more accurate. You can mark the books you’ve finished to add them to the Finished section of your library.

Tip => If you rate Audible books you’ve finished, finding the books you’ve finished in your library will be easier.

On the Audible website, click Mark as Finished under the title in your library to add a book to Finished.

In the Audible app, tap the three dots next to a title in your library, then tap Mark as finished to add a book to the Finished section.

How to Create an Audible Collection

To create a Collection in your Audible library, open the app and tap Library in the bottom menu, then tap Collections. Tap the box next to New Collection.

Then name your new Collection and give it a brief description. Next tap Create.

You’ll see a list of books in your library. Tap the boxes to the right of titles to add books to your new collection, then tap Add.

You can go through your entire library, or search for books to add to your new Collection.

Suggestions for Audible Collections

To get started, you may want to think about which Collections you’d like to create for your library. Here are a few that may work for you:

Audible Originals — Each month Audible gives its members a selection of free content created by Audible called Audible Originals. This free program originally offered two free selections a month, but lately you can get all of the monthly choices for free.

Audible Originals tend to be shorter than most audiobooks and cover a wide range of genres. You may discover a new favorite author, narrator, or genre by checking out an Audible Original.

Create an Audible Original Collection to find these monthly freebies in your Library quickly.

Learn more at => Audible Originals – A New Benefit for Audible Members

Top-Rated — Create a Collection of Top-Rated titles in your library to find easily when you want to start your next great listen.

Daily Deals — Each day Audible offers a title at a deep discount. You can sign up to be notified of Audible’s Daily Deals so you don’t miss out on the sale prices.

Create a Daily Deals Collection to easily find the Daily Deals you’ve nabbed and to remind yourself of the bargains you’ve gotten.

Book Club — If you listen to Audible books for your book club, create a Collection to keep track of your book club selections over time. You can easily find them to re-listen, recommend, and/or share these books later.

Recommendations from ________ — If you have a friend, book reviewer, or other trusted person who recommends books you enjoy, create a Collection for books recommended by that person.

What Else You Need to Know

Audible Collections launched recently and may get some updates in the future. As of now, Collections only appear in the app and not on the Audible website. There currently does not appear to be a way to either access or create Collections in your library using Audible’s website.

Genres are also currently missing from Audible’s website. You can’t filter your library by Genre or Downloaded, though you can filter by Finished or Unfinished, on the Audible website.

Hear for It

If you’re a fan of Audible and on Facebook, check out the Facebook Group Hear for It. This Group is run by Audible and can be a fun place to get (and give) book recommendations, ask for feedback, see Audible announcements, and discuss your favorite listens.

Your Thoughts

Are you excited by Audible’s new Collections feature so you can organize your library more easily? Were you surprised by how many Audible books you have in each genre and how many you’ve finished? Do you have any ideas for Collections to create?

Share your thoughts in the Comments section below!