4books: Audiobooks & Podcasts

4books Srl

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About this app

More than 1 million people read, listen, and learn the key concepts of the best books, audiobooks and podcasts every day on 4books in more than 15 different categories (business, psychology, investments, leadership, history ...).

Start expanding your knowledge in just 15 minutes with the best books, audiobooks, and podcasts in Italian.

Choose the content you want to read, or listen to in audiobook format.
4books is the mobile app that enables you to listen to exclusive audiobooks, news, and podcasts and learn effortlessly, while doing other activities. On 4books you will also find news, current events, and tools that will help you stay up to date with what’s going on in the world.

BECOME MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE AND LEARN THE KEY CONCEPTS OF A SELECTION OF THE BEST BOOKS IN THE WORLD

- Listen to the best bits from our titles selected from the world international bestseller charts. Choose from more than 15 categories of audiobooks.
- Choose whether to enhance your knowledge on business, marketing, finance or even psychology, mindfulness, startups and much more, with our collection of books, podcasts, and audiobooks.
- Decide whether to read one of the many books in our library, or listen to the audiobook version.
- Explore our archive, made up of hundreds of books hand-selected by our team put together by our founder, Marco Montemagno.
- Read content directly on all your devices. Need to put your reading on pause? No problem, on 4books you can pick up directly from where you left off, at any time.

DISCOVER EXCLUSIVE PODCASTS READ DIRECTLY BY OUR PROFESSIONAL ACTORS

- You can find exclusive podcasts on hot topics or concepts to learn while having fun.
- Our selection is constantly updated, and includes in-depth studies on philosophy, geopolitics, neuroscience, and many more.

STAY UP TO DATE ON KEY STORIES FROM THE DAILY NEWS

- In 4books you can listen to the key stories from the daily news wherever you are.
- We offer a roundup of world news in our international press review, also available in Italian.
- Choose to receive the daily newsletter or to read your updates on the 4books app.

DON’T HOLD YOURSELF BACK

- Learning has no limits with 4books. Learn where and when you want with our audiobooks, podcasts, and written books analyses. Use 4books from a mobile or from the web and access content in audio or text format.
- Take the 4books app to the gym, on vacation, while you're in the car or out walking the dog. Learn quickly, wherever you are, thanks to our audio books available in short summaries.
- As soon as you find the book that's right for you, you can download it offline, so you can use it even when you don't have a data connection. You can also take notes and create your own library of favourites.

Ratings and reviews

I find this app interesting and appreciate some differences in how it is organized compared to other similar apps, such as having topics and a selection of "must read" books for every one of them. However, it has very few books, and the voices aren't easy for me to follow since I'm not a native English speaker. Although I listen to various podcasts in American English without any problem, this app only features UK English speakers. If it weren't for the low price, I wouldn't have bought it.

The app is a good idea, the content, and the way the content is actually put together, is valuable. I tried the free trial and I left quickly out of the inability to listen to 50% of the audio content in full. The app keeps stopping and the content restarts from zero with no way to resume from where it stopped. I also think the number of books available is not massive. Ultimately I ended up reverting back to TED, even if it's not the same thing. I would have stayed if it worked.

When you try to subscribe from web paying with card it gives you a week free. Subscribing from google play it won't, that's because from Google play it's easier to unsubscribe. That's a really cheeky marketing strategy. Also I've read a thing in the website and subscribed without paying care on the phone but I didn't wanted to pay for a month. Or, better: I'd like to try It first, at least seeing how the app works. I'll unsubscribe asap. Edit: app won't start: WOW, I got 10€ stolen for nothing

What's new

While our users were busy learning from the best authors, from all over the world, we got working on the 4books app, and making it even better than before