How to Listen
Congratulations! By choosing to listen to Selkies House audiobooks you know that the authors and translators whose audiobooks you purchase are being remunerated without the 60-75% of profit that is taken, industry-wide, via other listening channels.
In a few clicks, our audiobooks are delivered as a set of chapter files in mp3 format and as such they can be played on any device that supports the format.
We recommend that you use BookPlayer for iOS or Smart AudioBook Player for Android, both of which are free applications with useful listening features.
Listening with BookPlayer on iOS
Once you have purchased your audiobook, follow the steps below to listen to your book in BookPlayer. Alternatively, watch this video that demonstrates the steps below.
If you don’t already have BookPlayer downloaded, you can install it from the App Store using this link.
Download your book zip file by clicking the link provided during the purchase process (either on the website or follow-up email that has been sent to you as confirmation of purchase).
Open the “Files” app on your iOS device and find the zip file you have just downloaded.
Long-press on the zip file and from the popup menu, click “Share”.
From the list of apps that appears, choose “BookPlayer” (if BookPlayer doesn’t appear in the list, choose the “More” icon (“…”) and select BookPlayer from the list of suggested apps.
In the “Copy” screen that appears, you’ll see the book zip file. Click “Done”.
Open the BookPlayer app.
The “Import” screen will automatically appear and you’ll see the book zip file listed. Click “Done”.
In the popup that subsequently appears, click “New Folder”, then click “Create”.
Your book will now be available in its own folder within the BookPlayer app. Click on the folder you just created and click the first chapter in the list to start listening.