Listen to audiobooks in Books on iPod touch

In Reading Now or in the Audiobooks collection in your Library, tap the audiobook cover, then do any of the following:

• Skip forward or back: Touch and hold the rounded arrows, slide and hold the book cover, or use external controls such as headphones or car controls.

  Note: To change the number of seconds that skipping advances, go to Settings  > Books, then scroll down to Audiobooks.

• Speed it up, or slow it down: Tap the playback speed in the lower-left corner to choose a different speed.

• Set a sleep timer: Tap , then choose a duration.

• Go to a chapter: Tap , then tap a chapter.

  Note: Some audiobooks refer to chapters as tracks, or don’t define chapters.

• Go to a specific time: Drag the playhead, directly below the audiobook cover. The point where you started listening is marked with a gray circle on the timeline. Tap the circle to jump back to that spot.

Some audiobooks come with supplemental PDFs. To find the PDFs, play the audiobook, tap , then tap View Included PDF (iOS 15.4 or later).