Price-check: Foundation
Checked 2026-11-09Our verdict: Scott Brick's reading of the first Foundation novel — Kobo has the Penguin Random House Audio recording at $22.99; Audible is 1 credit / check price.
| Way to get it | Cost | Wait / Keep? |
|---|---|---|
| Free — Libby / Hoopla (library) | Pending | Library availability is checked per title — never assumed |
| Kobo | $22.99 USD (checked 2026-11-09) | No wait · yours to keep. Kobo US price, checked 2026-11-09 (live US narrator listing; the current Kobo listing is the Apple TV+ tie-in listing of the same Scott Brick recording) |
| Chirp deal (when on offer) | Pending | No wait · yours to keep |
| Audible | 1 credit / check price | No wait · yours to keep |
| Libro.fm | Pending | No wait · yours, supports a bookstore |
| Spotify Premium | Pending — we never guess Spotify inclusion | Stream while subscribed · included hours expire monthly |
Audible cash prices are never hard-coded here: Amazon permits displayed prices only via its API with a timestamp, so this row is always “1 credit / check price”.
Listening note
Hari Seldon, psychohistory, and the slow fall of the Galactic Empire: the novel that launched Asimov's Foundation series, read by Scott Brick. This page exists because a reader searched for the book here and we didn't have it — it comes from our own search queue.
Sources: Kobo US Scott Brick narrator listing (tie-in listing of the PRH Audio recording), checked live 2026-11-09 · https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/foundation-apple-series-tie-in-edition · Audible ASIN B003D8W5VS (Penguin Random House Audio, Apr 20 2010)