{"id":1532119,"date":"2026-03-20T16:00:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T16:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69AwPQ73KMgN4QymQ7Ew6n"},"modified":"2026-03-20T16:00:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T16:00:53","slug":"grab-8-warhammer-ebooks-and-audiobooks-for-free-just-by-downloading-the-new-black-library-app-and-listen-to-the-glorious-sound-of-brian-blessed-playing-the-universes-angriest-dwarf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/grab-8-warhammer-ebooks-and-audiobooks-for-free-just-by-downloading-the-new-black-library-app-and-listen-to-the-glorious-sound-of-brian-blessed-playing-the-universes-angriest-dwarf\/","title":{"rendered":"Grab 8 Warhammer ebooks and audiobooks for free just by downloading the new Black Library app\u2014and listen to the glorious sound of Brian Blessed playing the universe’s angriest dwarf"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In the grim darkness of the present day, everything has to be an app. So it is that after many long years of service, Games Workshop’s Black Library website\u2014home of its wide range of Warhammer novels\u2014is being replaced with something a little more high tech<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Some scepticism is understandable, particularly because this means you now can’t download ebooks and audiobooks as DRM-free files\u2014you can only read or listen to them within the Black Library app. <\/p>\n

On the plus side, Games Workshop seems to realise there’s a bit of hesitancy in the community, and it’s offering a sweetener to get people to download and try it. If you do so before April 20th, you can grab eight novels completely free.<\/p>\n

I gave it a go myself today and it’s agreeably easy. All you need to do is:<\/p>\n

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  1. Find the Black Library app on the Play Store<\/a> or the Apple store<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  2. Once you’ve got it downloaded, create and sign into a MyWarhammer<\/a> account.<\/li>\n
  3. You’ll find all the free books listed in the bar at the top of the app\u2014just click through to each one, hit the big “Free” button, and they’ll be added to your library. No checkout screen or anything like that.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    You can also grab them as both ebooks and audiobooks, which is a nice touch\u2014just make sure to click the button for both versions.<\/p>\n

    If you have an existing Black Library account, you can link it to your MyWarhammer account<\/a> to transfer all your purchases over. I was worried this would be a fiddly process but it was very quick and easy too, and my library updated instantly. Considering Games Workshop’s spotty history with apps and web development, so far this latest launch seems impressively smooth.<\/p>\n

    As for the books themselves, it’s a nice selection covering a variety of different novels that take place in the Warhammer 40,000, The Horus Heresy, Warhammer: Age of Sigmar, and Warhammer Fantasy settings. They’re mostly not the big, obvious classics\u2014there’s no Gaunt’s Ghosts in here for example\u2014but it still seems like a strong selection, especially for the very reasonable price of free. The full list is:<\/p>\n