If you own ebooks purchased through Amazon's Kindle service or audiobooks from Audible, you can listen to them through your Echo device. Alexa reads to you using the same text-to-speech tricks that allow Amazon’s voice assistant to read news, calendar appointments, and other items. Alexa can access books purchased from the Kindle store, those obtained through Kindle Unlimited, and ones shared with you via the Kindle Family Library. If you subscribe to Audible or purchase any audiobooks, Alexa can pipe those books through your Echo device as well. Tell Alexa when to pause, resume, move forward, go back, or change volume.