Abstract: The rapid development of digital technology，Internet technology and mobile communication technology has injected strong impetus into the vigorous development of audiobooks.National reading has begun to enter the era of audiobooks，which has brought challenges and opportunities to libraries that provide visual reading services as the main content.This paper analyses the evolution of audio reading and the characteristics of audio reading under the network environment，clarifies the effect and orientation of audio reading in library reading promotion，and explores the path of innovative reading promotion by using audio reading in libraries.

Key words: library；audio reading；reading promotion；new path