Spotify starts offering Premium subscribers 15 hours of audiobook streaming per month across 150K+ titles, first in the UK and Australia, and the US this winter

A year after adding à la carte sales of audiobooks, Spotify is offering paying subscribers 15 hours of books a month.

New York Times 2023-10-04

@richlightshed @richlightshed on x
🔥 DISRUPTIVE - @Spotify $SPOT
@eldsjal Daniel Ek on x
Today is a big, big day for @Spotify. And for book lovers everywhere. Audiobooks are coming to Spotify Premium! 🎧📚 [video]
@michaelmiraflor Michael J. Miraflor on x
Audible needed some real competition tbh. They haven't had an incentive to innovate for a decade+
@isamutlib @isamutlib on x
RIP Audible
@rakeshlobster Rakesh Agrawal on x
Big competitive threat to Audible. For $15/month, Audible customers get one book. Typical listener could get 1-3 audiobooks worth of playback each month with Spotify plan for less money + get unlimited music streaming.
@arvidkahl Arvid Kahl on x
Pretty cool development for self-published authors who also have audiobooks. Spotify is competing with the giants, Apple and Amazon/Audible, in the audio book space. Let's see if and how that contributes to sales. Both my books will be on Spotify, of course. [image]
@gustavs Gustav Söderström on x
This is maybe my favorite Spotify launch the last few years. It's been a looong time in the making. I'm a huge book fan and I think that audiobooks in an access model can do to reading what the access model did to music and make a lot more people - that may not consider...
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Spotify Premium Will Include Instant Access to 150,000+ Audiobooks

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