Audiobooks now available on Spotify

Audiobook purchases are now available for Spotify users in the US.

What is known

Spotify launches audiobooks in

your application.Now it works like in standard book selling services - in order to listen to a book you need to purchase it at full price. But the company did talk about unique new business models that could emerge in the future that would more closely resemble the freemium approach listeners are accustomed to with music and podcasts.

Right now, a US user has access to more than30,000 different books at prices set by the authors themselves (similar to Apple Books). Listeners can listen to the book or its excerpt in the application, and if they wish to purchase, they will be shipped outside the application. This is different from popular audiobook services like Audible, where you pay a certain amount per month and get access to the entire library.

When to expect

The feature is currently only available in the US. There is no release for other regions yet, but given how long podcasts have reached us, it is unlikely that audiobooks are worth waiting for in the near future.