Spotify is launching its audiobook service with à la carte purchases. Spotify hopes that audiobooks will find a similar success as podcasts have on its platform, but there are key differences in these content offerings that may bring new challenges for this vertical.Īudible is the leading audiobook-focused service by a large percent, which makes the market ripe for disruption. With this launch, Spotify is expanding its audio-focused future that grows beyond music content. Spotify previewed this vertical at its Investor Day in June, in addition to announcing its purchase of Findaway, an audiobook distributor. Spotify said, "While audiobooks represent just a 6 to 7 per cent share of the wider book market, the category is growing by 20 per cent year over year.Spotify has officially launched its audiobook vertical for US listeners. The automatic bookmarking feature enables the users to save their place to immediately resume where they left off.ĪLSO READ: Elista TT 14000AUFB Twin Tower Speaker Review: A perfect device for your house party The feature enables the users to listen to more than 3,00,000 audiobook titles, which could further be downloaded for offline listening purposes on Spotify.ĪLSO READ: Gizmore Slate Review: Decent performer with great looks How to recognise the Audiobooks feature?Īudiobooks show up with a lock icon on the play button, indicating that the users have purchased it in order to listen to the audio on the platform.
The platform announced the support for audiobooks first in September, but it was only available in the US then. Countries like the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand will have access to the new audiobooks now, as per the blog post of the company.
Spotify, a leading music streaming platform has announced its expansion of the audiobooks feature which will now be available in countries beyond the USA. Follow us on Image Source : PIXABAY Spotify
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