Spotify is expanding access to its Audiobook Plus and Audiobook Plus for Plan Members add-ons to users in the US.

For reference, Spotify currently gives Premium users 15 hours of audiobook listening time per month. Users in the US can now ...

Billed as ‘Audiobooks+’ and ‘Audiobooks+ for Plan Members’, Spotify’s new audiobook add-ons offer additional listening hours for Premium subscribers, giving users more flexible subscription plan ...

Over the past few weeks, several new additions have been made to Spotify's ecosystem, now available for US users following ...

Spotify officially added audiobooks to its service on Sept. 20, but it can be tricky to figure out. Here’s how to get them, and how much they might cost.

Spotify has launched its audiobook perk for Premium subscribers in the U.S., offering access to more than 200,000 audiobooks — available for no extra charge, but limited to only about two titles ...

Powered by its acquisition of the digital audiobook distributor Findaway, Spotify first launched audiobooks in the U.S. in September 2022, with a catalog of 300,000 titles to start before ...

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The 15 hours provided to Premium subscribers is a “nice to have” if you also stream music on the platform, especially if you only listen to a handful of shorter book titles every month. Spotify also ...

Spotify’s executives see an even bigger opportunity, they said. Despite the recent growth, they said, audiobooks represent less than a 7 percent share of the wider book market.

With the acquisition of Findaway, Spotify plans to make audiobooks the third pillar of its business. CEO Daniel Ek says it could be a $70 billion opportunity.

The first integrations of OAP are expected to arrive early next year, said Spotify. “As an industry, we think there’s massive potential and growth ahead for audiobooks,” Zicherman noted.