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Free audiobooks on spotify10/31/2023 ![]() ![]() There's no exact timeline on when Spotify Audiobooks will be coming to Australia yet, but comments from Zicherman suggest that the company see this as the start of a larger long-term push into the category. ![]() "While audiobooks represent just a 6%–7% share of the wider book market, the category is growing by 20% year over year," he said. According to Spotify exec Nir Zicherman, the category is something on an untapped market. The addition of audiobooks as a format comes following several years of growth by Spotify off the back of podcasts. Spotify's take on the formula comes fully integrated into the service's recommendation engine, and incorporates many of the same features found in rival services like variable playback speed, offline listening and automatic bookmarking. While Spotify says that the streamer's initial audiobook offering includes over 300,000 titles, all of it will be exclusive to the United States for the time being. Spotify is adding something new into the mix, but Aussies will have to wait to hear it.Īnnounced overnight, the music streaming service said that it is ready to expand into audiobook distribution from today. ![]()
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