The Limited Times

Now you can see non-English news...

Spotify takes a big leap into audiobooks

2022-09-20T17:51:39.499Z


The streaming service that transformed the music industry is launching an audiobook offering, with more than 300,000 titles.


A new player is making a very noticeable entry into the dynamic audio book market.

The world leader in music streaming, Spotify, launched a dedicated offer on its application in the United States on Tuesday.

The Swedish giant offers more than 300,000 audiobook titles, including best-selling authors such as Michelle Obama and Stephen King.

Users of the application across the Atlantic can now buy the books they want to listen to individually.

Purchases are not included in the monthly Spotify subscription.

Unlike its competitors such as Audible, Amazon which largely dominates the market, Apple Books or even Kobo and Nextory, Spotify did not choose for its launch to bet on a subscription formula.

“We have the ambition to introduce new business models around audiobooks in the future.

By launching our pay-per-view offer on our app today, we are testing how our users will interact with each title

.

This article is for subscribers only.

You have 78% left to discover.

Cultivating your freedom is cultivating your curiosity.

Keep reading your article for €0.99 for the first month

I ENJOY IT

Already subscribed?

Login

Source: lefigaro

All life articles on 2022-09-20

You may like

Trends 24h

Latest

© Communities 2019 - Privacy

The information on this site is from external sources that are not under our control.
The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.