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Spotify expands its audiobook ambitions with Premium access

Avatar photo by Stuart Dredge October 4, 2023October 4, 2023

By its own admission, Spotify’s expansion into audiobooks in September 2022 was “far too complicated and confusing”.

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Spotify hosts cannabis ads and preps a free audiobook test

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We’ve written recently about Spotify’s efforts to accelerate the growth of its advertising business. Could cannabis be a part of that?

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Could audiobooks, not HiFi, be key to Spotify ‘Supremium’ tier’s success?

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When will Spotify actually launch its hi-res tier? Later this year, seemingly – and audiobooks may be a key part of the package.

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Spotify’s 50% royalty rate… for authors of audiobooks

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Spotify’s Findaway subsidiary is dropping its 20% distribution fee for audiobooks sold on the parent service.

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Amazon’s Audible reveals its new slate of hip-hop originals

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Audible has unveiled a slate of podcasts and audiobooks celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop this year.

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Apple deploys AI tech for ‘digital narration’ of audiobooks

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Only a small proportion of published books get audiobook versions, due to the costs of recording voice narration professionally.

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Spotify expands its audiobooks feature to more countries

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Having launched its new catalogue of audiobooks in the US in September, Spotify has moved quickly to roll it out to other countries too.

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Audiobooks are the latest spark in Spotify-Apple battle

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Spotify launched audiobooks in the US recently, but the process of buying them is far too complicated and confusing – according to Spotify!

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Spotify launches audiobooks… with an a la carte pricing model

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We knew Spotify was preparing to make a big splash in audiobooks, most recently signified by its acquisition of specialist firm Findaway.

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Independent authors are key to Spotify’s Findaway acquisition

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Spotify announced plans to acquire audiobooks company Findaway in November last year, but it’s taken seven months to actually close the deal.

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‘The Spotify Machine’ is aiming for $100bn of annual revenues

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At its latest investor day event yesterday, Spotify set out its strategy in terms that it hopes investors will not just understand, but relish.

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Spotify makes latest audiobooks move with Findaway acquisition

Avatar photo by Stuart Dredge November 12, 2021May 11, 2023

Spotify has made its latest acquisition in the non-music audio space, and it represents another step forward in the company’s strategy to get into audiobooks.

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