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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.