Spotify Premium users are to get Audiobook access for up to 15 hours per month as part of their subscription plan. The offer is slightly caveated as only Premium subscribers as well as plan managers for Family and Duo accounts will be eligible and only for users in the UK and Australia. Subscribers in the US are expected to be added later this year. Over 150,000 audiobooks will be available in this offering. 10-hour top ups are available to purchase for those that exceed their quota and these are £9.99 in the UK and $11 in the US.
Any book that’s marked ‘Included in Premium’ is available within the Premium catalogue which currently encompasses upwards of 70% of bestselling books, with titles from major publishers including Hachette, HarperCollins Publishers, Macmillan, Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, and RB Media, as well as independent authors and publishers globally, including Bolinda, Dreamscape, and Pushkin.
To listen to the first book on your list, simply type in the title in Search and hit play on the first chapter (or listen to the preview to make sure it’s exactly what you’re looking for!). You can also explore audiobook recommendations easily from your Home feed or head to the audiobooks hub to find an editorially curated selection of top titles.
Audiobooks can be downloaded for offline listening and with Spotify’s automatic bookmarking system your place will be saved so you can easily pick up where you left off. There is also an ‘end of chapter’ feature within Spotify Sleep Timer so you can fall asleep to your favourite stories without having to rewind (and lose listening hours) in the morning.
Spotify’s full catalogue, including titles available on Spotify Premium, is still also available for a la carte purchases.
