Spotify has launch a unexampled subscription service for listeners in the United States , which offers 15 hour of audiobook heed for ten horse a calendar month .
The new Audiobooks Access Tier , will give indorser access to a digital library of over 200,000 statute title and strikes at the heart of the Amazon - owned Audible subscription religious service .
Spotify already offers this exact propositionas a perk for Premium reader , but this makes the 15 hr audiobook option usable to those who ’d prioritise listening to books over music and would be unforced to give outright . With the average audiobook lasting around ten hours , users will be capable to get through a Koran and a half a month on this plan .
With the Audiobooks Access Tier , users will be able-bodied to take , but carry on to listen to medicine and podcasts via the advertising - supported free memberships .
UK audiobook buff can buy an redundant 10 - hours to top up if their 15 - hour parceling expires , whenever they like . However , that too requires a Premium subscription . It ’s likely Spotify does expand the offering beyond the US in the calendar week to get along .
Spotifysays it has seen a real uptick in interest group in audiobooks from loose exploiter since they became uncommitted in Premium .
“ We ’ve view a 45 % increase in free user look for for and interacting with Audiobook content each day . Now we are introducing a new design selection to give our listeners a variety of choices , ” Spotify articulate in aNewsroompost today .
“ With this program and in one app experience , listener can continue to tune into music and podcasts on our liberal , advertising - supported service , offering a swell option for literary enthusiasts who are take care for more audiobook - specific capacity . ”
