Spotify expands its audiobook library via a deal with publisher Bloomsbury<p>Spotify is <a data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="
https://newsroom.spotify.com/2024-11-22/spotify-inks-a-new-partnership-with-bloomsbury-to-offer-a-greater-assortment-of-audiobooks/">expanding[/url] its audiobook selection thanks to a deal with publisher Bloomsbury, adding over 1,000 books from authors like Sarah J Maas, Alan Moore and Ann Patchett. The new titles are arriving just a day after Spotify <a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="
https://newsroom.spotify.com/2024-11-22/spotify-inks-a-new-partnership-with-bloomsbury-to-offer-a-greater-assortment-of-audiobooks/">introduced new tools[/url] for audiobooks, like playlists, visual accompaniments and a sleep timer. </p>
<p>Some of the new audiobooks include fantasies for adults like
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke), award winners including
Cuddy by Benjamin Myers and kids adventure books like Katherine Rundell's
Impossible Creatures. The new collection also includes non-fiction titles by historians like Peter Frankopan and
Want, an anthology collected by Gillian Anderson. Narration will be performed by high-end talent like Meryl Streep, Emilia Clarke, Adjoa Andoh, and Jamie Lee Curtis. </p>
<span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><p>Spotify started offering audiobooks in the US <a data-i13n="cpos:3;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/spotify-subscribers-in-the-us-now-get-15-hours-of-audiobooks-every-month-192000398.html">a year ago[/url], with Premium subscribers gaining access to 15 hours of content per month (that can be topped up with an additional 10 hours for $12.99). With the average audiobook being about 8-12 hours, subscribers to the $11 Premium tier will be able to listen to about a book per month. Spotify said today that it has paid "hundreds of millions of dollars to publishers on an annualized basis." </p>
<p>Bloomsbury already offers its audiobooks on Amazon's Audible, with many of the titles mentioned above already available on that platform (<a data-i13n="elm:affiliate_link;sellerN:Audible;elmt:;cpos:4;pos:1" href="
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Want[/url], <a data-i13n="elm:affiliate_link;sellerN:Audible;elmt:;cpos:5;pos:1" href="
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Cuddy[/url] and others). Depending on the audiobook, it may be cheaper to just buy it outright than topping up your Spotify account, if want to listen to multiple titles in a month. </p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/streaming/spotify-expands-its-audiobook-library-via-a-deal-with-publisher-bloomsbury-130100585.html?src=rssSource:
Spotify expands its audiobook library via a deal with publisher Bloomsbury
