It seems like Spotify is committed to expanding beyond merely music enthusiasts. There’s something for everyone in the platform’s vast music catalog, but it also provides unique material, like podcasts, that you won’t find anywhere else. However, the business is not done yet. Spotify has introduced a new membership tier just for audiobooks dubbed the Audiobooks Access Tier. Prior to this, the company offered free audiobooks to Premium customers in the US each month.
According to the company’s blog post, the new tier will cost you $10 a month and provide you access to 15 hours of audiobook time. With 200,000 audiobooks in its library—up from 150,000 when the firm initially made them available to Premium members late last year—it is a burgeoning collection.
Hence, you may continue listening to music and podcasts with advertisements if you’re using the free Spotify tier. But, there is a monthly charge if audiobooks are your thing. You will need to pay $11 a month for Spotify Premium in order to access everything without ads.
Therefore, it would seem like Spotify is trying to encourage users to upgrade to Premium with this action. Considering that it costs just one dollar more than the audiobook-only tier once you’re in, it’s a fairly good value. Weighing your alternatives makes the Premium plan appear pretty appealing.
This may be Spotify’s attempt to market audiobooks to customers who aren’t quite enamored with its music selection, however. If you’re searching for audiobooks and you already have a subscription to any of the top music applications, such as Apple Music or YouTube Music, Spotify has you covered.
Audible is a massive audiobook company owned by Amazon, but this business takes a different approach. With Audible, you may purchase a book each month with a single credit by paying $14.95 a month. Spotify is operating somewhat in a different way. Its collection has an infinite number of audiobooks that you can listen to, but the amount of time you can spend listening is limited. If you like reading those lengthy, epic books, Spotify may not have them available. A trade-off dependent on the length of the book exists.
It’s not apparent whether, like the Premium plan, the Audiobooks Access Tier allows you to buy a 10-hour top-up if you reach your limit. In any case, Audible is the place to go if you want limitless listening, but Spotify is upping the ante by providing a ton more titles.
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