Spotify audiobooks Archives

Spotify for Authors Debuts with Tools for Audiobook Creators: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway

I said a few days ago that Spotify was doubling down on audiobooks. Now we have even more evidence of that. They have released a whole set of tools for authors. They call it Spotify for Authors.

November 30, 2024
Dan Holloway
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Amazon Music Enters Audiobooks, Spotify Expands, and Tech Giants Launch Imprints: The Self-Publishing News Podcast with Dan Holloway

On this episode of the Self-Publishing News Podcast, Dan Holloway explores major developments in audiobooks, including Amazon Music's move into the market and Spotify's new deal with Bloomsbury. He also discusses ByteDance and Microsoft's ventures into publishing, with ByteDance focusing on BookTok-friendly genres and Microsoft aiming to speed up the publishing process. With tech companies increasingly disrupting the industry, Dan examines what these changes mean for authors.

November 29, 2024
Dan Holloway
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Spotify Expands Audiobooks with Bloomsbury Deal; Amazon Adds Audible to Music Unlimited: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway

I speculated for a while that Spotify was cooling its interest in audiobooks. That seems not to be the case. It has just announced a deal with Bloomsbury to make the publisher’s audiobooks available to “Audiobooks in Premium” subscribers and à la carte purchasers. These include stellar titles like Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell.

November 26, 2024
Dan Holloway
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Self-Publishing News: Spotify’s New Basic Plan Strips Out Audiobooks

Over the past couple of years, I have reported a lot about Spotify’s entry into the audiobook market. This went from anticipation to rumor to normalization with the new subscription offering of fifteen hours of audiobook content per month, which listeners can split across any titles they want in the platform’s catalog.

Self-Publishing News: Findaway Voices Terms – What’s Really Changed?

On Friday of last week, Findaway Voices by Spotify announced new terms and conditions that some have commented as being “rights grab”. Here is an update on Findaway Voices terms from ALLi's Watchdog Desk.

February 20, 2024
Dan Holloway
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Self-Publishing News: Spotlight on Spotify and the Audiobook Market

Audiobook Market update: 236 million people pay for a Spotify subscription which in theory gives access to up to 15 hours of audiobook content a month.

February 13, 2024
Dan Holloway
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Self-publishing News Update: Is Spotify Driving An Overall Increase in the Audiobook Market?

The audiobook market has, as you will all know by now, been growing steadily for a decade. Double digit growth is normal and while in the early days it was de rigueur to point out that this was starting from a very small base, that baseline is now within touching distance of ebooks.

February 3, 2024
Dan Holloway
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Self-publishing News: From Survey to Spotify: A Year of Indie Author Income

The word of this year for indie authors is income: ALLi's indie author data drop and Spotify's audiobook royalties

December 28, 2023
Dan Holloway
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Self-Publishing News: Futurebook Conference 2023 – Audio and AI to Dominate

As Audio and AI dominate the Futurebook Conference 2023 Programme, What Kind of Future is Being Imagined? In just over a week, it will be time for the annual Futurebook conference - what has become one of the most important dates in the calendar for understanding the nature of our industry’s concerns, the climate in which we operate, and the overall appetite for innovation across our landscape.

November 18, 2023
AskALLi Team
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Self-Publishing News: Spotify Premium Rolls Out Audiobooks in the US – including indies through Findaway Voices

As of November 8th, Spotify Premium subscribers in the US will be able to access the platform’s 200,000 strong audiobook catalogue. Indie authors can distribute to Spotify via Findaway Voices.