You’re probably familiar with Spotify as a music streaming service, but you may be unaware of its extensive audiobook offerings. At the time of writing, you can listen to over 350,000 titles via the Spotify app in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.<\/p>
Audiobooks have been nicely integrated into the Spotify user interface, allowing you to search for titles, add them to your library, and play audiobooks in the same way you would podcasts and songs. It’s easy to find audiobooks on Spotify, and it doesn’t take long to get started.<\/p>
So let’s go over how you can buy and listen to audiobooks on Spotify and some tips on how to get the most out of your audiobook listening experience.<\/p>
To buy audiobooks on Spotify, go to the web app and click the Search icon, then select the Audiobooks tab, select your desired audiobook, and click Play > Get email. Check your inbox for the Spotify.com link, which will take you to the audiobook’s purchase page. After you complete the checkout process, click Buy and the audiobook will be yours.<\/p>
Launch the Spotify app, navigate to Your Library > Audiobooks, find your audiobook, and press the Play button to listen to your audiobook.<\/p>
The platform’s user-friendly interface makes finding audiobooks on Spotify a breeze. To find them, follow these steps:<\/p>
Spotify offers both free and paid audiobooks. The paid ones have a lock sign on the Play button that disappears once the audiobook is purchased. Here’s how to buy audiobooks on Spotify:<\/p>
Keep in mind that you can only purchase audiobooks through the Spotify web app. You can, however, find and listen to your purchased titles on both mobile and desktop devices.<\/pre>After purchasing the audiobook, follow these steps to listen to it on Spotify:<\/p>
As previously stated, audiobooks are not included with a Spotify account, so you’ll need to repeat the steps above each time you want to listen to a new book. Spotify also does not display the price of each book in the app. Instead, you can only find that information via a browser version of Spotify or in the email that the app sends you when you try to make a purchase.<\/p>
Pricing for audiobooks varies by book, but based on a quick look at some of the ones Spotify is pushing on the landing page of its new audiobook section, there are some easy-to-identify trends\u2014most books cost around or over $20.<\/p>
Popular titles such as The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and Michelle Obama’s Becoming cost $25.90 and $23.90, respectively, while A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book 1 and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone cost $36.90 and $32.90, respectively. Smaller books typically cost between $15 and $20, but there are a few outliers on both ends of the spectrum.<\/p>
Whether you’re listening to A Song of Ice and Fire or I’m Glad My Mom Died (which is listed on Spotify for $13.99), you’ll most likely rack up a sizable bill.<\/p>
You can listen to several audiobooks for free on Spotify. The majority of titles on the platform, however, must be purchased. If you want to listen to a paid book, purchase it as described above.<\/p>