{"id":494827,"date":"2022-09-21T11:49:27","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T08:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/spotify-launches-audiobook-store-with-some-300000-titles\/"},"modified":"2022-09-21T11:49:27","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T08:49:27","slug":"spotify-launches-audiobook-store-with-some-300000-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/spotify-launches-audiobook-store-with-some-300000-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"#Spotify launches audiobook store with some 300,000 titles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c6def7b016\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c6def7b016\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/spotify-launches-audiobook-store-with-some-300000-titles\/#%E2%80%9CSpotify_launches_audiobook_store_with_some_300000_titles%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Spotify launches audiobook store with some 300,000 titles&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CSpotify_launches_audiobook_store_with_some_300000_titles%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Spotify launches audiobook store with some 300,000 titles&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/spotify.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/spotify.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Credit: Pixabay\/CC0 Public Domain\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/spotify.jpg\" alt=\"spotify\" title=\"Credit: Pixabay\/CC0 Public Domain\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Credit: Pixabay\/CC0 Public Domain<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The expanding audio books market has a major new retailer: Spotify.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                On Tuesday, the music streaming service announced its long-rumored audiobook initiative, launching a store that includes more than 300,000 titles, including such popular works as Delia Owens&#8217; &#8220;Where the Crawdads Sing,&#8221; Michelle Obama&#8217;s &#8220;Becoming&#8221; and Colleen Hoover&#8217;s &#8220;It Ends With Us.&#8221; Spotify has previously offered audio books on a limited basis, including J.K. Rowling&#8217;s &#8220;Harry Potter and the Sorcerer&#8217;s Stone&#8221; and such public domain novels as Mary Shelley&#8217;s &#8220;Frankenstein&#8221; and Jane Austen&#8217;s &#8220;Persuasion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve always believed that the potential for audio is limitless, and have been saying for a while now that our ambition is to be the complete package for everyone&#8217;s listening needs,&#8221; Nir Zicherman, Spotify&#8217;s vice president and global head of audiobooks and Gated Content, said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Audiobooks are next to come into the picture because we see a substantial unt<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed market: while audiobooks represent just a 6-7% share of the wider book market, the category is growing by 20% year over year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Other available works include Dave Grohl&#8217;s &#8220;The Storyteller,&#8221; James McBride&#8217;s &#8220;Deacon King Kong&#8221; and Emily Henry&#8217;s &#8220;People We Meet On Vacation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At least initially, Spotify will sell audio books individually, not on a subscription basis, at prices that are &#8220;competitive&#8221; with other sellers. 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