Storytel releases its audiobooks on Spotify. By linking both your accounts, you can listen to your favorite books no matter what service you use.
Storytel currently has more than 500,000 audiobooks in 25 different markets. It is an attractive content for Spotify that does not have audiobooks on its service since before.
Audiobooks broaden the range on Spotify
Spotify has invested heavily in podcasts for its service, and with audiobooks from Storytel as an alternative to the music service, the content is significantly expanded.
“Spotify can satisfy many of its customers’ needs while it is good for us, I see it as a win-win,” says Jonas Tellander, CEO of Storytel.
If Storytel’s material becomes popular on Spotify, it is not inconceivable that Spotify will place a bid on the audiobook service.
What is a strategic partnership today can thus become something much bigger for Storytel tomorrow, and that means that you who are not a Spotify user can suddenly become one.
Jonas Tellander says in a statement that the collaboration between Storytel and Spotify is not commercial. There is thus no revenue sharing between the companies for you to be able to listen to audio books.
The launch will take place sometime during the second half of the year. Jonas says that it will happen after the summer, but without specifying further than that.
Uses Spotify Spotify Open Access Platform
Earlier in April, Spotify’s CEO Daniel Ek announced the new Open Access Platform service.
It is a service that enables third-party publishers to distribute their content directly on Spotify.
And it is the Open Access Platform that allows Storytel to share its audiobook content on Spotify.
Storytel you can try for free for 30 days. Then you have to subscribe to the content for a monthly fee.
There are three subscription levels. Unlimited, Family and Family +:
- Unlimited costs SEK 169 for 1 adult and 1 child
- Family costs SEK 228 for 2 adults and 2 children
- Family + costs SEK 287 for 3 adults and 3 children
