As previously rumoured, Spotify has added a new incentive for Premium subscribers in the UK and Australia. Announced during a New York launch event with T3 in attendance, the company revealed that from today, members get 15 hours worth of audiobooks per month at no extra cost.
Having already expanded its streaming offering with podcasts, including many of exclusives, the service has added the ability to access a library of over 150,000 audiobooks, including novels and biographies from some big name authors and publishers.
Books that are available to listen to from launch include Bob Mortimer's novel, The Satsuma Complex, J.R.R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring, Richard Osman's The Bullet that Missed, and Matthew Perry's much-talked about memoir, Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing.
The brand hopes that this expanded service will see an upswell in the audiobook industry generally: "Just as Spotify has done in music and podcasting, this offering will fuel the audiobook industry by empowering authors, publishers, and creators to innovate and enable discovery at a never-seen-before scale," it said in a statement.
Students can also subscribe to Spotify Premium at a discounted rate – £5.99 / $5.99 / AUS$6.99 per month
