Love a good audiobook for your commute or even while you’re doing chores and such around the house? Now you can get them as part of your Spotify Premium plan.
Spotify listeners in the US will probably start seeing audiobooks in their offerings Wednesday. They’re a new perk for Premium subscribers.
Spotify just announced that more than 200,000 audiobooks are available to listen to, for free, for Spotify Premium subscribers. The books include all genres, and according to Spotify, more than 70 percent of them are bestselling titles. However, there are a few minor details of which you should be aware.
Listening to Audiobooks.
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The most important detail in the announcement is that you’ll be limited to 15 hours of audiobook listening in a given month. In the news announcement for the new feature, Spotify said, “Fifteen hours should get you around two average audiobooks per month, but if you do hit the limit, you can purchase a 10-hour top-up.”
The “top-up hours,” however, are only sold in 10-hour increments, and are $10.99. But they do carry over for up to 12 months if you remain a Premium subscriber.
Premium subscriptions cost $10.99 monthly for an individual subscription, $14.99 monthly for Premium Duo, which allows two Premium accounts, or $16.99 monthly for Premium Family, which allows six Premium or Kids accounts. Unfortunately, the audiobook perk remains 15 hours for all plans, meaning, if you have a Family plan, you’ll be sharing the 15 hours between all six accounts.
Audiobook Statistics.
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Also important to note is that if you have a Spotify Student account ($5.99 monthly with ad-supported Hulu included), you won’t have access to the 15-hour audiobook perk.
Students and Spotify Free subscribers can still access audiobooks, but you’ll need to pay individually for each book you choose to listen to.
The audiobook perk is available to all Premium subscribers (with the exception noted above) starting today.
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