Listening to audiobooks is a great way to keep up with the latest releases without having to sit down with a physical book. Now Spotify has added audiobooks to its mix of music and podcast offerings, opening the door for subscribers to ditch other audiobook players in favor of one app for all their audio needs.
Unfortunately, Spotify’s integration of its audiobooks with the rest of its content leaves a little to be desired. Audiobooks are already fully integrated into the app, but since Spotify doesn’t try too hard to differentiate between different types of content, it can be a bit tricky to find them in the sea of music and podcasts the app also offers.
How to listen to audiobooks on Spotify
Finding audiobooks on Spotify is pretty easy as long as you know where to look. Unlike music and podcasts, Spotify’s audiobooks aren’t free, so you’ll need to pay before you start listening. Bizarrely enough, you can’t purchase audiobooks directly through the app, so you’ll need to have a computer nearby to purchase and activate them for your account.
Step 1: Open the Spotify app on your phone.
Step 2: Choose is looking for tab at the bottom of the screen.
Step 3: If you have a specific audiobook in mind, search for it using the search bar at the top of the screen. Go to step 6 after you find and select the book you are looking for. If you want to discover new audiobooks, go to the next step.
Note: When you select an audiobook, they will sometimes be listed as podcasts. While it’s certainly confusing, you should be able to tell the difference quickly because podcasts can be streamed for free, while audiobooks you haven’t purchased will be locked until you buy them.
Step 4: Choose audio books card under Browse all.
Step 5: U audio book section of the Spotify app, you’ll be able to discover new books based on curated playlists. Like music and podcasts, different audiobooks will be grouped together based on common attributes such as subject or author. Find the audiobook you want to listen to and select it.
Step 6: Once you’ve selected an audiobook, you’ll see that it’s divided into separate sections, usually by chapter, allowing you to start listening at any time. Chapters are listed much like individual podcast episodes in the app. You will be able to listen to a short excerpt of the audiobook for free by selecting Sample a bar that runs across the screen horizontally below the audiobook description. If you want access to the whole thing, choose green game the lock button on the right side of the screen.
Step 7: From here, a popup will appear informing you that you cannot purchase audiobooks directly from the app. Instead, you will have to choose Get an email. This will send an email asking you to make a one-time purchase for the selected audiobook to the email associated with your Spotify account.
Step 8: Even though the Spotify app doesn’t allow you to make purchases directly through it, you can still pay for an audiobook on your phone. However, you can use a computer for the following steps.
Check your email account for an email from Spotify and open it. A message will tell you how much the audiobook costs. Choose green Buy an audio book button.
Step 9: You will be redirected to the browser version of Spotify after selecting Buy an audio book. This page should look similar to the in-app version, but now instead of green game button on the right side of the screen, you will see that it has been replaced with green Buy button. Select it.
Step 10: After selection Buy, you will be prompted to enter payment information. Add it and then complete your purchase.
Step 11: Once the purchase is complete, return to the Spotify app and the audiobook should be unlocked in your account. If not, you may need to close the app and reopen it to gain access.
How much are Spotify audiobooks?
As mentioned above, audiobooks don’t come free with a Spotify account, which means you’ll need to follow the steps above every time you want to access a new book. Spotify also doesn’t tell you the price of each book upfront in the app. Instead, you can only find this information through the browser version of Spotify or in the email the app sends you when you want to make a purchase.
As for audiobook prices, they vary from book to book, but based on a quick look at some of the ones Spotify is putting on the landing page of its new audiobook section, there are some trends that are easy to spot — most books cost around 20 or more dollars.
Popular titles like The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring or at Michelle Obama’s Becoming cost $25.90 and $23.90 respectively, while other big hits like Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book 1 and Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone they cost $36.90 and $32.90 respectively. Smaller books tend to fall between $15 and $20, but there are a few outliers on both sides of that scale.
Regardless of whether you’re listening A Song of Ice and Fire or I’m glad my mom died (listed on Spotify for $13.99), you’re likely to rack up a hefty bill if you’re an avid audiobook listener.
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Source: newstars.edu.vn