Everyone loves a good story.
And while reading is a wonderful thing, everything changes when you set off on a great adventure, unravel mysteries, or explore our world guided by a voice other than your own. That’s why we were so excited to make more than 350,000 audiobook titles available for purchase to Spotify listeners in the U.S., UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Just as we did with podcasts and music, we’re working to unlock a huge opportunity for authors and publishers to connect with hundreds of millions of Spotify listeners around the world.
Spotify’s goal (as always) is to bring the best we have to offer to our fans around the world. And that means delivering an audio experience that’s intuitive on a platform where it’s easy for authors to connect with you, and even easier for you to dive into the stories you’re captivated by.
How we wanted to deliver on iOS for a la carte audiobooks

Open Spotify app

PURCHASE YOUR NEW FAVORITE AUDIOBOOK

Enjoy!
Unfortunately, Apple sees things differently—because fair competition is the last thing Apple wants. So, for books available for individual purchase, Apple has forced iOS users to jump through extra hoops (as many as 10 hoops and counting).
Here's what Apple won’t allow you or Spotify to do:

Purchase an audiobook
in the Spotify app on iOS without using Apple’s overpriced and inferior IAP

Explain why you can’t
purchase audiobooks in the Spotify app on iOS

Explain where or how
to make an audiobook purchase outside the app

include a link
to send you directly to an audiobooks purchase page outside of iOS

Send you an email
(that you ask for!) that includes easy to follow audiobooks purchase info

Answer your questions
about audiobooks via an email you’ve asked for (even without our mentioning of purchasing or pricing)

Tell you the cost
of the audiobook in the app or in a subsequent email
