Storytel will be bringing its audiobooks to Spotify later this year

Spotify users will be able to stream audiobooks from Storytel in addition to music and podcasts later this year. The Swedish audiobook streaming service Storytel has announced that it has entered into a partnership with Spotify for this.

Storytel and Spotify

Through this collaboration with Spotify, Storytel wants to make its audiobooks available to a wider audience. This means that people with a Storytel subscription can also listen to audiobooks via Spotify in addition to Storytel. Since 2017, Storytel subscribers have also been able to listen to audiobooks through their Sonos speaker.

Storytel founder Jonas Tellander would like everyone to have access to his range of audiobooks and of course, with the collaboration, he also wants to attract a new audience that has never listened to audiobooks before: “We will also use the opportunity to that is on Spotify today, but has not yet experienced the magic of audiobooks. ” Spotify adds: “It is Spotify’s goal to be the unique platform for all audio: music, podcasts, live conversations and now through this partnership audiobooks. An exact launch date for the audiobooks in the Spotify app has not yet been set. announced.

Spotify and Storytel both have their headquarters in Stockholm. Storytel currently offers more than 500,000 audiobooks worldwide in 25 markets. Spotify recently announced that it has 356 million subscribers. Of these, 158 million are paying for the streaming service.

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