Finally, Spotify should be getting in audiobooks! They're acquiring Findaway which included Findaway Voices etc.
https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/11/spotify-expands-into-audiobooks-with-acquisition-of-findaway/“With this acquisition, the plan is to accelerate into the audiobooks space by expanding our platform,” said Nir Zicherman, Spotify’s head of Audiobooks. He explained that today, Spotify users tend to go to other platforms to access audiobooks, and it wants to enable that consumption to take place with Spotify’s app itself. Initially, that may see Spotify users leveraging the company’s new Open Access Platform technology (OAP) to authenticate with existing credentials to access audiobooks from Findaway and other audiobook partners, like Storytel.
More broadly, however, OAP offers the flexibility for publishers to determine how their content is sold that works with their own business models, meaning they may introduce a variety of new ways consumers could unlock and listen to audiobook content on Spotify going forward.
The first integrations of OAP are expected to arrive early next year, said Spotify.''
So hopefully this means there will be
381 Million of Spotify users having easy access to audiobooks (even easier than Audible cuz there is no need to download separate app).
Doesn't mean it will make a huge dent in income for indies, but anyway, an upward movement should happen.
Interesting prognosis too:
''According to research estimates, the audiobook industry is expected to grow from $3.3 billion as of 2020 to $15 billion by 2027, which is why Spotify believes Findaway is worth the investment''
