Spotify goes all in on books in 2026 and partnering with Bookshop.org to allow you to purchase bodily copies of audiobooks and assist native retailers beginning within the Spring. The announcement dovetails with the launch of Web page Match, a brand new function that allows you to sync bodily books and ebooks with audiobooks within the Spotify app utilizing your digicam.
When the partnership launches later this 12 months within the US and UK, there might be a button on the backside of pages for audiobooks, prompting you to “get a replica on your bookshelf.” The method will take you out of the Spotify app to finish the acquisition on Bookshop.org, main you on to the checkout web page.
At an occasion saying the partnership, Bookshop.org founder and CEO Andy Hunter talked in regards to the significance of studying, saying that “Spotify is bringing in additional readers, and I’m all for something that grows the dimensions of the pie.”
