Spotify is expanding his offer: Premium users should soon have access to audio books and this without additional additional costs.
That happened:
On April 15, Spotify wants to increase its offer for audio books in Germany. That reports theSpiegel. In Germany there are a few audio books on Spotify, but so far the publishers have been reserved. According to Spiegel, however, among the German publishing housesbe almost all of them
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This makes Spotify relatively late in Germany: the Audiobook service was introduced in France and the Benelux countries in October last year. There the offer started out loudPress releaseWith 200,000 audio books.
You can count on these costs
Depending on whether you have a premium subscription or not, the audio book offer will affect you differently.
- Without a premium subscriptionYou will probably see the audio book offer, but cannot access it. Who on theSpotify-Sitt ofs froms fromsees that the audio book offer for the premium subscription is advertised here.
- Mit premium-aboDo not expect any additional costs at first and you can access the audio book offer. In France and the Benelux countries, premium customers are currently receivingMonthly contingent of 12 hours, according to Spiegel, also 15 hours in other countries.
- If you want to hear more audio books than the available quota, you will have to pay. Spotify entered for France and the Benelux countriesAdditional contingent of 10 hours for 9.99 eurosan.
There is also the option of buying individual audio books.
The quota is sometimes tight
12 to 15 hours without additional additional costs sounds like a large gift for premium customers. However, audio books generally also have a few hours of play. It depends on factors such as the language and the speed of the speaker.
A look atAmazonBut gives a first clue. Andy Weir's novel of the Marsians,, is a medium -long novel in the German edition with 512 pages. The associated audio look has a playing time of 12 hours and 36 minutes.
With a contingent of 12 hours, it would not be possible in a month without additional costs.
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