Can Spotify Defeat Audible? The Unexpected Consequences...

A dive deep into the world of audiobooks; comparing Spotify's latest offering of audiobooks at no extra charge with the long-standing giant, Audible.
Free audiobooks can only be a good thing... Right?
Including
✅ Comprehensive Comparison: Understand the key differences between Spotify and Audible in terms of audiobook selection, user experience, and pricing.
✅ Pros and Cons: Discover the advantages and drawbacks of Spotify's new feature, especially for devoted book lovers.
✅ Personal Insights: Hear my unique perspective as a seasoned Audible user. Have these changes convinced me to switch?
✅Why this could actually be a bad sign of things to come and may change the way we consume audiobooks forever.
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[@RKMalo13]

Solid video! Very thorough and informative.

[@BohemiAnnA]

Thanks for the enlightenment. I have 496 books in my audible library. I’ve listened to about 350 of them. Probably more. I listened to two or three books per week. I will use my 315 hours per month on Spotify, if there’s a book I really want and I don’t want to spend a credit. I am the listener that it will work for, however I won’t be topping up.

[@jgons]

15 hours a month is not enough. Audible and Libby for me.

[@houseoftreasures9545]

Great explanation, thanks

[@Lawfiend]

I would say it depends if Brandon Sanderson was exclusively on Spotify I would see about options to purchase his books on there so I can read them as much as I like. If not I will buy physical copies because when I really like an author I will pay for their work and I won't accept a subscription in place of ownership I will miss the Michael and Kate the narrators for Brandon's books though so I may still listen to them on Spotify alongside a physical book purchase. Audible is better imo because they offer a bargain where you can buy 3 tokens for somewhere around 35 Aud and that means I can buy a trilogy which used to be the standard for a lot of genres. There is a lot of value for money In audible if that value isn't there in spotify I will not use the platform. Also if you use the desktop version of audible you can select from a range of free books that you can add to your library for free. Finally audible doenst come with ads unless you listen to a podcast Spotify is full of ads. I listen to audio books multiple hours everyday yesterday I spent 491 minutes listening to audiobooks and this is standard for me.

[@kurjan1]

Hi, thanks for the video. Because I like fantasy and science fiction, most of the books go way longer than 15 hours. Take Outlander as an example. If you didn’t top up you would be waiting for a three month period to finish the book. That in my opinion is ridiculous.
On music, I was like you. Streamed everything. Right up to when we were locked down for months and the internet became problematic for about a two week period. I can’t remember now what the problems were, but the internet went down on and off. Then I lost my job because I wasn’t going to have the poison, resulting in I could no longer afford all the subscriptions. That’s when I realised the importance of owning the physical media. CDs, DVDs, Records, books… I have now built a home extension for a library/music room.

[@samuelbuckingham]

Whats the best audiobook you've ever listened to?

[@Dan-departingin5mins]

All the Raymond Chandler books have the same narrator. He does a great job with these books with a throwback tough guy tone.

[@samuelbuckingham]

Ah nice one, the narration can make or break an audiobook for me.

[@Toxic_Shock]

I will not pay for something on top of something I already pay for it just pissed me off