{"id":83068,"date":"2021-01-26T15:00:06","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T15:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=83068"},"modified":"2021-11-12T15:30:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T15:30:19","slug":"spotify-continue-experimenting-with-audiobooks-adding-nine-classic-novels-available-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/spotify-continue-experimenting-with-audiobooks-adding-nine-classic-novels-available-for-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotify continue experimenting with audiobooks, adding nine classic novels available for free"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Take a dive into audiobooks such as Frankenstein, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, The Awakening, Cane, Persuasion and more, read by familiar voices on Spotify.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Spotify’s audiobook pilot sees the music streaming and podcast platform release nine public-domain books read by well-known actors and personalities available now for free to all Spotify Free and Premium users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This isn’t Spotify first dabble with audiobooks. After the huge success the company has seen with podcasts over the last few years, Spotify exclusively released Harry Potter at Home earlier this year,<\/a> which saw stars read the first Potter book one chapter at a time. After the success of here, Spotify hired a ‘Head of Audio Books’ in August last year.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alongwith the literary classics, Spotify include a complimentary deep dive from Harvard professor Glenda Carpio with Sitting With The Classics<\/a><\/i>, which involves a ten minute critical analysis of each book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new readings and deep dives are available exclusively on Spotify. You’ll find them in the podcast section of the app under <\/a>Stories<\/a><\/i>.<\/a> Each chapter is separated into its own episode, so you can easily download and listen, with Spotify remembering your progress. The nine titles available now are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n