{"id":890619,"date":"2026-02-06T23:12:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T05:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/06\/spotify-is-getting-into-the-book-selling-business-and-not-just-digital-ones\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T23:12:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T05:12:16","slug":"spotify-is-getting-into-the-book-selling-business-and-not-just-digital-ones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/06\/spotify-is-getting-into-the-book-selling-business-and-not-just-digital-ones\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotify Is Getting Into the Book Selling Business \u2014 And Not Just Digital Ones"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<article id=\"post-414610\">\n<header class>\n<p>The music streaming app is partnering with Bookshop.org to let audiobook listeners buy physical copies.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/author\/jonathan-small\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJonathan Small\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span role=\"separator\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t|\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tedited by\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/author\/sherin-shibu\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSherin Shibu\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span role=\"separator\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t|\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tFeb 06, 2026\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Starting this spring in the U.S. and U.K., Spotify users will be able to purchase physical books through the music streaming app thanks to a partnership with Bookshop.org. Audiobook listeners can click a link to purchase a physical copy, with Bookshop.org handling the transaction.<\/p>\n<p>Spotify has offered audiobooks since 2022, but the company says a large chunk of readers still want physical copies. The company is also adding a feature called Page Match that lets users switch between physical and digital copies.<\/p>\n<p>The move is part of Spotify\u2019s broader push beyond music streaming into podcasts, audiobooks, and now physical products. The partnership allows the platform to monetize its audiobook catalog in a new way while positioning itself as a one-stop shop for book discovery, no matter what the format.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/pw\/by-topic\/industry-news\/bookselling\/article\/99620-spotify-adds-bookshop-org-links-page-sync.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Starting this spring in the U.S. and U.K., Spotify users will be able to purchase physical books through the music streaming app thanks to a partnership with Bookshop.org. Audiobook listeners can click a link to purchase a physical copy, with Bookshop.org handling the transaction.<\/p>\n<p>Spotify has offered audiobooks since 2022, but the company says a large chunk of readers still want physical copies. The company is also adding a feature called Page Match that lets users switch between physical and digital copies.<\/p>\n<p>The move is part of Spotify\u2019s broader push beyond music streaming into podcasts, audiobooks, and now physical products. The partnership allows the platform to monetize its audiobook catalog in a new way while positioning itself as a one-stop shop for book discovery, no matter what the format.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/pw\/by-topic\/industry-news\/bookselling\/article\/99620-spotify-adds-bookshop-org-links-page-sync.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/spotify-will-sell-physical-books-this-spring\/502524\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Jonathan Small<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The music streaming app is partnering with Bookshop.org to let audiobook listeners buy physical copies. By Jonathan Small | edited by Sherin Shibu | Feb 06, 2026 Starting this spring in the U.S. and U.K., Spotify users will be able to purchase physical books through the music streaming app thanks to a partnership with Bookshop.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":890620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2370,1216],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-890619","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-getting","8":"category-spotify"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=890619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/890620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=890619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=890619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=890619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}