Amazon Music will start offering free audiobooks following Spotify's lead
- Amazon will offer 1 free audiobook/month
- Spotify started doing the same last year
- The decision will be an evolution for Amazon Music Unlimited
- The service will become “the premier destination for audio entertainment”
- The offering will be different from Audible (Amazon's service)
- It will not be possible to save audiobooks through Amazon Music
- Amazon Music and Audible are created for different segments
- Subscriptions to the Amazon Music service cost $10.99/month
- This makes it slightly pricier than Spotify ($11.99/month)
- Spotify offers 15 hours for its audiobooks/month
- That said, Audible is talking about record audience growth
- Audible's subscriber growth isn't hindered by Spotify's competition
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