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Spotify Plans To Sell Physical Books (spotify.com)

(Thursday February 05, 2026 @11:01AM (msmash) from the back-to-paper dept.)


Spotify is planning to let premium subscribers in the U.S. and U.K. [1]buy hardcovers and paperbacks directly through its app starting this spring, partnering with Bookshop.org to handle pricing, inventory and fulfillment.

The Swedish streaming company, which entered the audiobook market in 2022, will also introduce a feature called Page Match that lets users scan a page from a physical book or e-reader and jump to the exact spot in the audiobook edition. Spotify will earn an undisclosed affiliate fee on each purchase.



[1] https://newsroom.spotify.com/2026-02-05/bookshop-partnership-page-match-announcement/


Shame (Score:2)

by greytree ( 7124971 )

Spotify could have bought some of the 2 million physical books Anthropic acquired.

Oh, except Anthropic destroyed them.

Entitled cunts.

Re: (Score:2)

by unixisc ( 2429386 )

I prefer ebooks - currently via Nook. If Spotify created a ebook platform, I'd happily check it out

Re: (Score:2)

by nightflameauto ( 6607976 )

> And almost no one wants paper books anymore.

Aside from the intended insult, I think the more interesting discussion would be chatting about the venn diagram between "likes to read paper books" and "subscribes to Spotify." I've got piles of real books, and continue to purchase and borrow more because I love to read real books. I also have a Nook for new releases before I've decided if they're worth taking up space on my shelves for. I'll purchase the real book if it feels like something I'd like to read again. But I do not, and can not, justify a Spot

this theft is court-sanctioned (Score:1)

by invisiblefireball ( 10371234 )

hey musicians, they're doing this with YOUR money.

Anna's Archive (Score:2)

by LuniticusTheSane ( 1195389 )

"You steal our music, well we're going to sell your books!" -Deranged Spotify Execs

Why would you want to.... (Score:2)

by PhantomHarlock ( 189617 )

If you already have the physical book, why would you want to suddenly jump to an audio version of it? I can't see that market being huge. The only scenario I can think of is if you are reading the book, and you want to continue 'listening' to it when you can't read it (driving in a car, etc.) Most people I know (including myself) are kind of one way or another, they either like reading real books, or listening to audio books. I'm a real book person, but I do listen to a number of podcasts by authors o

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