Spotify has announced it has entered into a partnership with Ingram Content Group that will lead to more indie audiobook titles being available via the audiobook platform. This is expected to enhance Spotify’s audiobook portfolio significantly considering that Ingram Content Group is considered one of the largest distributors for independent publishers and authors in the world. With this deal, Spotify will have on offer audiobook titles from more than 100 independent publishers attached to Ingram. That includes titles from Europa Editions, Milkweed Editions, G&D Media, Bard Press, New Society Publishers, to name a few.
“Our partnership with Ingram Content Group is part of our goal to bring more independent authors to Spotify to get their books heard through our Audiobooks in Premium offering,” said Duncan Bruce, Director, Audiobook Partnerships & Licensing at Spotify. “As one of the biggest distributors for independent publishers around the world, we are excited to have Ingram to help grow the industry and create additional ways for their authors and publishers to reach new audiences.”
Spotify will have on offer such titles as The Hurting Kind by poet Laureate Ada Limón who also narrated the composition, the soon-to-be-launched Give to Grow by Mo Bunnell, and Born Rich by bestselling author Bob Proctor. Also on offer are titles such as the Booker Prize-winning novel, The Promise by Damon Galgut and the international bestseller The Postcard by Anne Berest. The latter two along with plenty more is going to be exclusive to the US though.
“Ingram Content Group is dedicated to bringing more books, in all formats, to more readers,” said Agustina Casal, Ingram Content Group’s Director of Digital Sales and Marketing. “We’re proud to continue to work with Spotify to bring audiobooks of so many independent publishers to the world.”
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