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But first, after adding 15 hours of free audio books listening to its subscription plan

late last year, Spotify today is introducing a $9.99 per month

option that will allow its free users to also access its audio books collection.

The company announced on Friday its new audiobook's access tier, which similar to the service

offered to subscribers allows customers in the US to stream 15 hours of listening from its catalog of over 200,000 titles.

With the addition free Spotify users will be able to continue to stream music and

podcasts via its ad supported service, but pay to listen to audio books without having to buy a

Spotify subscription.

There's not much savings to be had here, given that a Spotify premium subscription starts

at $10.99 per month for an individual plan, only a dollar more than the audiobooks only plan.

However, the move could allow Spotify to upsell audiobooks to customers who aren't as

interested in its music service or who regularly use another app for that. It could also

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