Spotify launches audiobooks in Turkey with 350,000 titles

Page Match and cross-device sync

One highlighted feature is Page Match. Users scan a book's ISBN barcode and enter a page number to pick up the audiobook where they left off in a printed book or e-book. Spotify says more than one million people have used it so far, and it supports more than 30 languages.

The Audiobooks section of the app offers personalized recommendations based on a user's interest in music, podcasts and books. Listening progress syncs across more than 2,000 devices, so a book started on a phone can continue in a car or on a smart speaker. A sleep timer and offline listening are also included.

Open to Turkish authors and publishers

According to Spotify, monthly audiobook listeners on the platform grew by about 40% over the past year, and total listening time rose by more than 30%. Audiobooks+, available for about a year, has passed one million subscribers.

Spotify's audiobook deals are non-exclusive, so publishers and authors can keep using their existing distribution channels while also adding titles to Spotify. Publishers and independent authors in Turkey can upload their work through Spotify for Authors, view listener data and reach users in more than 180 markets. The company plans to expand the Turkish catalog over time as new publishers and local authors join.

Akshat Harbola, Spotify's general manager for the Middle East, North Africa, Pakistan and Turkey, said bringing audiobooks to Turkey will let people engage with books in new moments and help authors and publishers reach new readers.