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Spotify’s new audiobook tier will only save you a dollar over Premium

The plan is $9.99 and still includes ads for music and podcasts.

By Mia Sato, platforms and communities reporter with five years of experience covering the companies that shape technology and the people who use their tools. A higher priced Audible tier at $14.95 includes unlimited listening to the basic plan library, plus one credit a month to purchase any book that you get to keep. Spotify has claimed it’s paid “tens of millions” of dollars to publishers since it first introduced the 15 hours of free listening for paying subscribers.

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