#Storytel android

Therefore the model is doomed to fail like all monopolies unless we change it now. Since the more content you have, the smaller your piece of the pie becomes.

When it comes to books and audiobooks it currently works for platforms, and heavy user consumers, but not for light consumers or those with a variety of interests, and certainly not for creators. If the ecosystem is going to be viable in the long run, it has to work for all three. If you look at any content market it has three stakeholders: the platform, the customer, and the rights holders or creators. 'At the moment, monopolies are squeezing competition and rights holders. At Sesamy, we envision a space that does justice to digital content, its diligent creators, and passionate consumers,' Ulvestam said in a press release. “The internet was never intended to wall us inside platforms.

The company is also offering original content, starting with books by author Micael Dahlen, professor at the Stockholm School of Economics, which will be available to purchase as podcasts made up of individual chapters in iTunes or in whole as an audiobook. The platform also offers a limited selection of titles in English, including books from the public domain as well as from the publisher Nicotext. Sesamy has a strong pedigree in producing and selling digital audio, and is cofounded by Måns Ulvestam, former founder and CEO of Acast, now one the largest podcast hosting companies in the world.Ĭurrently, Sesamy is focused on serving the Swedish market, and it is rolling out titles from nearly 300 publishing houses that have signed on to the service, including Bonnier, Norstedts, and Natur & Kultur. Sesamy launched in March and offers watermark-protected, cross-platform-compatible audiobooks and e-books through an à la carte sales model, a throwback to the earliest days of e-book publishing. Stay tuned for the details on additional partners and widespread access to the program, launching later this year.Subscription models are now so entrenched in the Nordic countries that a new company, Sesamy, has popped up promising to end what the company has dubbed the plague of 'zombie subscriptions,' or subscriptions that go underutilized and are difficult to cancel.

As we open up the Open Access Platform, listeners will find a greater variety of content available for them to enjoy, all within one app.Īudiobooks are just one form of audio that will be available using Spotify’s Open Access Platform-the possibilities in audio are limitless.

#Storytel android

This partnership illustrates the power of open access as an opportunity for audio creators and providers everywhere to make a home for their content on Spotify while retaining complete control over their business model and a direct relationship with their subscriber base. Storytel is an app that lets you enjoy thousands of audiobooks and ebooks, from the comfort of your Android device.

“Partnering with Spotify will make amazing audiobook experiences and exciting authorships easier than ever to access for our customers, while we will also be tapping into the opportunity of reaching new audiences who are on Spotify today, but have not yet experienced the magic of audiobooks.” “We want everyone to have access to great stories, and today we offer more than 500,000 audiobooks on a global basis across 25 markets,” said Jonas Tellander, founder and CEO, Storytel. “By utilizing the Spotify Open Access Platform, Storytel will be able to deliver its premium audiobooks offering using Spotify’s best-in-class platform, all while retaining direct control over their relationship to their audience.” “It is Spotify’s goal to be the singular platform for all audio: music, podcasts, live conversations, and now via this partnership, audiobooks,” said Courtney Holt, Global Head of Studios, Spotify. Later in 2021, Storytel subscribers will be able to enjoy Storytel’s library of audiobooks on Spotify by linking the two accounts. Now, we’re excited to follow with a partnership with Storytel, one of the world’s leading audiobook streaming services. Just a few weeks ago, we announced the Spotify Open Access Platform, which gives creators with existing subscriber bases the option to deliver paid content to their paid audiences using Spotify.