Spotify Audiobooks Partners with Norton for Richard Powers Audiobook.

The article focuses on Spotify Audiobooks, Spotify's in-house audiobook publishing imprint, and its partnership with W.W. Norton to produce the audiobook for Richard Powers's upcoming novel, *Playground*, set for release on September 24. The audiobook features six narrators to enhance the novel's themes of AI, neocolonialism, and oceanography. This collaboration reflects Spotify's broader strategy to expand its audiobook offerings following its acquisition of Findaway and OrangeSky Audio, now rebranded as Spotify Audiobooks, which produces 10–15 audiobooks monthly and has a catalog of about 1,000 titles. The division is also developing original audio-first content, including the upcoming novella *Two Can Play* by Ali Hazelwood.