Authors can submit short English-language content for possible audiobook creation and publication by Spotify. They’re looking for adult romance, mystery/thriller, and sci-fi/fantasy stories of 10,000 to 20,000 words, written specifically for audio. Authors must own all rights to the material; Spotify pays an advance and royalties and will manage audio production. Authors retain print and ebook rights and can distribute and sell those formats on any platform. Learn more.
Jane Friedman has spent her entire career working in the publishing industry, with a focus on business reporting and author education. Established in 2015, her newsletter The Bottom Line provides nuanced market intelligence to thousands of authors and industry professionals; in 2023, she was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World.
Jane’s expertise regularly features in major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, NPR, The Today Show, Wired, The Guardian, Fox News, and BBC. Her book, The Business of Being a Writer, Second Edition (The University of Chicago Press), is used as a classroom text by many writing and publishing degree programs. She reaches thousands through speaking engagements and workshops at diverse venues worldwide, including NYU’s Advanced Publishing Institute, Frankfurt Book Fair, and numerous MFA programs.
