Spotify has spent years convincing you to stream everything—music, podcasts, audiobooks. Now, in a twist nobody saw coming, the company wants to sell you something you can actually hold in your hands.
The digital music streaming service is getting into the physical book business.
The company recently announced that it will begin letting users buy print books through its app via a partnership with Bookshop.org. The feature will roll out later this spring in the U.S. and the U.K., with Bookshop handling pricing, inventory, and shipping.
A Hands-Off Approach to Retail
Spotify will not process the orders itself. Purchases made through the app will be completed on Bookshop.org, and Spotify will receive an affiliate fee.
The move pushes the platform beyond audiobooks, an area it entered two years ago and has continued to expand rapidly. Audiobooks in Premium are now available in 22 markets with an English-language catalog of more than 500,000 titles, while new listeners grew 36% year over year and listening hours rose 37%.
Aside from the Bookshop.org partnership, the audio streaming giant is also launching a new feature called Page Match, a tool that lets users scan a page from a physical book or ebook using the Spotify app and then jump to the same spot in the corresponding audiobook.
Page Match will be available at launch for most English-language titles and is expected to reach all audiobook users by February 23.
The expansion comes as physical book sales remain under pressure. Publishers and distributors have warned that orders from readers and retailers are slowing. Library supplier Baker & Taylor shut down operations in January after nearly 200 years in business.
Meanwhile, Spotify is navigating its own financial adjustments. The company confirmed in mid-January 2026 that it raised the price of its premium subscription by $1 to $12.99 in the U.S., Estonia, and Latvia. Shares of Spotify fell about 4.5% following the announcement, despite rising nearly 30% over the course of last year.
Sources: Spotify, Reuters, Publishers Weekly