Overview
- Page Match uses your phone’s camera and text matching to align print or e-book pages with the exact audiobook moment in either direction, and Spotify says it does not retain captured images.
- The feature begins rolling out today on iOS and Android, targets most English-language titles by the end of February, and is slated to reach all users by Feb. 23.
- Premium and Audiobook+ members can use Page Match within their monthly audiobook hours, and free users can use it with audiobooks they have purchased on Spotify.
- Later this spring, U.S. and U.K. listeners will see in-app links to buy physical books via Bookshop.org, which will handle pricing, inventory, and fulfillment to route sales to independent bookstores.
- Publishers Weekly reports the integration functions as an affiliate deal with about 10% of each sale going to Spotify and a pooled share returning to indie bookstores.