Yeah, I had heard it’s a very traditional model, interesting they have diverged from their model for now! From: Brady Duga <duga@google.com> Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at 10:31 AM To: Reid, Wendy <wendy.reid@rakuten.com> Cc: Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org>, W3C Audiobooks Working Group <public-publ-wg@w3.org> Subject: Re: Spotify entering the audiobook market... [EXTERNAL] This message comes from an external organization. It seems to be available in the Android player as well, and also seems to be a traditional player - you buy an audiobook and listen to it. On Wed, Sep 21, 2022, 6:47 AM Reid, Wendy <wendy.reid@rakuten.com<mailto:wendy.reid@rakuten.com>> wrote: It is only available in their web player, and I can’t seem to access it, so I’m guessing it’s also not yet out in Canada 😊. -Wendy From: Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org<mailto:ivan@w3.org>> Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at 4:42 AM To: Wendy Reid <wendy.reid@rakuten.com<mailto:wendy.reid@rakuten.com>> Cc: W3C Audiobooks Working Group <public-publ-wg@w3.org<mailto:public-publ-wg@w3.org>> Subject: Spotify entering the audiobook market... See https://www.spotify.com/us/audiobooks/ I guess it is a streaming service, not an audiobook as we think about it, but maybe worth checking (I am not a spotify user) Ivan ---- Ivan Herman, W3C Home: http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan/ mobile: +33 6 52 46 00 43
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