Featured

Spotify Transitions Select Audiobook Distribution Services to INaudio

Findaway Voices by Spotify

• 3 min read
Spotify Transitions Select Audiobook Distribution Services to INaudio

The future is bright for audiobooks on Spotify: More and more people around the world are listening to the format each day, which means there’s more opportunity than ever for authors and publishers to have their works heard.

Our goal at Spotify is to bring our partners powerful tools and resources to reach their maximum potential — by providing more ways to be discovered, grow and understand their audience, and to connect more authentically with new readers and fans. 

We also know that publishers and authors need to have tools to reach listeners everywhere — something that we’ve provided with our audiobook distribution services since our acquisition of Findaway. Spotify remains a champion for an open ecosystem, and we’re evolving our approach for how authors and publishers can distribute their audiobooks on retailers other than Spotify as we invest in our proprietary solution, Spotify for Authors.

The next chapter for audiobook distribution

On August 1, 2025, we're transitioning our audiobook distribution services for retailers other than Spotify to INaudio, a new company dedicated to fostering a wide audiobook distribution ecosystem. Led by experienced industry leaders, INaudio will focus on building critical technologies and partnerships that benefit the entire audiobook ecosystem. For distribution on Spotify, publishers and independent authors can use the publishing tools available in Spotify for Authors.

Authors, publishers, and retailers have been communicated specific instructions on what this means for their audiobook distribution based on their specific arrangement, and we’re working hard to ensure this transition is as seamless as possible.

We’ve long believed that wide distribution benefits the entire audiobook industry, and we’ll continue to be champions for this model by partnering with INaudio. We look forward to a successful transition and to embarking on this next chapter with our partners globally. 

If you use Findaway Voices, we’ve prepared a FAQ below for what this means for you:

What will happen to Findaway Voices on August 1, 2025?
Findaway Voices will become Voices by INaudio. Your distribution to all retailers other than Spotify will automatically transfer to Voices by INaudio, and your content will remain available everywhere that it is today.
How will the distribution of my audiobooks to Spotify be affected after August 1, 2025?
Your audiobooks published through Findaway Voices will continue to be available on Spotify after August 1, 2025. To manage your catalog, or to publish new titles, you can use Spotify for Authors.
How will the distribution of my audiobooks to retailers other than Spotify be affected after August 1, 2025?
You will manage your distribution to retailers other than Spotify through Voices by INaudio.
Will I need to create a new account for Voices by INaudio?
No, your user login credentials for Findaway Voices will remain the same.
How do I get access to Spotify for Authors?
Findaway Voices users with at least one title published to Spotify can access Spotify for Authors beginning May 1, 2025. Get started by logging into Findaway Voices.
Will the product functionality change after Findaway Voices becomes Voices by INaudio?
While most functionality will not change, features specific to the Spotify distribution of your titles will transition to Spotify for Authors, such as Spotify insights reports and redemption codes, on or around June 2, 2025.
How is my content being managed through this transition?
Nothing will change in regards to where your audiobooks are distributed or how much you earn. Beginning August 1, 2025, Spotify will manage the distribution to Spotify, and INaudio will manage your audiobook distribution to other retailers.

For distribution on Spotify, the existing Terms of Use you agreed to via Findaway Voices will remain active. To ensure there will not be any interruption in your distribution elsewhere, INaudio will distribute your content to retailers other than Spotify as part of the existing Findaway Voices Terms of Use.

After August 1, 2025, you can make changes to your titles on Spotify by opting in to distribution using Spotify for Authors, and changes to your distribution elsewhere with Voices by INaudio. When you opt in to distribution using Spotify for Authors, the Spotify for Authors Distribution Terms will replace the Findaway Voices Terms of Use.
Who can I contact if I have questions or concerns about the transition?
You can contact Findaway Voices support here, and you can contact INaudio here.