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The next chapter is yours to write.
The next chapter is yours to write.
Spotify Audiobook Selects is a new publishing program offering indie authors professional audio production, upfront payment, promotion, and distribution to Spotify listeners around the world. Twice a year, Spotify Audiobooks Selects will request manuscripts around a specific theme.
We're looking to fall in love.
We're looking to fall in love.
For our current theme, we’re calling all swoon-worthy tropes: Enemies to lovers, grumpy/sunshine, fake marriage, falling in love with your sibling’s best friend, and any other of your juicy favorites! Send us your on-theme, new adult or adult romance novellas between 10,000 and 40,000 words. No erotica or children's content, please.
Submissions will be open between November 4, 2025, and April 30, 2026.
We offer our authors the opportunity for:
We offer our authors the opportunity for:
Professional audiobook production at no cost to the author
Guaranteed advance and industry-standard royalties
Marketing and promotion on Spotify and beyond
Wide distribution with potential for translations
Our authors, in their own words.
Our authors, in their own words.
Featured new releases
Featured new releases
Less Than Perfect
S.M. Levine
Murder at the Magic Academy
Alicia Rades
Strak's Bad Day
Stephanie Y. Yang
Final Descent
Audrey J. Cole
The Cafe of Inescapable Human Destiny
Elizabeth Hrib
Ye Xian and the Celestial Feast
Kelsea Yu
Submission FAQs
Submission FAQs
I have a title to submit that doesn’t fit the current acquisition criteria. Should I submit anyway?
I have a title to submit that doesn’t fit the current acquisition criteria. Should I submit anyway?
No, we will not consider submissions that don’t fit our current criteria. Please check back in periodically to see if future submission window criteria are a better fit for your writing.
I've sent in a submission. When will I hear back from Spotify?
I've sent in a submission. When will I hear back from Spotify?
The Spotify Audiobook Selects team considers all submissions on a rolling basis, and we’ll reach out if we’re interested in working with you. While we will try our best, we can’t guarantee a response. If we have not responded to your submission within 12 weeks, you can assume we have determined to not move forward with your title.
We encourage any authors not selected for publication to consider self-publishing with Spotify for Authors instead.
I have a title that fits your theme that was published in another format, but not audio. Can I submit?
I have a title that fits your theme that was published in another format, but not audio. Can I submit?
Yes! As long as your work has never been published in audio format and you still hold the necessary rights, we encourage you to submit works previously or currently published in print or e-book format.
Publishing FAQs
Publishing FAQs
Can I publish the book in paper or as an ebook if Spotify publishes the audiobook?
You're welcome to promote, market, and distribute the work in other formats (ebook, paper) and platforms.
If Spotify publishes my audiobook, will it only be available on Spotify?
No, if we distribute your title on Spotify, it will also be made available on other digital retail and library platforms.
Don’t see your question here? Reach out to spotify-audiobook-selects@spotify.com.
Please note, any submission not sent through the portal above will not be read or considered.
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